IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No: 22126 of 2008 BETWEEN: 1 Andiboyina Venkanna S/o. Appanna, R/o. Kondaladevunipallem H/o. Rambilli, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 2 Andiboyina Appanna S/o.Sattiah, R/o. Kondaladevunipallem H/o. Rambilli, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 3 A.Parvathi W/o.Appa Rao R/o. Kondaladevunipallem H/o. Rambilli, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 4 A.Appa Rao S/o.Venkanna, R/o. Kondaladevunipallem H/o. Rambilli, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 5 Nakaraboyina Ramana S/o.Mattaiah R/o. Kondaladevunipallem H/o. Rambilli, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 6 Rangala Pothuraju S/o.Bangari, R/o. Kondaladevunipallem H/o. Rambilli, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 7 K.Simhachalam W/o.Nooka Raju, R/o. Kondaladevunipallem H/o. Rambilli, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Tahsildar, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ...RESPONDENTS 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in dispossessing the petitioners from the land in Sy.No. 140/1B and 140/1C 6A situated at Kondaladevunipalem, H/o. Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District for the purpose of providing house sites under Indiramma Housing Scheme without following the procedure and without issuing notice to the petitioners is illegal and arbitrary and violative of Art. 14 and 300.A of the Constitution of India and contrary to law laid down in the matter Land Acquisition Oﬃcer - R.D.O., Chevella, Ranga Reddy Division, Domalguda, Hyderabad and others-v-s Mekala Pandu and another and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.V.V.N.NARAYANA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled challenging the action of the Tahsildar, Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, in seeking to dispossess the petitioners from the land in Sy.No.140/1B and 140/1C 6A situated at Kondaladevunipalem, H/o. Rambilli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District for the purpose of house sites without following the procedure laid down by law. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the respondents came to the land on 30.09.2008 and there is an imminent threat of the petitioners being dispossessed from the land without the respondents taking recourse to the procedure laid down by law. 3. Learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, upon instructions, stated that the subject lands were inspected by the respondent authorities on 30.09.2008 for the purpose of feasibility study and that no further steps were taken for dispossessing the petitioners from the land thereafter. 4. Needless to state, the respondents are bound to follow the procedure laid down by law, in the event of the petitioners’ land being required for any public purpose. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the respondents to follow the procedure laid down by law in the event of the petitioners’ land being required for pubic purpose and only thereafter dispossess them from the said land. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ P.V. SANJAY KUMAR, J October 6, 2008 DSK