THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.26632 OF 2010 DATED 7TH APRIL, 2011 BETWEEN Manyala Satyavathi and others …Petitioners and The Joint Collector, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.26632 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners are aggrieved by the proceedings dated 01.09.2010 passed by the Joint Collector, Vizianagaram, cancelling the D-Form pattas issued in their favour by the Tahsildar, Bondapalli Mandal, under the provisions of Board Standing Order (BSO) 15(18). The main ground of attack in the writ petition is that the petitioners were unaware of the fact that the matter would be taken up on 23.08.2010 and that owing to their absence on the said day, the Joint Collector, Vizianagaram, passed the impugned order. The record called for in this regard reflects that the matter was taken up for hearing on 16.08.2010 by the Office of the Collector, Vizianagaram, and a notice was prepared on the same day indicating that the enquiry would be taken up on 23.08.2010 at 12.00 Noon. The petitioners herein affixed their signatures/ thumbprint upon the said notice and therefore cannot claim ignorance of the fact that the next date of hearing in the matter was fixed on 23.08.2010. Thus, the petitioners’ complaint that there was a violation of the principles of natural justice, as the hearing took place on 23.08.2010 without notice to them, does not stand to scrutiny. In so far as the validity of the cancellation of their pattas is concerned, the said order was passed under BSO 15(18) and an efficacious remedy is available to the petitioners under the said BSO itself. As the petitioners have an alternative remedy under BSO 15(18), it shall be open to them to avail the same within two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The authority concerned shall entertain and dispose of the revision, as and when filed, in accordance with law expeditiously. Subject to the above observation, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 7TH APRIL, 2011. Note: Issue C.C. in one week. B/O VGSR/PGS