THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.1043 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioners claim to be in possession of small extents of land in survey No.34 of Singalagunta Village, Tirupathi, Chittoor District, since 1988. The petitioners state that they have raised huts in the land and living therein. They also state that they have been issued household supply cards, gas connections, water and electricity connections to the respective houses. Their grievance is that the respondents are trying to dispossess them without following the procedure prescribed by law. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioners do admit that the land encroached by them belongs to the Government. In case the petitioners are in possession of the same for a fairly long time and they have constructed the houses thereon, the respondents cannot evict them forcibly. When it is the endeavour of the Government itself to provide houses and house sites to the needy poor, the respondents cannot be permitted to evict the petitioners forcibly. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the respondents shall not dispossess the petitioners from the respective houses in survey No.34 of Singalagunta Village, Tirupathi, Chittoor District, without following the procedure prescribed by law. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:28.01.2009 kdl