IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 8264 of 2008 Between: K.Rama Murthy Raju, S/o. Narayana Raju, Lotlapalli Village,Tami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. Petitioner. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer,Jami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not taking any steps o remove theencroaches basing on my lrepresentation (Legal notices) dated 9-4-2007 and 28-01-208 as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and consequently direct the respondents to take steps to remove the encroaches by considering reprsentation dated 9-4-2007 and 28-01-2008 of the petitioner and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.RAMA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 8264 of 2008 Order: The petitioner states that he irrigates his land by drawing water from Gopanna Cheruvu, situated in Survey No. 86 of Lotlapalli village, Tami Mandal, Vizianagaram District. He further states that some persons have encroached part of the tank bed land of said Gopanna Cheruvu, and as a result, he is unable to draw water for irrigating his land. It is his case that he got issued legal notice dated 09.04.2007 and also made representation dated 28.01.2008 requesting the respondents to remove the encroachments, but no action thereon had been taken. Hence, he seeks appropriate directions to the respondents. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The respondents are directed to consider and dispose of the representation dated 28.01.2008 of the petitioner, after issuing notices to the parties concerned, and pass appropriate orders and take necessary action for removal of the alleged encroachments made on the tank bed land, expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 17.04.2008 Ksr/Nsr