IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 27006 of 2005 Between: 1 K. Neelamma W/o K. Muni Krishnaiah R/o Bandarlapally, Rangampeta Post. Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District 2 K. Govinda Swamy S/o K. Munuswamy R/o Bandarlapally, Rangampeta Post. Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupathi Division, Chittoor District 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Chandragiri, Chittoor District ....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:Sri Ugranarasimha for Sri P.Roy Reddy Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE (ASSIGNMENTS) The Court made the following : O R D E R: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition itself is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. Heard Sri Ugranarasimha, learned counsel representing Sri P.Roy Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments) for the respondents. The grievance expressed by the petitioners in this writ petition is against the inaction of respondent No.2 in considering their representation dated 16-11-2005 filed against the proposed conversion of land in Survey No.14 of Pullaiahgaripalli Village, Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District. The case of the petitioners is that the land in Survey No.14 is classified as ‘rastha poramboke’ and the same description was given as to the nature of the said land in the Field Measurement Book. They pleaded that there is a track on the said land and the same is being used for the ingress and egress for the villagers to reach their agricultural lands, apart from several students using the said track to reach the Engineering College and Vidya Nikethan School situated in the vicinity and cattle being driven to the nearby forest for grazing purposes through the said track. When the petitioners found that survey operations were being undertaken in October, 2005, over the said land, several villagers including the petitioners filed representation dated 16- 11-2005 to respondent No.2 to preserve the nature of the land as it is classified in the Field Measurement Book. The petitioners’ grievance is that the said representation is not being considered and they apprehend that its classification is likely to be changed. The Tahsildar, Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District, filed a counter-affidavit. In paragraph 3, it is admitted that at first there were proposals for change of classification of Acs.3.17 cents out of Acs.4.68 cents from ‘rastha poramboke’ to ‘village site’, but subsequently, in pursuance of the instructions issued by the Collector vide his proceedings dated 30-07-2005, revised proposals were submitted in terms of guidelines cited in Board Standing Order No. 15(4) for change of classification of only Acs.2.00 cents from ‘rastha poramboke’ to ‘village site’ for being used as house sites. It is further stated that this conversion of Acs.2.00 cents will not hamper the free passage of the commuters, road users, villagers and students or change the existing track in any manner. It is also stated that more than one chain width is set apart for the road and hence, the petitioners cannot have any grievance. In view of the above mentioned averments contained in the counter-affidavit, the learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submitted that the grievance of the petitioners is properly redressed with the preservation of the track to the width of one chain. In view of the same, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel to disposal of main petition as infructuous, interim order dated 27-12-2005 is vacated, WPMP No.34705 of 2005 is dismissed and WVMP No.2810 of 2007 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated 27th June, 2008 vrn