THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.639 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners claim to have occupied small extents of Government land in Survey No.1243 of M.G.Puram Village, Rajampet Mandal, Kadapa District and raised mango garden few years ago. The petitioners state that they belong to scheduled caste and have made representations to the respondents herein to assign the land under their occupation. Their grievance is that even while the applications for assignment are pending, the respondents are trying to evict them forcibly. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioners have placed before this Court, the proceedings of the Assignment Committee, which has recommended that the petitioners be assigned one acre or one and half acre of land, as the case may be. Whether or not the petitioners are entitled to be assigned the land needs to be considered by the competent authority. Till such decision takes place, the petitioners cannot be evicted. Further, even if the possession of the petitioners over the land in question is treated as an encroachment, they can be evicted only after the proceedings under the A.P. Land Encroachment Act, 1905, are initiated. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the respondents shall not evict the petitioners, till their application for assignment of the land under occupation is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:21.01.2010 Note: Issue cc in three days. (B/o) kdl