THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20979 of 2010 Dated 05th October, 2010 Between: Manam Balamma and another …Petitioners And The District Collector, Nellore and others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri A.V.V.S.N. Murthy Counsel for respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.3 in seeking to interfere with the petitioners’ possession of Acs.2.50 cents of wet land comprised in Survey No.317 of Guvvadi Village, Varikuntapadu Mandal, Nellore District, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners were granted DKT pattas in respect of the abovementioned land on 12.02.2009. They alleged that at the instance of certain third parties, respondent No.3 is seeking to dispossess them from the said land. No counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments) submitted that respondent No.3 has received representations from certain persons, who claimed to be in possession of the abovementioned land and therefore, after personal explanation of the land, respondent No.3 proposed to handover possession of the land covered by the petitioners’ DKT pattas to those third parties and he is proposing to assign alternative land to the petitioners. In my opinion, so long as the DKT pattas granted to the petitioners continue to exist, they cannot be dispossessed from the land covered by the said pattas. If respondent No.3 feels that legitimate reasons exist for cancellation of the said DKT pattas, he can do so only after initiating appropriate proceedings and following the procedure prescribed therefor. For the aforementioned reasons, the Writ Petition is allowed. Respondent No.3 is restrained from interfering with the petitioners’ possession and occupation of the land covered by the DKT pattas so long as the said pattas remains in force. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.26703 of 2010 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 05th October, 2010 GHN