THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO. 9964 of 2000 DATE: 21-09-2007 Between : Sattu Jayaslakshmi … Petitioner And The Mandal Revenue Officer, Tirupati Urban Mandal, Chittoor District and 2 others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO. 9964 of 2000 ORDER: The petitioner herein claims title and possession in respect of Ac.4.00 cents of land situated in Sy.No.78/2 B and Ac.2.45 cents in Sy.No.113/P of Mangalam Revenue village, Tirupathi Mandal, Chittoor District. It is stated that after making necessary enquiry, the Settlement Officer, Nellore has granted a rythwari patta in favour of her husband on 15-01-1983 under Section 11(a) of the Estates Abolition and Conversion of Rythwari Act, 1948 in respect of the said land. Challenging the said order, it appears that a revision petition was filed before the Director of Settlements, A.P., Hyderabad vide R.P.No.102/83. It is alleged by the petitioner that pending the proceedings before the Director of Settlement, the first respondent-Mandal Revenue Officer, at the instance of the local political leaders, was taking steps to assign the land in possession of the petitioner to third parties. Hence, this writ petition. Though Rule Nisi was ordered by this Court on 28-12-2001 and interim order was granted not to dispossess the petitioner and not to assign the land in question to any third party, no counter affidavit is filed by any of the respondents so far and the interim order continued to be in operation throughout. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and in the absence of any counter, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the possession of the petitioner in respect of the land in question in any manner whatsoever and not to assign the same to any third parties without following due process of law. No costs. _______________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 21-09-2007 KLP