HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.16223 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner College assails the notice dated 15-06-2010 issued by the Tahsildar, Moinabad, Chilkoor, Ranga Reddy District, purporting to be a notice under Section 7 of the A.P. Land Encroachment Act, 1905 (“Act of 1905” for brevity). It is the case of the petitioner College that the said notice is not in accordance with law, as on one hand, it directs the petitioner College to show cause as to why it should not be evicted from the subject land and on the other, requires it to vacate the land within 15 days from the date of service. Admittedly, the petitioner College responded to the said notice by way of reply dated 29-06-2010 through its counsel. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, on instructions, stated that the petitioner College had been issued the subject notice as it had unauthorisedly occupied Ac.1-14 guntas of Government land. She further stated that the petitioner College had failed to produce documentary evidence in support of its claim and that necessary further action would be initiated against it in accordance with law. Needless to state, the authorities are bound to follow the procedure prescribed under the Act of 1905 while effecting eviction of encroachers from Government land. The subject notice under Section 7 of the Act of 1905 indicates a departure from such procedure. Unless the authority passes final orders under Section 6 of the Act of 1905 after duly considering the explanation submitted by the petitioner College, it cannot resort to forceful dispossession of the petitioner College from the subject land. The petitioner College is entitled, as a matter of right, to put in its response to the notice under Section 7 of the Act of 1905 and no coercive action can be enforced at this stage. 6. The Writ Petition is therefore disposed of permitting the petitioner College to place such documentary evidence as it deems fit in support of its claim before the Tahsildar, Moinabad, Chilkoor, Ranga Reddy District, within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On such material being placed before him, the Tahsildar shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner College and take necessary further action in the matter in accordance with the due procedure prescribed in the Act of 1905. No order as to costs. _______________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J July 9, 2010. PV