IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 19455 of 2008 Between: ..... PETITIONER(S) AND .....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 Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.K.NARASIMHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Assailing the order, dated 16.07.2008, passed in I.A.No.175 of 2008 in L.G.C.No.98 of 1998 by the Special Court constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad, the present writ petition is filed. 2. The brief facts are that the ﬁrst respondent herein ﬁled L.G.C.No.98 of 1998 before the Special Court constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, against the petitioners and respondents 3 to 123 herein for declaring them as land grabbers and for their eviction from the land grabbed and to deliver vacant possession. The said L.G.C. was allowed on 16.11.2006 declaring the respondents therein as land grabbers, and directed to submit their applications for regularization of the extents occupied by them within six weeks from the date of that order. Thereafter, on the applications ﬁled by the petitioners before the second respondent seeking regularization of the properties within the time stipulated in L.G.C.No.98 of 1998, the second respondent rejected the same stating that the applications were ﬁled after cut oﬀ date i.e., 30.09.2006 as per G.O.Ms.No.674, dated 08.06.2006. Therefore, the petitioners ﬁled I.A.No.175 of 2008 in L.G.C.No.98 of 1998 seeking regularization of their occupation over the schedule property on par with the others, whose occupation was already regularized. The said petition was disposed of directing that the Government Andhra Pradesh, represented by the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Asifnagar may consider regularization of the land, which is in occupation and enjoyment of the petitioners therein as per the Rules and Regularizations that are in vogue, if the petitioners approached the Government within one month from the date of the said order and further directed the petitioners therein to pay costs of Rs.2000/- per head i.e., 42 X 2000=84,000/- on or before 18.08.2008 towards illegal and unauthorized use and occupation of the land belongs to Government of Andhra Pradesh. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is ﬁled. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that as the petitioners are poor persons, they could not pay the amount within the stipulated time. 4. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we extend the time for one month from today for ﬁling applications seeking regularization of the extents occupied by the petitioners and also for payment of the amount as directed in I.A.No.175 of 2008 in L.G.C.No.98 of 1998, dated 16.07.2008, failing which, the said I.A. shall stand dismissed. Till such time, status quo should be maintained. 5. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _____________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J ____________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date:08.09.2008 Note: Furnish CC by three days. (Bo) sj ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ }