IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.15545 OF 2010 Between: Gundluru Venkataswamy Reddy … Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its District Collector, Chittoor District, Chittoor and two others. … Respondents This Court made the following: O R D E R : Apprehending that the respondent authorities were proposing to lay a road through his patta land admeasuring Ac.0.17 cents in Survey No.165/2 of Melupatla Village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, without initiating land acquisition proceedings, the petitioner filed the present case. 2. This Court, by order dated 02-07-2010, directed the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner or interfere with his possession over the subject land, except in accordance with the due procedure laid down by law. 3. The Tahsildar, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, the third respondent, filed his counter admitting that the subject land was owned by the petitioner. He further stated that there were no proposals to acquire the subject land for the purpose of laying a road and that no requisition in that regard had been received by his office from any department. 4. In the light of the counter filed by the Tahsildar, Punganur Mandal, it is clear that the apprehension of the petitioner was without basis. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: 17-03-2011. KVS/BSB