IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8014 of 2000 Between: Peddinti Yadaiah and fourteen others. … Petitioners And District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Khairtabad, Hyderabad and two others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: --- Counsel for respondents: --- This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to forebear from interfering with the possession of the houses in the occupation of the petitioners in Survey No.11/1 admeasuring Ac.3.12 guntas in Chintalakunta village, Ranga Reddy District. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioners. Perused the record. The grievance, in short, of the petitioners is that though the petitioners’ families are residing in small houses constructed by them over Ac.3.12 guntas of land in Survey No.11/1 of Chintalakunta village, Ranga Reddy District, for more than 40 to 50 years, they are sought to be summarily evicted by respondent No.3, who came to their houses on 29-4-2000 and demanded them to vacate the properties in their occupation within three days. The petitioners averred that they cannot be evicted without following due process of law. No counter-affidavit is filed denying the averments contained in the affidavit. Therefore, it is reasonable to presume that respondent No.3 sought to evict the petitioners without following the procedure prescribed by law. Since the petitioners’ long-standing possession is not disputed, they cannot be summarily evicted without initiating appropriate proceedings in law. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is allowed. Respondents are restrained from dispossessing the petitioners without following due process of law. --------------------------------------- - C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:10-07-2008 MNR