THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No :28434 of 2007 DATED:28-01-2008 BETWEEN: Jalleda Seetaramayya & 32 others. ..... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Guntur District & 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. 2. Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in issuing house site pattas to the petitioners from Ac.28.06 cents in R.S.Nos.677 and 704 of Lalpuram Gram Panchayat, Lingayapalem village, Guntur Rural mandal, Guntur District, as illegal and arbitrary. 3. It is the case of the petitioners that an extent of Ac.28.06 cents in Sy.Nos.677 and 704 of Lalpuram Gram Panchayat, Lingayapalem village, Guntur Rural mandal, Guntur District is a Government land and the said land was assigned to various landless persons. It is stated that the assignees have alienated the said land and most of the land has been resumed by the Government in violation of the conditions imposed in the assignment as well as the provisions of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for brevity, ‘the Act’). It is further stated that as the petitioners are landless poor and original assignees they have occupied small extents, 60 yards each, for erecting houses. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that it is the policy of the Government to resume the lands abutting the villages and assign the same to the landless poor for the purpose of house sites. It is stated that the petitioners have made various representations, dated 01-12-2007, before the 1st respondent- District Collector, Guntur District, requesting to assign the land in their occupation for the purpose of house sites under various schemes such as ‘Rajiv Gandhi Gruha Kalpa’, Indiramma Padhakam’ etc., 5. I am not inclined to express any opinion with regard to the aforesaid contentions, but however, having regard to the facts and circumstances, if any such representations are pending before the concerned Mandal Revenue Officer, i.e., the 3rd respondent- Tahsildar, Guntur District, the representations of the petitioners along with the other eligible applicants who are entitled to house sites under the schemes may also be considered. It is further observed that while allotting house sites the authorities shall keep in view the policy of the Government giving preference to the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Backward Class candidates and among them the claims of the poorest of the poor shall have the preferential consideration without any discrimination. 6. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J 28th January, 2008. Tsy