THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.18240 OF 2006 DATED: 10-04-2007 BETWEEN S. Rambabu, S/o late Venkata Rao, Occ: Cultivation, R/o. Pidatamamidi Village, Gangavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. …PETITIONER AND The Spl. Dy. Collector (Tribal Welfare) Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District and others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. Petitioner submits that he is in possession of the land to an extent of Ac.5.77 cents in Sy.Nos.18/3, 18/5 and 18/6 situated in Pidatamamidi Village, Gangavaram Mandal, East Godavari District and the said property has been inherited by him from his father and he has been cultivating the same. He further submits that at the instance of the local tribals the respondents are interfering with his possession over the said property without initiating any proceedings under the Land Transfer Regulation Act (for short ‘the Act’). He further submits that if his possession is illegal and contrary to the Act, it is open for the concerned authorities to initiate action and pass eviction orders in accordance with law. 3. This Court while issuing notice before admission by order dated 01.09.2006 directed the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the land in question without following due process of law. As no counter is filed, I am of the opinion that it is just and proper to dispose the writ petition in terms of the said interim order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the land in question without following due process of law. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J April 10, 2007 DSK