THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO Writ Petition No.6471 of 2010 Dated : 07.04.2010 Between : T.Simhachalam & others … Petitioners a n d The Government of AP & others … Respondents Writ Petition No.6225 of 2010 Dated : 07.04.2010 Between : Indala Appa Rao … Petitioner a n d The Government of AP & others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO Writ Petition Nos.6225 and 6471 of 2010 COMMON ORDER: As the issues raised in these two writ petitions are common, they are disposed of together. The petitioners are statedly worked in Indian Army as sepoys and Hawaldars during the period from 1971 to 1988. In March, 1989 and January, 1986 they were assigned lands admeasuring various extents treating them as ‘landless poor persons’. They were given pattas in Form-D. After discharge from Army statedly they are in possession of the said lands and are cultivating the same. They made an application to the fourth respondent on 26.08.2005. Be it noted that the second petitioner in Writ Petition No.6225 of 2010 is the wife of an ex-service man. She also made an application requesting that their assignment as ‘landless poor persons’ be converted into allotment of land to an ‘ex-service man’. The application was forwarded by the fourth respondent vide letter No.1781/Wel/2005-E dated 17.09.2005. The petitioners allege that no orders are passed and so they filed the present writ petitions seeking a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to convert their assignment from the ‘landless poor’ category to ‘ex-service men’ category. The counsel for the petitioners relies on BSO 15 in support of his contention that even a person in the Army Service to be discharged can be assigned land and after discharge such assignment can be converted into ‘ex-service men’ category. Refuting the said contention, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) submits that the petitioners were discharged from Army in 1989 and, therefore, the assignment made to them while they were in service cannot be converted as an assignment into an ‘ex-service men’ category. She also submits that there is no provision in Revenue Laws for such conversion. This Court with the assistance of the counsel for the petitioners and Assistant Government Pleader has perused various paragraphs in BSO 15. There is no provision for conversion of assignment made to ‘landless poor persons’ to assignment to an ‘ex-service man’. There is no dispute that BSO 15 contains relevant rules for assignment of land to the landless poor persons and when there is no provision for such conversion, the petitioners cannot be said to have any right that can be passed to. It is well settled that a Mandamus contrary to Law cannot be issued nor a Mandamus can be issued ignoring Law. Writ Petition is, therefore, misconceived and the same is accordingly dismissed. __________ V.V.S.RAO, J April 07, 2010 sur