IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT APPEAL NO : 470 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated21-10- 2003 in W.P. No. 9086 OF 2000 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Addada Ramavathi W/o Subba Raju Ardhavaram Village, Ganapavaram Mandal W.G.District 2 Nambhuri Narsamma W/o Satyanarayana Raju Ardhavaram Village, Ganapavarm Mandal, W.G.District ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 Superintending Engineer Irrigation Circle Dowlasiwaram, W.G.Dist 2 The District Collector W.G.District at Eluru 3 Mandal Revenue Officer Ganapavaram Mandal W.G.District .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant: MR.M.SIVANANDA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : W.A. No. 1151 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated21-10- 2003 in W.P. No. 6758 OF 2003 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1. Smt Addada Ravathi 2. Nambhuri Narsamma APPELLANTS AND 1. Addada Rama Raju, S/O.Subba Raju, aged 56 years Occ. Agriculture, r/o.Ardhavaram Village, Ganapavaram (M) W.G.Dist. 2. The District Collector, W.G.District at Eluru. 3. Mandal Revenue Officer, Ganapavaram Mandal 4. Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Dowlaswaram, W.G.Dist. RESPONDENTS COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS : MR M. SIVANANDA KUMAR COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT NO.1 : MR S. NARENDRANATH REDDY COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT NO.2&3 : G.P. FOR REVENUE COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT NO.4 : G.P.FOR IRRIGATION & COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT W.A.NO. 1152 OF 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 21-10- 2003 in W.P. No. 20215 OF 1999 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1. Smt Addada Ramavathi 2. Nambhuri Narsamma PETITIONERS AND 1. Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Dowlasiwaram, W,.G.District 2. The District Collector, W.G.District at Eluru 3. Mandal Revenue Officer, Ganapavaram Manda,W.G.Dist. 4. Addada Rama Raju, s/o.Subba Raju, aged 56 years, Occ: Agriculture, r/o.Ardhavaram village, Ganapavaram Mandal RESPONDENTS COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT NO.1 : G.P.FOR IRRIGATION & . . COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT NO.2&3 : G.P. FOR REVENUE COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT NO.4 : MR S. NARENDRANATH REDDY ORAL JUDGMENT; (per Hon’ble the Chief Justice) Petitioners have filed the writ petitions questioning the judgment of the learned single Judge. Learned single Judge disposed of the writ petitions with a direction that neither the petitioners nor the Mandal Revenue Officer, shall be entitled to convert or use their agricultural lands as fish tanks without there being any specific direction and approval by the competent authority. The District Collector was directed to ensure that no fish tanks are either converted or permitted to function in the District without there being specific permission for the same. These directions were issued by the learned single Judge while noticing the stand of the Government that time and again the Supreme Court and this Court has taken a view that agricultural lands cannot be permitted to be used or put to use for acqua culture without requisite permission from the competent authority. In that view of the matter, there is hardly any ground to interfere in these appeals. Writ Appeals are accordingly dismissed. No costs. ________________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. _________________ Dt. 19-07-2004 C.V. RAMULU, J Kvrk To 1 The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle Dowlasiwaram, W.G.Dist 2 The District Collector W.G.District at Eluru 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer Ganapavaram Mandal W.G.District 4. Two CCs for G.P for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyd.(OUT) 5. Two CCs to G.P for Irrigation & Command Area Dev., High Court Buildings, Hyd. (OUT) 6. Two CD copies