THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO.7603 OF 2011 AND WRIT PETITION NO.7605 OF 2011 COMMON ORDER: The relief sought for, in these Writ Petitions, is to declare the action of the respondents in passing the order dated 16.11.2010 as arbitrary and illegal. By the said proceedings dated 16.11.2010, the land hitherto assigned in favour of the petitioner was resumed. The said proceedings records that notices were issued to both the assignees and alienees for violation of Section 3 of the Act; the notice sent to the petitioner was received back due to their refusal to receive the notice; the notice issued to the alieneee has been received on 11.11.2010; and no explanation was offered within the stipulated time. The records have been produced before this Court today. Learned Government Pleader would state that, since the petitioners who were hitherto assigned the lands were not available in the village, it was affixed on door of their house. Curiously the impugned order records as if the notices were received back because of refusal by the assignee to receive the notice. With a view to give a quietus to the entire episode, the Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) was asked to hand over a copy of the show cause notices dated 05.11.2010 and 06.11.2010 to the petitioner’s Counsel in Court today, receipt of which the Learned Counsel for the petitioner acknowledges. The impugned order dated 16.11.2010 is, accordingly, set aside for non-compliance with the statutory requirements of Rule 3 read with Form I of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 2007. The petitioner shall, within fifteen days from today, submit their objections to the said show cause notice and the 3rd respondent shall then pass orders thereupon in accordance with law. It is made clear that, in case no objections are filed by the petitioners within the stipulated time of two weeks from today, it shall be open to the 3rd respondent to pass necessary orders, and then take necessary action in accordance with law. The Writ Petitions are disposed of accordingly. No costs. Date: 29.09.2011 ____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR