IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN WRIT PETITION No.31290 of 2010 Between: Vasam Chandraiah and another. … Petitioners And The District Collector, Khammam District, Khammam and others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri K.R.Sashidharan Nair for Sri Palle Nageswara Rao Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Forests. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent Nos.3 and 4 in threatening to dispossess the petitioners from their premises bearing H.Nos.1-188/4 and 1-205/3, situated in Sandepalladu village, Musalimadugu Gram Panchayat, Burgampad Mandal, Khammam District, as illegal and arbitrary. In the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.4, it is, inter alia, stated that the respondents never tried to dispossess the petitioners from the above mentioned houses; and that as the petitioners were causing damage to the forest wealth, the forest officials prevented them from doing so. In the light of the above stand taken by respondent No.4, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents not to interfere with the petitioners’ possession of the two houses referred to above. The petitioners shall also refrain from destroying the forest wealth. Subjects to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel, WPMP No.39805 of 2010 and WVMP No.934 of 2011 are disposed of as infructuous. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:20-9-2011 MNR