THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5126 OF 2010 DATED:05.03.2010 Between: Bhogireddy Venugopal and another .. Petitioners And The District Collector, West Godavari District, Eluru and others .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5126 of 2010 ORDER: The two petitioners are agriculturists of Yanamaduru Village, Bhimavaram Mandal, West Godavari District. They own agricultural lands in Survey Nos.1076/1 (Acs.2.05 cents) and 1067/2 (Ac.0.48 cents) respectively situated at Gottlapadu Village, Bhimavaram Mandal, West Godavari District. They are aggrieved by the proposal of the fourth respondent to convert her land in Survey No.1064/1 of Gottlapadu Village without obtaining permission under the Central Aqua Cultural Authority Act, 2005. Therefore, they filed the instant Writ Petition placing reliance on the ratio in Madireddy Padma Rambabu and others V. District Forest Officer, Kakinada, East Godavari District and others[1]. They seek a writ of Mandamus directing respondent Nos.1 to 3 to prevent fourth respondent from converting her agricultural land into fish tank. At the stage of admission itself, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Andhra Area) has obtained instructions by Fax. These instructions are placed before this Court. As per these instructions, when fourth respondent tried to convert her land admeasuring Ac.1.00 in Survey No.1064/1 into fish tank without obtaining permission from the concerned authorities, objections were raised by the petitioners. As the fourth respondent was not granted any permission and only filed an application for such permission, the construction of digging fish tank was stopped. In view of the submission of learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of observing that respondent Nos.1 to 3 may not permit the conversion of agricultural land into fish tank unless she obtains permission from the competent authority. No order as to costs. ______________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) 05.03.2010 KH [1] 2002 (1) ALD 728 (DB)