IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI WRIT PETITION NO : 6470 of 1995 Between: Mulakaledu Grampanchayat, Mulakaledu, Settur Mandal, Anantapur Dist, rep.by person In-charge M.K.Aswathanarayana, S/o.Satyanarayana Rao R/o.Mulakaledu, Anantapur Dist ..... PETITIONER AND The Mandal Revenue Officer Settur, Anantapur District. .....RESPONDENT 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 issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondent not to grant or assign pattas to the third parties in the village site poramboke known as Gramakantam situated in S.No.275 of Parlachedu village situated within the limits of Grampanchayat Mulakaledu by holding the action as illegal, and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. ADDEPALLI SURYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following O R D E R: The petitioner wanted a direction from this Court that the respondent should not assign or grant pattas to the third parties in the village site poramboke known as ‘Gramakantam’ situated in Sy.No.275 of Parlachedu village, Mulakaledu Grampanchayat. Interim directions have been passed by this Court on 04-04-1995. Counter has also not been filed. Even otherwise, in law, no assignments or pattas can be granted with respect to poramboke lands. Therefore, the writ petition is allowed and it is directed that no pattas shall be granted to anybody with respect to the sites, which are poramboke in the said village. No order as to costs. ________________ (Bilal Nazki, J) 20th January, 2005. vrn That Rule nisi has been made absolute as above. Witness the Hon’ble Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice on this Thursday, the Twentieth day of January, Two Thousand and Five. To 1 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Settur, Anantapur Dist 2 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (O.U.T.) 3 Two CD copies.