HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO W.P.No.7950 of 2010 Dated: 07-09-2010 Between: P.Rama Naidu & others …Petitioners AND The District Collector, Ananthapur District, Anantapur & others. Respondents. This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO W.P.No.7950 of 2010 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) By filing this writ petition in the form of Public Interest Litigation, petitioners seek a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in excavating channel/canal over the lands of the petitioners in Sy.Nos.257A, 7E, 21F, 24F, 25B, 39A, 7D/2, 21E/2, 24E/2, 7E, 8, 9A, 21G, 20, 25C, 39B, 7D/1, 21F/1, 24E/1, 9E, 19D, 26C, 17A, 27A, 38C, 24F2, 25B2, 24E2B, 39A1, 21G2, 20-2, 25C2, 9F2 and 24E/B, situated at P.Kottalapalli, Pasuluru Hamlet of Peddapapuru Mandal, Ananthapur District, by causing hindrance to petitioners’ land and the fruit bearing plants therein without providing an alternative by way of bridge or if any, as bad, arbitrary and contrary to law. Third respondent filed a counter affidavit stating that the canal is being excavated to feed Pendekallu Reservoir from Chagallu barrage in the lands in Sy.Nos.24-F2, 25B2, 39A1, 24E2B, 21G2, 20-2, 25-C2, 9-E2, 25-F1, 19-D1, 24-E1B, 73-1B, 69-B2, 10-D1, 10-A1A, 10-A2A, 10-B1, 10-C1 and 5-A2. Compensation was paid to the land owners before acquiring the said lands. Due to excavation of canal, the bore- wells of the petitioners are not being affected in any way nor there is any hindrance for the flow of water from their bore-wells to the crops raised by them. There is no damage either to the fruit bearing trees or the lands of the petitioners. The lands affected for construction of the canal have been acquired by paying compensation to the owners. It is stated that there are already two existing road bridges across the link channel; one at KM 8.532 and the other at KM 10.500 of the link channel. The farmers have been utilizing the said bridges to cross the canal. Upon the representation made by the farmers for construction of an additional bridge across the canal, it has been proposed by the respondents to construct a bridge at KM 9.250 of link channel in between two existing bridges. The approval for designs and drawings of the proposed bridge at KM 9.250 of link channel are under progress. It is stated that immediately after getting the approval from the competent authority, the construction of the bridge will be taken up and will be completed for use and enjoyment of the farmers whose lands are situated adjacent to the canal. Inasmuch as the respondent-authorities have already took into consideration the grievance of the petitioners and that as they have already proposed for construction of a bridge across the canal for the benefit of the farmers whose lands are situated adjacent to the canal, no further cause survives for adjudication in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. However, the respondents are directed to finalize the approval, construct and complete the bridge within a period of six months. No order as to costs. ________________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J. __________________ SEPTEMBER 07, 2010 RAJA ELANGO, J. Tsr.