IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15273 of 2005 Between: Talluri Buskaiah & others. … Petitioners AND District Collector, Krishna District, Vijayawada, & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri K.S. Murthy Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Revenue This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15273 of 2005 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents to put the petitioners in possession of the land as per proceedings dated 23.01.2005 and in issuing pattadar passbooks, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri K.S. Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for Assignments. The only grievance of the petitioners is that though orders were passed as far back as 23.01.2005 under Section 4(1)(b) of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short, ‘the Act’) resuming the lands, which were assigned to them on the ground of violation of the provisions of the Act, many of them have not been restored the lands, which were resumed. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that questioning the resumption orders, some of the purchasers filed appeals and they were un-successful. He stated that all the resumption orders passed in respect of the lands, which were assigned to the petitioners, have become final. No counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents. In the light of the pleadings of the petitioners and the above recorded submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to restore possession to the petitioners of such of those lands in respect of which they were granted assignments and the resumption orders have become final. Along with the restoration of possession, the respondents also shall issue duplicate ‘D’ form pattas and pattadar passbooks to the petitioners. This exercise shall be completed by the respondents within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.19406 of 2005 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 14.07.2008 ES