HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.24769 of 2010 Date : 5-10-2010 Between : Kodali Siva Nageswara Rao and another .. Petitioners and State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its District Collector, Prakasam District at Ongole and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : Sri Mangena Sree Rama Rao Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.24769 of 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in insisting on the petitioner to vacate lands admeasuring Ac.1-60 cents and Ac.0-60 cents respectively in Sy.No.19 of North Addanki village as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners claimed to have purchased the above mentioned lands under registered sale deeds for valuable consideration in the year 1996. In April 2010, respondent No.2 has issued notices in Form-II under Rule 3 of A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules 2007 (for short “the Rules”), proposing resumption of the lands on the ground that they were assigned lands and alienation of which is prohibited by the provisions of A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act 1977 (for short “the Act”). The petitioners pleaded that in response to the said notices they have submitted their objections on 31-5-2010 and that having received the objections respondent No.3 has not passed any final order so far. The petitioners alleged that on 27-9-2010, the Village Revenue Officer of North Addanki village visited their lands and orally asked them to vacate the lands. The grievance of the petitioners is that no final order has been passed so far and the respondents are seeking to dispossess them. After hearing the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments), I am of the opinion that unless an appropriate order is passed by respondent No.3 in pursuance of the notices issued under the provisions of the Act and the Rules, the petitioners shall not be dispossessed from the lands in question. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 not to dispossess the petitioners without passing an order under the provisions of the Act and communicating the same to the petitioners. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.31693/2010 is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY.,J Date : 5-10-2010 AM