IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24987 of 2008 Between: 1 Ganta Venkata Rao S/o. Pydithalli, R/o. Jammu Narayanapuram (V), Vizianagaram Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 2 B. Ramaratnam W/o. B. Marayya, R/o. Jammu Narayanapuram (V), Vizianagaram Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 3 P. Pydiraju S/o. P. Satyam, R/o. Jammu Narayanapuram (V), Vizianagaram Mandal, Vizianagaram District. 4 T. Prasad S/o. T. Chinna, R/o. Jammu Narayanapuram (V), Vizianagaram Mandal, Vizianagaram District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Vizianagaram District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vizianagaram. 3 The Tahsildar, Vizianagaram . .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 1st respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on the representation dated 22.10.2008 and to take immediate steps to prevent distribution or utilization of the Gram Kantam land in Sy.No.35 of Jammu Narayanapuram Village other than the communal public purposes of all the villagers by issuing a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and pass Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.G.RAMA GOPAL Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.24987 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners, who are residents of Jammu Narayanapuram village, Vizianagaram Mandal, Vizianagaram, claim that the land in Sy. No. 35 is classiﬁed as Grama Kantam, and that an extent of Ac. 1.00 situated therein is being used for communal purposes. They state that on coming to know that the land earmarked for communal purposes is sought to be allotted as house sites, they made representation dated 22.10.2008 bringing to the notice of the District Collector, Vizianagaram, that the land is earmarked for communal purposes and requested him not to allot the said land as house sites. However, it is the grievance of the petitioners that the 1st respondent, namely the District Collector, Vizianagaram, without considering their representation, is seeking to allot the same as house sites to the beneficiaries. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents, and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: Respondent No.1 is directed to consider and dispose of the representation, dated 22.10.2009, of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders thereon. Till such time, the land in question shall not be allotted as house sites to any person. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J 14.11.2008 v v/k s r