IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED WRIT PETITION NO : 22132 of 2008 Between: 1 Voruganti Nageswara RAo S/o.Sri Voruganti Kameswara Rao Resident of Tangudubilli village Anandapuram Mandal Visakhapatnam District 2 Nakka Ramana Reddy S/o.Sri Simhachalam Resident of Tangudubilli village Anandapuram Mandal Visakhapatnam District 3 Kaki Gopal Reddy S/o.Late Sri Kaki Appa Rao Resident of Tangudubilli village Anandapuram Mandal Visakhapatnam District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by District Collector Visakhapatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam 3 The Tahasildar, Anandapuram Mandal Visakhapatnam District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to dispossess the petitioners from their lands in Sy.No.13 of Tangudubilli village, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District as illegal, null void arbitrary,and against the principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.K.DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking to issue a writ, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to dispossess the petitioners from their lands in Sy.No.13 of Tangudubilli village, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, as being illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and for issuing appropriate orders. The case of the petitioners is that they being ex- servicemen were allotted lands in Sy.No.13 of Tangudubilli village, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, in the year 1979, by the then Tahsildar, Bheemunipatnam, by order, dated 03.07.1979. It is the further case of the petitioners that the respondents are trying to assign the lands in question to some third parties behind their back though the assignment was made in their favour as long as back in the year 1979, on the alleged ground that they have violated the patta conditions. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. Prima facie, inasmuch as the petitioners were issued with pattas in the year 1979 and they claim to be in possession of the lands in question by paying revenue tax to the revenue department and cultivating the lands, the respondents are directed not to evict the petitioners from the lands in question, except by following due process of law. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J Date:06.10.2008 sj/nrg ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The District Collector, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam 3 The Tahasildar, Anandapuram Mandal Visakhapatnam District 4.2CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court Building, Hyderabad. (OUT) 5. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}