THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15366 of 2008 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in trying to dispossess the petitioner from land admeasuring Ac.0.71 cents covered by Survey No.263/1B, 263/2B situated at Vellanki Village, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District and to alienate the same to the third parties, as illegal and arbitrary. It is the case of the petitioner that he is the absolute owner and possessor of aforesaid land having purchased it by registered sale deed, dated 16.12.2006 vide document bearing No.10532/06 from Thatipudi Narasaiamma and others. It is also his case that though the land in question was not an assigned one, the respondent initiated proceedings against him under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 and thereby, impugned notice in Form-II under Rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 2007, was issued to him. It is stated that the petitioner has submitted explanation to the said notice. In this Writ Petition, it is the grievance of the petitioner that without passing any final order in the matter, the respondent is trying to resume the land in question and to allot the same to the third parties. Though the Writ Petition is of 2008, no counter-affidavit is filed but when the matter is taken up today, it is submitted by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondent that pursuant to the impugned notice, no final orders have been passed by the respondent. When it is stated by the petitioner that he has purchased the land in question by a registered sale deed, in the absence of passing any final order in the matter, there is no basis for the respondent in taking steps either for eviction of the petitioner from the land in question or for allotting the same to the third parties. As it is submitted by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue that no final order has been passed in the matter and as much as the petitioner has already responded to the impugned notice issued in Form-II by submitting his explanation, I deem it appropriate to direct the respondent not to dispossess the petitioner from the land in question or allot the same to the third parties, without passing any final order in the matter. It is made clear that this order will not preclude the respondent to pass appropriate final orders in the matter by considering the objections raised by the petitioner in the explanation submitted by him pursuant to the impugned notice. The Writ Petition is disposed of with the directions referred to above. No order as to costs. ______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 21st JULY, 2011. kvni