IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16784 of 2008 Between: 1 Yalla Satyavathi S/o. Raghavulu R/o. Pedakurapadu Village, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District. 2 Yalla Raghavulu S/o. Punnaiah R/o. Pedakurapadu Village, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District. 3 Thumati Venkatarao S/o. Penchalaiah R/o. Pedakurapadu Village, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District. 4 Panuganti Ankamma W/o. Late Purushotham R/o. Pedakurapadu Village, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District. 5 Panuganti Vijaya Lakshmi W/o. Narahari R/o. Pedakurapadu Village, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND Pedakurapadu Gram Panchayat, rep. by its Panchayat Secretary, Pedakurapadu Village, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ or order more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the action of the respondent in interfering with the possession and enjoyment of the agriculture land of the petitioners in Sy.No.769/2 situated at Pedakurapadu Village, Pedakurapadu Mandal, Guntur District as illegal, arbitrary, unjustiﬁed and in violation of Articles 21 & 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent to follow the due process of law by giving an opportunity of personal hearing and not to disposes the petitioners from their respective lands and grant such other relief. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.L.NAGESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.PRABHAKARA RAO The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 16784 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioners herein claim to be in possession and enjoyment of agricultural land situated in Sy.No.769/2 of Pedakurapadu village and Mandal, Guntur District. This writ petition is ﬁled alleging that the respondent-Gram Panchayat has been taking steps to evict the petitioners from the land in question forcibly on the ground that they are the encroachers. The said action of the respondent is challenged in this writ petition cont ent ing inter alia that the petitioners cannot be dispossessed from the lands in question without following due process of law. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Sri M.Prabhakar, who accepted notice for the respondent and having regard to the speciﬁc allegations made by the petitioners, without expressing any opinion as to the entitlement of the petitioners to continue in possession of the land in question, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent not to interfere with the possession of the petitioners in respect of the said land without following due process of law. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 04-08-2008 KLP