IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.19043 of 2006 Between: S.Venkata Subba Raju and another. … Petitioners And Ganapavaram Gram Panchayat, reptd., by its Executive Officer, Ganapavaram, Ganapavaram Mandal, West Godavari District. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri C.Ramachandra Raju. Counsel for the respondents: Sri M.Prabhakara Rao. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in seeking to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioners in respect of Cinema Theatre, by name, Seshamahal, situated in premise bearing No.10-72 of Ganapavaram village, over an extent of 2436 Sq.yards, without initiating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri M.Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the respondent, submitted that the Writ Petition is ﬁled only based on the apprehension; and that there is no proposal for acquiring the petitioners’ property. He further submitted that a letter was addressed to the Tahsildasr, Ganapavaram, to get the road portion demarcated in order to clear the encroachments, if any, on the road portion. This statement of the learned counsel for the respondent is taken on record and the Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous with liberty to the petitioners to avail their remedy if and when the respondent seeks to interfere with their private property without following due process of law. ---------------------- -------------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date: 18-9-2008 MNR