IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24747 of 2008 Between: 1.Karedla Satyanarayan S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 2.Karedla VeeravenkaiahS/o. Baleramaswamy R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 3.Karedla Subba Rao S/o. Baleramaswamy R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 4.Karedla Durga Rao S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 5.Dakarapur Chandra Rao S/o. Pedaraghavulu R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 6.Karedla Seetaramaiah S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 7.Perabattula Durga Rao S/o. Buchaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 8.Karedla Venkateswara Rao S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 9.Madasu Narayana Rao S/o. Appanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 10.Buddala Devamma W/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 11.Perabattula Gandhari W/o. Venkateswara Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 12.Tirumalasetty Sarramma W/o. Brahmanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 13.Bandaru Jagga Rao S/o. Ramanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 14.Bandaru Venkaiah S/o. Veeravenkaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 15.Bandaru Achutarao S/o. Chinatirupataiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 16.Tirumalasetty Nageswar Rao S/o. Brahmanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 17.Veeraganti Sovamma W/o. Veeraiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 18.Raghavaraju China Venkateswara Rao S/o. Pochalu R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 19.Raghavaraju Satyanarayana S/o. Pochalu R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 20.Chanda Narayana Rao S/o. Peda Krishnaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 21.Chanda Bhadram S/o. Peda Krishnaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 22.Raghavaraju Veerabhadra Rao S/o. Pochalu R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 23.Raghavaraju Lakshmikanatham W/o. Appa Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 24.Metla Durga Rao S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 25.Metla Srinivasa Rao S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 26.Metla Saibabu S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 27.Metla Venkateswara Rao S/o. Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 28.Chalamala Suryakantham W/o. Veeranna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 29.Bellam Suramma W/o. Raghavulu R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 30.Addanki Suryanarayana S/o. Peda Bhadraiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 31.Kanikalla Ranga Rao S/o Satyanarayana R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 32.Ponnaganti Krishnamurty S/o. Nagaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 33.Uppalapati Satyanaraynaa S/o. Venkaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 34.Mada Satyanarayana S/o. Narayana R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 35.Morapakala Lakshminarayana S/o. Venkata Subramanyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 36.Morapakala Balatriupurasundari W/o. Venkata Subramanyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 37.Morapakala Krishnamurthy S/o. Venkata Subramanaym R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 38.Mada Nageswara Rao S/o. Narayana R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 39.Uppunutala Pulla Rao S/o. Satyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 40.Papolu Veeranagaiah S/o. Satyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 41.Rupa Satya Sai Sudhakar S/o. Sitaramaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 42.Uppunutala Jayalakshmi W/o. Pulla Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 43.Rupa Naga mahalaxmi W/o. Sitaramaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 44.Uppunutala Raghavendra Rao S/o. Satyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 45.Uppunutala Durga Prasad S/o. Satyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 46.Uppunutala Venkateswara Rao S/o. Satyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 47.Papolu Subba Rao S/o. Gavaraiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 48.Papolu Mamullamma W/o. Subba Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 49.Kanikalla Muthaiah S/o. Satyanarayana R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 50.Ponnaganti Krishnamohan S/o. Perumallu R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 51.Baddala Papa Rao S/o. Sitaramaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 52.Ponnaganti Nageswara Rao S/o. Kasaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 53.Jasti Venkata Rao S/o. Hanumanta Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 54.Jasti Satyanarayanamma W/o. Venkata Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 55.Jasti Subba Lakshmi W/o. Venkata Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 56.Garapati Pushpalatha W/o Veeravenkata Satyanarayan R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 57.Garapati Veeravenkata Satyanarayana S/o. Gangaraju R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 58.Vundavalli Rama Rao S/o. Veerraju R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 59.Chintapalli Satyanarayana S/o. Raju R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 60.Vemulapalli Nageswara Rao S/o. Sankaraiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 61.Vemulapalli Lakshmi W/o. Nageswar Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 62.Somaroutula Ranga Rao S/o. Ramachandra Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 63.Motepalli Venkateswara Rao S/o. Gangaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 64.Motepalli Satyam S/o. Gangaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 65.Kamparam Naganarsimha Rao S/o. Subbanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 66.Papolu Venkata Srinu S/o. Durga Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 67.Nakka Subba Rao S/o. Venkateswara Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 68.Vemulapalli Seetaramaiah S/o. Veeraraghavaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 69.Eluri Gopalakrishna S/o. Sathiraju R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 70.Eluri Adinarayana S/o. Sathiraju R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 71.Yelamati Madhavi W/o. Rambabu R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 72.Vemulapalli Daiva Kumar S/o. Seetaramaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 73.Bandaru Basavaraju S/o. Peda Venkanna R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 74.Vemulapalli Durga Prasad S/o. Sankaaiah R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 75.Garapati Ramakrishna Maheswara Rao S/o. Satyam R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 76.Garapati Ramasita W/o. Prabhakara Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. 77.Alla Ammaji W/o. Nageswara Rao R/o. Tadwal Village, Jangareddy Gudem Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Irrigation & CAD Department, Rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector West Godavari District, Eluru 3 The Land Acquisition Officer-Cum- Revenue Divisional Oficer, Jangareddy Gudem, West Godavari District. 4 Tahsildar (Mandal Revenue Officer) Jangareddy Gudem, West Godavari District. 5 The Executive Engineer Irrigation Department, Errakalava Project Jangareddy Gudem, West Godavari District. 6 The Sub Inspector of Police Jangareddy Gudem, West Godavari 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 issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the action of the respondents in not implementing the Government Memo No. 4244/Irr.II.1/80-9 dt. 10-8-1981 to the petitioners by allowing them to use the land as lessees on same terms and conditions till actual submersion and not protecting their right to use from un-social elements as illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to implement the Government Memo N.4244/Irr.II.I/80-9 dt. 10-8-1981 to the petitioners on same terms and conditions till the actual submersion under the Errakaluva Reservoir project and give adequate protection to exercise their right to use the land as per Government Memo NO. 4244/Irr.II.1/80-9 dt. 10-8-1981. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.S.LAKSHMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.24747 of 2008 ORDER: The lands of the petitioners were acquired for the purpose of an irrigation project, namely, Errakaluva Project, in Jangareddy Gudem Mandal of West Godavari District and they were also paid compensation. The full execution of the project appears to have been delayed. On ﬁnding that the acquired lands are lying vacant, the Government, Irrigation and Power Department, issued a Memo, dated 10.08.1981, permitting the erstwhile owners of the acquired lands to cultivate the same on payment of assessment. The petitioners state that though the lands are still lying vacant, they are not being permitted to cultivate them. They claimed to have made a representation on 18.10.2008 to the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Jangareddy Gudem and complain that no action has been taken thereon. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Irrigation. Admittedly, the lands of the petitioners were acquired for the purpose of an irrigation project and they were also paid compensation. A Memo was issued way back in the year 1981 enabling the erstwhile owners of the lands to cultivate the same. It is not known whether the project has since been completed or whether the lands are available for cultivation. Another aspect is as to whether there is any change in the stand expressed by the Government in its Memo, dated 10.08.1981. These are the matters which can be examined, in case the petitioners approach with necessary representation, the Superintending Engineer, Irrigation, West Godavari District. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioners to make a representation to the Superintending Engineer, Irrigation, West Godavari District, duly enclosing the material in support of their case. The Superintending Engineer shall pass appropriate orders on the representation of the petitioners within a period of two weeks from the date of the representation. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J Dt.14.11.2008 Note: Issue CC in one week. (b/o) VGB