IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19017 of 2005 Between: Banothu Duli and 55 others. … Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and seven others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri S.Tusali Das. Counsel for respondents: Sri C.Padmanabha Reddy, Senior Counsel, for R.8. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Certiorari to quash order dated 28-9-2002 passed by the District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, respondent No.2 herein. The petitioners also sought for directions to the respondents to issue house site pattas to them in Survey No.181/1 of Dr.Ambedkarnagar, Chaitanyapuri, Kothapet village, Uppal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, and to pay compensation at the rate of Rs.50,000/- to each of the petitioners. Heard Sri S.Tulasi Das, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri C.Padmanabha Reddy, learned Senior Counsel, for respondent No.8, who was impleaded by order dated 26-6-2008 passed in WPMP No.479 of 2008. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that subsequent to the filing of this Writ Petition, the State Government issued G.O.Ms.No.166, Revenue (Assignment POT) Department, dated 16-2-2008, providing for regularization of the sites in occupation of the unauthorized occupants and that in pursuance of the said G.O., the petitioners made their applications. He also furnished a copy of additional counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by respondent No.3 in Contempt Case No.938 of 2007 in WPMP No.24207 of 2005 in Writ Petition No.19017 of 2005, wherein the Special Grade Deputy Collector & Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Ranga Reddy East Division, Gosha Mahal, Hyderabad, stated that in view of the above mentioned G.O., the petitioners are at liberty to ﬁle their applications for regularization of their encroachments; and that as and when such applications are received, they will be considered as per their eligibility and the norms prescsribed in the said G.O. Sri C.Padmanabha Reddy, learned Senior Counsel appearing for respondent No.8, relying on para 6 of the counter-aﬃdavit ﬁled by respondent No.3 in Contempt Case No.938 of 2007, submitted that in the guise of regularization, the petitioners cannot be permitted to occupy the road in front of the house of respondent No.8 and obstruct his ingress and egress. Inasmuch as the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that having regard to the above mentioned subsequent events leading the petitioners making their applications for regularization of the land in their occupation, there is no need to adjudicate, on merits, the respective pleas raised by the parties in this Writ Petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner also agrees that the Writ Petition can be disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider and dispose of the applications of the petitioners for regularization in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.166 dated 16-2-2008. The learned Senior Counsel for respondent No.8 says that while his client has no objection whatsoever for granting house sites to the petitioners, in the guise of claiming house sites they cannot occupy the road margins causing obstruction to the entry into the house of respondent No.8. Having regard to these submissions, the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the applications said to have been ﬁled by the petitioners for regularization of their possession. He shall also ensure that while considering the applications of the petitioners, they are not permitted to occupy the road or road margins and cause inconvenience to the residents of the said area, including respondent No.8. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WVMP No.2377 of 2008 and WPMP Nos.24207 of 2005, 10549 and 23511 of 2008 are dismissed of as infructuous. -------------------------------------- -- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:05-08-2008 Note: Issue CC in three days. (BO) MNR