IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA Writ Petition No.20004 of 1997 Dated: 06-02-2007 Between: Golla Mallikarjuna, s/o Nagappa, aged about 37years, Hindu, r/o Pobberlapalli village, Brahmasamudram Mandal, Ananthapur District. ... Petitioner and 1. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Brahma Samudram Mandal, Ananthapur District and another. ... Respondents ORDER: This petition is ﬁled seeking mandamus declaring the action of respondents in interfering with the peaceful possession of petitioners in respect of the site in Survey No.310-1, situated at R.D. Dharmavaram, S.R.1, Kalyandurg, within the limits of Pobberlapalli village, Brahma Samudram Mandal, Ananthapur District by trying to construct Anganwadi Centre, as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession of petitioners in the said site. 2. This Court, on 22-08-1998 while issuing Rule nisi, directed the learned Government Pleader to ﬁle counter aﬃdavit, if any, within a period of four weeks and also granted status quo in W.P.M.P.No.24257 of 1997. Despite the said fact, no counter affidavit is filed. 3. No doubt, the contention of the learned counsel for petitioner is that Anganwadi Centre was built elsewhere and the land belonging to the petitioner is no more required. However, as no counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled and it is not known as to whether the land belonging to the petitioner is required for the purpose of constructing Anganwadi Centre or not. In that view of the matter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the possession of the petitioner in respect of the land in question, except under due process of law. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________________________ JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA Dt.06-02-2007 GLV