THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.30176 OF 2011 ORDER: The action of the respondents, in seeking to dispossess the petitioners from the lands situated in Survey No.205 of Piduguralla Village and Mandal, Guntur District on the ground that it is Government land, is questioned in this Writ Petition as being illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners, ten in number, are all said to be saw mill owners. It is their specific case that their lands are in Survey No.205/C which are patta lands; Government poramboke land, in Survey No.205/B, has already been assigned in favour of the landless poor; and, on the erroneous premise that the land in Survey No.205/C is also Government poramboke, the respondents were threatening to forcibly evict the petitioners from the subject land. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Andhra and Rayalaseema Areas), on instructions, would state that an extent of Ac.3-00 of land in Survey No.205/B, which the petitioners have illegally occupied, is Government land; the petitioners have stocked raw wood on these lands; and, while the respondents intend initiating action against the petitioners herein for their eviction, they would only do so in accordance with law. Sri S. Nageswara Reddy, Learned Standing Counsel for Municipalities, would assert that the land in Survey No.205 is not sub- divided; the entire land has already been assigned in favour of weaker sections who, on being threatened with dispossession, had already invoked the jurisdiction of this Court; and this Court had granted stay of demolition. As the Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Andhra and Rayalaseema Areas), on instructions, has submitted that the petitioners are in possession of the land, (albeit in illegal occupation), and action would be taken in accordance with law for their eviction, I see no reason to keep the Writ Petition pending on the file of this Court. The Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the land of an extent of Ac.3-00 in Survey No.205/B except in accordance with law, including the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J November 15, 2011 Note: Issue operative portion by wire at party’s cost. B/O.MD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.30176 OF 2011 November 15, 2011 MD