IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3465 of 2005 Between: 1 R. Jagadishwar Rao, S/o. Surya Rao, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 2 R. Madhava Rao, S/o. BhoomaRao, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 3 K. Ravinder Rao, S/o. Chokka Rao, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 4 K. Papa Rao, S/o. Rajeshwar Rao, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 5 P. Chokka Rao, S/o. Buchaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 6 K. Dharma Rao, S/o. Buchaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 7 K. Devaiah, S/o. Narsaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 8 R. Laxman Rao, S/o. Rajeshwar Rao, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 9 K. Sathyanarayana Rao, S/o. Rajeshwar Rao, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 10 T. Rajamallu, S/o. Posham, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 11 N. Posham, S/o. Mallaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 12 N. Shivaiah, S/o. Mallaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 13 B. Gattaiah, S/o. Yellaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 14 M. Hanumanthu, S/o. Narayana, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 15 M. Rajamallu, S/o. Mallaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 16 Boilishetti Bheemaiah, S/o. Rajalingu, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 17 Katkuri Pochaiah, S/o Ramaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 18 Jadi Rajalingu, S/o. Durgaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 19 Debbati Venkanna, S/o. Rajaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 20 R. Linga Rao, S/o. Rajeshwar Rao, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 21 Pudari Rajalingu, S/o. Papaiah, R/o. Sitharampally Village, Theegalapahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Adilabad District, at Adilabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Manchiriyal at Manchiriyal, Adilabad District, 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District, 4 The Village Secretary, Theegalpahad Gram Panchayat, Manchiriyal Mandal, Adilabad District. 5 M/s. the Singareni Colleries, Company ltd., rep.by G.M., Srirampur,Area, Adilabad District. (R-5 is impleaded as per C.O.Dt. 27.4.2005 in WPMP. No. 10855 of 2005. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.ASHVINI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the impugned action of the respondents 2 to 4 in interfering with the agricultural activities of the petitioners and directing them to remove the pump sets and threatening to remove and seize the same as illegal, arbitrary, vide ab initio besides violative of Articles 14, 21 of the Constitution of India besides principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents herein not to interfere with the agricultural activities of the petitioner and not to remove the pump sets and not to seize the same.” At the hearing, Sri Ananth Nageshwar Rao, learned counsel representing the learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP No.4671 of 2005 and WVMP No.1280 of 2005 are dismissed as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated 20th June, 2008 vrn