IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY WRIT APPEAL NO : 431 of 2009 Between: 1. S. Venkateswara Rao and nine others ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 The District Collector, Medak District and 16 others. . .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant: SRI N. SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION & SRI P. ROY REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY WRIT APPEAL NO :431 of 2009 JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Smt Justice T. Meena Kumari) The present writ appeal has been filed against the order passed by the learned single Judge in WP No.24255 of 2003, dated 20.8.2008. The appellants herein and respondents 6 to 17 filed the above writ petition seeking to declare the action of the official respondents in proposing to excavate six irrigation channels through their lands admeasuring Ac.45.78 cents situated at Vempadu Agraharam village, Nuzvid Mandal, Krishna District, without acquiring the same and without paying compensation, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently, to direct the official respondents not to excavate any channels through their lands, without following due process of law. The learned single Judge having observed that the writ petitioners failed to establish their rights over the land under acquisition and therefore, they are not entitled to any relief, dismissed the writ petition. Having aggrieved by the same, some of the writ petitioners have filed the above writ appeal. Heard the learned Counsel for the appellants and the learned Government Pleader and the learned Counsel appearing for the unofficial respondents and perused the material available on record. On a perusal of the material available on record, it is apparent that except stating that their families have been in possession of the lands in question from the time of their forefathers, the appellants have failed to produce any material to establish their rights over the lands in question. In the absence of any material as to the rights of the appellants over the lands in question, no relief can be granted, as rightly observed by the learned single Judge. In this view of the matter, we have no hesitation to hold that the order of the learned single Judge does not suffer from any irregularity or illegality warranting interference of this Court. Hence, this appeal is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ appeal is dismissed. No costs. However, the appellants are at liberty to avail the remedies that are open under law. _______________________ Justice T.Meena Kumari ________________________ Justice G.V. Seethapathy Dated: 9th September, 2009 Nn THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY WRIT APPEAL NO :431 of 2009 (Judgment of the Division Bench delivered by the Hon’ble Smt Justice T. Meena Kumari) 9th September, 2009