THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9973 of 2006 Date: 24.05.2006 Between: Smt. Thati Sunitha … PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Nellore District, Nellore & another. … RESPONDENTS ORDER: The petitioner states that she purchased about Acs.2-00 of land in various survey numbers of L.A. Sagaram Village, naidupeta Mandal, Nellore District under various sale deeds dated 10.02.2002 and that her vendor in turn purchased the same way back in the year 1980. Her grievance is that the respondents are trying to dispossess her without initiating any proceedings and have threatened her not to enter into the land. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioner based her claim to the land in question on sale deeds executed in the year 2002. In case, the respondents dispute the title of the petitioner and intend to dispossess her, they have to follow the procedure prescribed by law. The respondents do not have any power to unilaterally interfere with the possession of the petitioner without initiating any proceedings. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the respondents shall not interfere with the rights of the petitioner except by following the procedure prescribed by law. ___________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J Date: 24.05.2006 Note: Issue CC by tomorrow. ES/CHV