THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5273 of 2010 Dated:15.03.2010 Between: B.Ramamohan Reddy. …Petitioner And The District Collector, Anantapur, Anantapur District, And others. ...Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5273 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is a resident of Gollapalli Village. By calling, he is an agriculturist. His grievance is that respondent No.4, who dug a bore well for drinking purpose without permission, is using water for his agricultural lands. The further grievance of the petitioner is that he owns Acs.9.30 of land in survey No.130 of the same Village having three bore wells. But due to digging of bore well by respondent No.4 one of the bore wells of the petitioner dried up. Therefore, he approached respondent No.2 for necessary redressal, in vain. Therefore, he filed the instant Writ Petition. This Court heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner. The notification issued under Section 8(1) or 11(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Water Land and Trees Act, 2002 (the Act), prohibiting the digging of bore wells or bore wells for agricultural purposes has not been placed before this Court. Therefore, digging of bore well by respondent No.4 cannot be called illegal. Indeed, a perusal of the provisions of the Act would show that the Act seeks to prohibit over exploitation of ground water by digging bore wells of agriculture. In haphazard manner Act does not prohibit any person for digging a bore well for drinking water purpose. The Writ Petition is misconceived, and the same is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 15.03.2010 vs