IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 15313 of 2009 Between: 1 Tamminareddy Lalitha Devi W/o. Krishnarujana Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 2 Burra Sudharani W/o. Mohana Kumar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 3 David Bharathi W/o. Samuhulu Raj Kumar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 4 Burra Leela Devi W/o. Revathi Kumar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 5 Patoju Surya Kumari W/o. Srinivasa Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 6 Karri Neelima W/o. Narsimha Murthy R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 7 Masarapu Roopa W/o. Narsinga Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 8 Beeba Pathak W/o. Manohar Kumar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 9 Chintalapudi Padmavathi W/o. Babji Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 10 Korukonda Parvathamma W/o. Seswara Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 11 Rongali Suguna Jyothi W/o. Maheswara Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 12 Chokkakula Demudu Naidu W/o. Achibabu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 13 Gogada Ramalakshmi W/o. Hanumantha Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 14 Chilukuri Sarojini W/o. Srinu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 15 Dwarapudi Bhavani W/o. Sanyasi Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 16 Bojja Dhanalakshmi W/o. Sanni Babu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 17 Busanaboina Mallamma W/o. Prasad R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 18 Thangeti Veralakshmi W/o. Ramu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 19 Lekkala Jaggalakshmi W/o. Rama Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 20 Reddy Krishnaveni W/o. Kanna Babu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 21 Koppusetti Surya Kumari W/o. Venkatrao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 22 Illa Sreelakshmi W/o. Apparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 23 Moogi Krishnaeni W/o. Vallabharao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 24 Moogi Srinivasarao S/o. Vallabharao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 25 Bollavarapu Kathsayani W/o. Srinivasarao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 26 Bollavara SAsirekha W/o. paparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 27 Setty Ramana, S/o. Sanyasinaidu, R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 28 M.Aruna W/o. Nageswara Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 29 Oleti Nayomi W/o. Sarathi R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 30 Poodi Varralakshmi W/o. Vijayabhasar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 31 Poodi Ramayyamma W/o. Parasuramarao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 32 Doula Simhalamnaidu S/o. Parinaidu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 33 Gondesi Rambabu S/o. Ramu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 34 Bonupalli Parvathi W/o. Gavarayya R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 35 Raguthu Nagamma W/o. Ramanamurthy R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 36 Ragutu Ramakrishna W/o. Venkat R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 37 Raguthu Srinivasarao, S/o. Venkat R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 38 Karri Mary W/o. Apparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 39 Karanam Chinnammadu W/o. Rajarao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 40 Md. Haseena Begum Wo. Shameer R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 41 Viyyapu Appayyamma W/o. Venkataswamy R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 42 Sathapati Lakshmi, W/o. Sadanandarao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 43 Sathapathi Mariyamma W/o. Samson R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 44 M.Nagireddy S/o. Chanti Reddy R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 45 Urenkuti Appatyamma W/o. Late Pydaiah R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 46 Chatti Padma W/o. Chatti Thatharao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 47 Palla Thathalu S/o. Late Naidu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 48 Botta Nagamani W/o. Muthyala Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 49 Urukuti Sanyasamma W#/o. Gangaraju R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 50 Lolli SAvithri W/o. Ramesh Kumar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 51 Attada Vijayalakshmi W/o. Duryodana R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 52 Kola Bhagyalakshmi W/o. Audinarayana R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 53 Chetti Suneetha W/o.Raju R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 54 Sanapareddy Kanakamma W/o. R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 55 Egala Somulamma W/o. Nookaraju R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 56 Nadagala Kamakshi W/o. Suribabu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 57 Choppala Lahari D/o. Lakshmi R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 58 A.Haresuri R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 59 Gondesi Rambabu S/o. Ramana R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 60 Urukuti Sudharani W/o. Srinivasa Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 61 Palla Anand S/o. Chinnaiah R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 62 Chetti Parimala W/o. Ramana R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 63 Palla Lakshmi W/o. Aooarao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 64 Pediredla Lakshmi W/o. Chibabu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 65 Lekkala Suneetha W/o. Ramana R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 66 Gedela Sivalakshmi W/o. Krishna Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 67 Dannina Nagamma W/o. Apparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 68 Pragada Lakshmi W/o. appala Naidu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 69 Gampa Umadevi W/o. Apparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 70 Karri Rajeswari W/o. Appala Raju R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 71 Inoori Aruna W/o. Srinivas R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 72 Manchiri Nagamani W/o. Somanath R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 73 Manchili Ramakalyani W/o. Bhanumoorthy R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 74 Kothalanka Lakshmi Servani W/o. Pallam Raju R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 75 Elamanchili Aruna W/o. Srinivasa Sarma R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 76 Gania Anuradha W/o. Srinivasa Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 77 Karri Appalanarasamma W/o. Apparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 78 Pedireddila Lakshmi W/o. Sambamoorthy R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 79 Pedireddila Venkatalakshmi W/o. Somasekhar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 80 Gowridevi W/o. Sanyasi Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 81 Gedela Varalakshmi W/o. Sudhakar R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 82 Penta Annapoorna W/o. Haribabu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 83 Sam meta Varalskshmi W/o. Shiva R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 84 Sammeta Rajeshwari W/o. Srinivas R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 85 Chinthala Padma W/o. Arjun R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 86 Peddireddila Prabhavathi W/o. Nageswara Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 87 Kothalanka Chayadevi W/o. Ganapathi R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 88 Pujyam Rajeswari W/o. Mruthyunjaya Sarma R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 89 K.Bhuvaneswari W/o. Subrahmanyamvarma R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 90 Lanka Kanathalli W/o. Apparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 91 Gania Anuradha Devi W/o. Mahesh R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 92 Karri Suryavaralakshmi W/o. Anandababu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 93 Pedireddila Lakshmi Ramana W/o. Apparao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 94 Pedireddila Revathi W/o. Srinivasa Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 95 Peddapalli Anuradha W/o. Ramakrishna Raju R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 96 K.Prasanna Lakshmi W/o. Srinivasa Raju R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 97 Lanka Satyavathi W/o. Sanyasi Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 98 G.Rama W/o. Venkatasatyanarayana Rao R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 99 Gollapalli Aruna W/o. Narisimhulu R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. 100 Guntur Sekhar S/o. Ramakrishna R/o. Indra Nagar Colony, Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandalam, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P., Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam District. At Visakhapatnam. 3 The Tahasildar, Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ or order more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents ion making attempts to dispossess the petitioners from their respective extents of land in an extent of 60 sq. yards in Indira Nagar, in Sy.No. 128 of Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District which is published in newspaper as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequnetly direct the respondents not to dispossess or demolish the structures raised by the petitioners from their respective pieces of land in Indira Nagar in which they are in possession in Sy.No. 128, of Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District and Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.RAVI PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.NO.15313 OF 2009 ORAL ORDER The 100 petitioners apprehend illegal conduct by the respondents in particular the 3rd respondent to dispossess them from their lands of an extent of 60 square yards each in Sy.No.128 of Vedullanarava Village, Sabbavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, without following any process known to law. The petitioners assert that they had occupied about Ac.5.00 of land, which they reclaimed leveled and put up huts and regular houses as well, since 1990. The 3rd respondent has also issued them “land possession certificates” and the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation assigned assessment and house numbers for each of the dwellings. The Electricity Department is also asserted to have granted electricity connections to all most all the houses and is collecting energy consumption charges. While so the petitioners allege, on 24-07-2009 a newspaper reported that one Smt. Deena Anita, Tahasildar, Subbavaram Mandal is visiting the area and would send up a report to the District Collector and thereafter the encroachments would be removed. The newspaper’s report the petitioners claim, creates apprehension in the minds of the petitioners that they would be illegally dispossessed. The above is the broad fame work of the pleadings in the writ petition, which clearly disclose that there is no overt action as yet by any of the respondents in particular the 3rd respondent to dispossess the petitioners. The writ petition is filed on an apprehension and is in the nature of seeking a preemptive remedy. The petitioners have come all the way from Visakhapatnam on the basis of this apprehension. If the respondents seek to dispossess the petitioners, who claim to be in possession of the land though without title since 1990, it is trite that they can be dispossessed only after following the due process of law, either for removal of encroachments under the provisions of A.P. Land Encroachment Act,1905 or any other provision of law and after following process of notice and opportunity. The respondents, it is settled, cannot take recourse to mere employment of physical force to evict the petitioners. If the respondents seek or proceed to evict the petitioners unlawfully, the petitioners have a slew of effective remedies available and proximal to their habitat. They can lodge a complaint to the jurisdictional police about criminal trespass or attempted criminal trespass by the respondents; if they apprehend executive apathy to such complaint they can file a private complaint before the jurisdictional Magistrate or they may exercise the right of private defence. They may approach the civil court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive or other appropriate relief. In case the petitioners apprehend imminent dispossession, they may even seek dispensing with the notice under Section 80(2) CPC. Even if they be dispossessed they may seek restoration of possession under the provisions of the Specific Relief Act,1963 within the time prescribed therein. As the petitioners have a spate of remedies available nearer to their residence, this court is not inclined to entertain this apprehension under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission granting liberty to the petitioners to pursue appropriate alternative remedies. No costs. _________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J 29th JULY, 2009. *TSNR