HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.24973 of 2011 Date : 1-11-2011 Between : Payam Lakshmi Narayana .. Petitioner And The Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Agency, Bhadrachalam-cum-Additional Agent to Government, Khammam, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri M. Rajamalla Reddy Counsel for respondents : Assistant Government Pleader for Social Welfare The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner pleaded that he belongs to Koya community, which is a Schedule Tribe; that he purchased the extents of Ac.0-19 on 10-4-2000, Ac.0-10 cents on 20-3-2001 and Ac.0-11 cents on 15-6-2002 in Sy.No.76/1 of Venkateswara Colony, Bhadrachalam village and mandal, Khammam District, from one Kovvuri Ramakrishna; that when certain non-tribals wanted to encroach on the said property, the petitioner made an application to the respondents for taking action. As no action was taken, the petitioner is stated to have filed a petition on 25-7-2011 before respondent No.1 for eviction of certain unknown persons who forcibly occupied his land. As no action is taken thereon, the petitioner filed the present Writ Petition. Even though the case underwent several adjournments and was adjourned on 27-10-2011 for filing counter-affidavit by the respondents as a last chance, the same is not filed. At the hearing, it is not disputed that under the provisions of the A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation No.1 of 1959 (for short “the Regulation”), as amended by Regulation No.1 of 1970, it is the duty of respondent No.1 to initiate appropriate proceedings for eviction of non-tribals from the lands belonging to the tribals. If the petitioner’s representation dated 25-7- 2011 was received by respondent No.1, he ought to have initiated eviction proceedings. Failure to initiate such proceedings frustrates the very purpose of enacting the Regulation. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to initiate proceedings for eviction of the non-tribals from the land being claimed by the petitioner, within a period of one month from the date of receipt of this order. As a sequel, WPMP No.30714/2011 is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 1-11-2011 AM