@#@#@#@#@#@#@ HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO:2631 of 2004 DATED: 15-02-2008 Between: 1. Smt.T.Sarada Devi and 3 others ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Chief Conservator of Forest, Aranya Bhavan, Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS @#@#@#@#@#@#@ ORDER: This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking to declare the action of the respondents in trying to dispossess the petitioners from their land without any authority of law and giving any notice nor giving an opportunity of being heard as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of principles of natural justice. The petitioners purchased land measuring 276 square yards covered by Sy.No.143/2 of Chinagadali village, within the limits of Municipal Corporation under a registered sale deed dated 11-08-2003. The respondents claimed that it is a forest land and the petitioners have no right over the land. When the matter is considered by the Settlement Officer, at the instance of the House Building Society of the Revenue Department, it was held that it is not a forest land. The appeal preferred by the Forest Department in C.M.A.No.56 of 1993 before the District Judge, Visakhapatnam, was also dismissed confirming the order of the Settlement Officer. Being aggrieved by the same, the Forest Department preferred C.R.P.Nos.1188 and 1189 of 2006 and the High Court also dismissed the revision petitions refusing to interfere with the orders passed by the Settlement Officer and the District Court. There are judicial pronouncements holding that it is not a forest land, therefore, the petitioners are justified in praying this Court to declare that the respondents have no right to dispossess the petitioners from the land. In the light of the judgments of the Settlement Officer, District Court and the High Court, it is appropriate to allow the writ petition directing the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the schedule mentioned land. The Writ Petition is accordingly allowed. No order as to costs. _________________ 15th February, 2008 SKM