HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH W.P.NO.3862 OF 1997 Dt.5.8.2010 Between: Challendula Laxmi ..Petitioner And The District Panchayat Officer, Karimnagar and others ..Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH W.P.NO.3862 OF 1997 ORDER: This writ petition is filed questioning the order of the District Panchayat Officer, Karimnagar, in Roc.No.A3/1621/96/Pts., dated 27.10.1996. By the said order, the 1st respondent instructed the Executive Officer-cum-Village Development Officer, Gram Panchayat, Eligaid, to make necessary entry pertaining to House bearing No.6-25 in the Gram Panchayat records of Eligaid Village, Julapalli Mandal, Karimnagar District, as per the will dated 29.5.1991. It is stated that one Challendula Laxminarayana son of Ch.Narsimhulu, brother of the petitioner’s husband submitted a will before the Gram Panchayat authorities to mutate his name on the ground that his father executed a will dated 29.5.1991 and thereafter his father Narsimhulu died on 10.6.1996 and the impugned order was passed for mutation of the said house in the name of the said Challendula Laxminarayana in spite of objections raised by the petitioner and without giving any notice to her. According to the petitioner, the said property was gifted during the lifetime of her father-in-law for the services rendered by her and in fact the Gram Panchayat mutated her name in the records vide proceedings in File No.25/Panchayat/95, dated 16.7.1995. Therefore, it is the contention of the petitioner that during the lifetime of her father-in-law and she became the absolute owner of the said house and also paying the taxes regularly. When there is a dispute with regard to the title and claim of the property among the parties, the Gram Panchayat cannot settle the said dispute. More over, when the petitioner is seriously disputing about the execution of the will, the name of the said legatee cannot be mutated in the Gram Panchayat. Admittedly, the District Panchayat Officer has passed the impugned order without conducting any enquiry and without issuing any notice. Therefore, the impugned order is liable to be set aside only on the ground of violation of principles of natural justice. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not expressing any opinion with regard to the title of the said property and also about the genuineness or otherwise of the so-called gift deed or will deed and it is for the parties to settle their claim before the appropriate forum. In that view of the matter, the impugned order is set aside only on the ground of violation of principles of natural justice. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. 5.8.2010 kpr