THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 7401 OF 2004 DATE: 30.07.2010 Between: Shaik Rowfani ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Guntur and others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 7401 OF 2004 ORDER : The petitioners claim to be the residents of Sajjavaripalem village, Nagaram Mandal, Guntur District. It is stated that they belong to weaker sections and they are eking their livelihood by working as agricultural coolies. It is further stated that they had raised their huts on the R and B road margin and residing therein for the last 20 years. Having considered their request for assignment of house sites, after due enquiry the revenue authorities had also prepared the list of eligible persons for grant of house site pattas. The names of the petitioners are also included in the said list. While the further proceedings were in progress, the respondents proposed for demolition of the huts in possession of the petitioners and to dispossess them. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in seeking to dispossess them without any notice, particularly while the proposals made for assignment of the house sites in their favour is under process, is arbitrary and illegal. A counter affidavit has been filed by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Nagaram in which the fact that the list of beneficiaries for provision of house sites was prepared long back has not been disputed. However, it is stated that the proposals for acquiring the land for providing house sites to the encroachers of the road margin have been sent to the Revenue Divisional Officer and the further steps are yet to be taken. Having regard to the fact that the proceedings for allotment of house sites to the petitioners are still pending, particularly keeping in view that the petitioners are in possession of their existing houses for the past about 30 years, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction to the respondents to finalise the proceedings already initiated for providing house site pattas to the petitioners and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of this order. Till such allotment is made, the petitioners shall not be dispossessed from the houses in their occupation without following due process of law. No costs. ____________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 30.07.2010 Ivd