HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P. No. 2823 of 1997 1.8.2007 Between Mutyala Sandaiah and another ..Petitioners AND T h e District Collector, Rangareddy District and others ..Respondents :: JUDGMENT :: HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P. No. 2823 of 1997 This writ petition has been instituted by a couple of public spirited individuals who solicited a writ of mandamus seeking direction to the respondent public authorities to protect the excess lands surrendered to the Government by various individuals in Survey Nos.4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 68/1 to 68/7, 152, 42 and 43 at Ramanthapur, Uppal Mandal, Rangareddy District. It is the case of the petitioners that excess vacant lands situate in Ramanthapur locality of Hyderabad City have been left unprotected by the revenue administration of the State giving scope for encroachments and anti-social activities by undesirable elements in the locality. Therefore, they have instituted this writ petition. At my instance, the learned Government Pleader for Assignment had called for complete details of the issue and in response thereto, the Tahsildar, Uppal Mandal had filed a counter affidavit pointing out that an extent of 4,574 sq. meters of excess land situate in Survey No.4 was taken possession of and the same was also handed over to the revenue authorities and is well preserved and protected. It has been specifically asserted by the Tahsildar that action has already been initiated to stop constructions taken up in the surplus land situate in Survey No.4. Similarly, dealing with the various extents of vacant lands, the measures taken up by the revenue administration for protecting these vacant lands have been spelt out in detail. Therefore, the object of the two petitioners in instituting this writ petition has been well served. In fact, as lately as on 4.7.2007, the Tahsildar had taken up with the Deputy Commissioner, Uppal Circle of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation the issue relating to the grant of permission for constructions in the excess lands situate in Survey No.4. In view of the details mentioned in the counter affidavit filed by the Tahsildar, Uppal Mandal, I consider it appropriate that the writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the Tahsildar, Uppal Mandal to submit necessary reports to the District Collector, Rangareddy District periodically as to the measures taken for protecting the vacant excess lands in the Ramanthapur locality, so that the interest of the State will be kept protected adequately. Since the petitioners herein also exhibited the necessary public interest, they are also granted liberty to supplement their representations to the Tahsildar whenever, it has come to their notice that the excess vacant land or any other land belonging to the Government is suffering any encroachment or illegal occupation. In the event of any such representations being submitted by the petitioners herein, the same shall be entertained and appropriately dealt with within a maximum period of three months after receipt of such representations. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of . No costs. _________________________________ NOOTY RAMA MOHANA RAO.J. 1.8.2007 psr