IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24249 of 2008 Between: Dantuluri Udaya Bhaskara Varma, S/o. Suryanarayana Raju, R/o. Gopalapatnam Village and Post, Payakaraopet Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Tahsildar, Nakkapalli Mandal, 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in attempting to dispossess the petitioner from the lease hold rights of the cashew tope in an extent of 70 acres covered by Sy.Nos. 195, 196 and 197 of Gunupudi Village, Nakkapalli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, without canceling the petitioner's lease hold rights or without issuing any notice or without passing any order and in attempting to induct third parties in the said lands during the subsistence of his lease hold rights which would subsist till 31-3-2009, as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, malaﬁde and against the principles of natural justice and to consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the lease hold rights of taking the usufruct of the said cashew tope till the expiry of his lease, i.e. 31-3-2009. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SARVA BHOUMA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.24249 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner, who is an agriculturist and also a member of Rythu Sangham situated at Gopalapatnam, asserts that, he made an application to the 1st respondent, namely the District Collector, Visakhapatnam District, for grant of the lease of usufruct of cashew tope situated in an extent of 70 acres covered by Sy.Nos.195, 196 and 197 of Gunupudi village of Nakkapalli Mandal, for a period of three years commencing from Faslis 1417 to 1419 on payment of 10% additional lease amount to that of the previous lease amount, and pursuant thereof, the 1st respondent, by proceedings in Rc.No.895/2008/E4, dated 30.03.2008, granted lease of the same in favour of the petitioner for a period of one year i.e., Fasali 1417, on payment of lease rent of Rs.1,38,868/-. It is his further case that he paid the entire lease amount vide challan dated 08.04.2008 and, accordingly, the possession of the said cashew tope was handed over to him and since then he has been continuing in possession of the same. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the lease period is subsisting, the respondents are trying to evict him from the said land, without canceling the lease granted to him. Hence, the writ petition is filed. 2. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that the lease period expires on 31.03.2009 and till such time, the respondents are not going to evict the petitioners. 3. In view of the submission made by the learned Government Pleader for Revenue, no further orders need be passed in this writ petition. 4. The writ petition is, accordingly, closed. No order as to costs. _____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 07.11.2008 v v