THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 26804 of 2000 Date: 28.11.2011 Between: Burada Venkatramana … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Prl. Secretary, Hyderabad and 4 others. … Respondents HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 26804 of 2000 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the order passed by the 3rd respondent - Joint Collector, Chittoor, dated 01.08.1998 as confirmed by the 2nd respondent-Chief Commissioner of Land Administration of A.P., by order dated 15.07.1999, is arbitrary and illegal. The material available on record shows that Ac.5-12 cents of land situated in Sy.No.891/2 of Maddaiahgaripalle Village, Chittoor District, was originally assigned to one Gundigala Gurappa, the father of the 5th respondent herein. After his death, Ac.4-12 cents of land out o f the assigned land was purchased by the writ petitioner and his brothers under a registered sale deed, dated 14.6.1979 executed by the legal heirs of the assignee. While so, on a representation made by the 5th respondent herein complaining that the petitioner is in illegal possession of the land assigned to her father, the 3rd respondent – Joint Collector after conducting an enquiry passed an order dated 1.8.1998 cancelling the assignment made in favour of late Gundigala Gurappa and directing resumption of Ac.4-12 cents of land in possession of the writ petitioner. There was also a direction to reassign the same to the said land to the 5th respondent herein. Challenging the said the said order dated 1.8.1998 the writ petitioner preferred a revision petition before the 2nd respondent herein. By order dated 15.7.1999 the 2nd respondent though upheld the 3rd respondent’s order dated 1.8.1998 to the extent of resumption ordered by him, held that the matter requires reconsideration so far as the direction to reassign the land to the 5th respondent herein. Accordingly, the matter was remanded to the third respondent for de novo enquiry to verify the ownership details of the lands owned by the 5th respondent and examine her eligibility for assignment. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the above said orders passed by the respondents 2 & 3 are arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the material available on record. Admittedly the land in question is an assigned land. The fact that the petitioner had purchased the said assigned land on 14.06.1979 is also not in dispute. Since the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 has come into force w.e.f. 21.1.1977, the prohibition of transfer of the assigned lands as per Section 3 of the said Act is attracted to the sale transaction in favour of the petitioner. Therefore, the resumption ordered by the 3rd respondent as upheld by the 2nd respondent cannot be held to be arbitrary or illegal on any ground whatsoever. It is also brought to my notice that the very same order dated 15.7.1999 passed by the 2nd respondent was challenged by the respondent No.5 herein in W.P.No.24450 of 1999 and the same was dismissed by this Court by order dated 26.7.2004. Viewed from any angle, the impugned orders warrant no interference by this Court. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 28.11.2011 KLP