THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.28850 OF 2011 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is to declare the action of respondent No.3, in interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioners’ over their patta lands admeasuring Ac.2.25 cents in Sy.No.1438/2, Ac.1.53 cents in Sy.No.1436, Ac.3.78 cents in Sy.Nos.1436/4 and 1438/1 and Ac.2.00 in Sy.No.716 of Duvvur Village and Mandal, Kadapa District, as being illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners seek a consequential direction to respondent No.3 not to interfere with their peaceful possession and enjoyment in respect of their patta lands in the aforesaid survey numbers. The petitioners, landless poor, were granted DKT pattas in the year 1994. Based thereupon, pattadar pass books and title deeds were issued in their favour on 02.04.1998. Alleging interference by respondent No.3 with their peaceful possession and enjoyment of their lands, the petitioners have invoked the jurisdiction of this Court. When the matter was listed on 28.10.2011 Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) sought time to obtain instructions. Today the Learned Government Pleader would state that, for violation of the conditions of assignment and in as much as some others were put in possession over the subject lands assigned to the petitioners, notices in Form-I and II under Rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 2007 (for short ‘2007 Rules’) were issued both to the petitioners herein and those who were found to be in possession of the lands; and, since the petitioners were not residing in the Mudindlapalle Village, the notices were placed in a prominent place in the subject lands. Sri Challa Siva Sankar, Learned Counsel for the petitioners, would assert that the petitioners are residing in the Mudindlapalle Village itself, and the respondents contention of the petitioners not residing in the village is only to have the petitioners’ evicted from the subject lands without following the procedure established by law. It is wholly unnecessary for this Court to examine the rival contentions regarding service of notices, and whether the petitioners are residing in the Mudindlapalle Village itself, in as much as copies of the notices in Form-I have been made available by the Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment), and copies thereof have been handed over to Sri Challa Siva Sankar, Learned Counsel for the petitioners, receipt of which the learned Counsel acknowledges. I consider it appropriate, in such circumstances, to dispose of the Writ Petition permitting the petitioners to submit their reply to the notices issued in Form-I within 15 days from today. It is open to the respondents to pass an order thereafter, and take action in accordance with law. It is made clear that in case the petitioners herein do not file their objections within the aforesaid time limit of 15 days, it is always open to the respondents to proceed and pass orders in accordance with law, and take action thereafter against the petitioners. Till such orders are passed by respondent No.3, the petitioners shall not be evicted from the subject lands. The Writ Petition stands disposed of accordingly. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date:04.11.2011 Note:Furnish copy by 09.11.2011 bo usd