IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 3432 of 2008 Between: The Sivajyothi Weavers Cooperative Production And Sales Society Limited, No. J (W) 121 Bappayyanagar, Vetapalem, Prakasam District, Rep. by its President, Lella Bhaskar Rao ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Tahsildar, Vetapalem Mandal, Prakasam District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District. 3 The District Collector, Prakasam at Ongole. 4 The Station House Officer, Vetapalem Police Station, Prakasam District. 5 The President, Gram Panchayat, Ramannapeta,a Vetapalem Mandal, Prakasam District. 6 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Revenue Department, Rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 7 Gutti Sivamba, W/o. Venkateshwarlu R/o. Kotta-ella Bazar, Pandillapalli Village, Vetapalem Mandal, Prakasam District. 8 Prudvi Sivalaxmi W/o. Bujji Vetapalem Mandal, Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 6 to lodge criminal prosecution against the respondents 7 and 8 in having producing the false, fake and bogus pattas of Plot Nos. 22 and 23 in Sy.No. 338/5 situated at Bapayyanagar, Ramannapeta Village, Vetapalem Mandal, Prakasam District in terms of report of the Mandal, Revenue Inspector, Vetapalem Mandal, in Dis No. 24/2007 dt. 4-5-2007 and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 6 to alienate the schedule property in favour of the petitioner Society and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.THATASINGAIAH GOUD Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a direction to oﬃcial respondents 1 to 6 to instruct unoﬃcial respondents 7 and 8 not to proceed with further construction in plot Nos.22 and 23 situated in Sy.No.338/5 of Bapayyanagar, Ramannapeta Village, Vetapalem Mandal, Prakasam District, till the completion of the enquiry by the authorities in pursuance of the letters dated 10-10-2007 and 17-10-2007 of the Collector, Ongole and Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole respectively. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Revenue and the learned counsel appearing for unofficial respondents 7 and 8. Petitioner is a registered society having registered in the name and style of “Sivajyothi Weavers Cooperative Production and Sales Society Limited” and their object is to provide work to the weavers of the locality including their members for manufacturing Handloom items like sarees, dhotis etc. They state that the present building is very small and is being continued in a rented premises, which is not suﬃcient to store the yarn/zaree items and ﬁnished goods, and that the society is suﬀering losses due to heavy rents. While so, the Government has introduced a Project Package Scheme to create basic infrastructure to the Handloom Weavers Societies and had sanctioned Rs.1,00,000/- to the petitioner-Society. In view of the package scheme, the petitioner-Society made a representation on 28-04-2007 to the Special Oﬃcer of Vetapalem Mandal for sanction of land in plot Nos.22 and 23 of Sy.No.338 situated at Bapayyanagar, Vetapalem Mandal, and the Mandal Revenue Inspector had conducted an enquiry and submitted his report on 04-05- 2007 recommending to alienate plot Nos.22 and 23 of Sy.No.338/5 to the petitioner-Society. Again, they made representation on 10-09-2007 to the Collector, Ongole, stating that the unoﬃcial respondents are raising constructions on the basis of forged pattas in the aforesaid plot Nos.22 and 23 and requested to conduct a detailed enquiry. The grievance of the petitioner-Society is that though the District Collector, Prakasam, addressed a letter dated 10-10-2007 to the second respondent-Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Ongole, to conduct a detailed enquiry, who inturn directed the ﬁrst respondent-Tahsildar, Vetapalem Mandal, to conduct enquiry by letter dated 17- 10-2007, so far no enquiry was conducted by the ﬁrst respondent-Tahsildar, Vetapalem Mandal, and on the other hand the unoﬃcial respondents are proceeding with the construction on the said land. Hence the writ petition. On 21-02-2008, this Court admitted the writ petition and ordered notice to the unofficial respondents. Learned counsel appearing for the unoﬃcial respondents 7 and 8 submits that since they were granted pattas by the authorities in respect of the subject matter of the land, they are entitled to raise constructions in the said land. Even though suﬃcient time is granted, the oﬃcial respondents have not chosen to ﬁle counter aﬃdavit till date. In the circumstances, instead of keeping the writ petition pending, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same in the following manner. Since the District Collector, Prakasam had already initiated enquiry into the matter and the same is pending before the ﬁrst respondent-Tahasildar, Vetapalem Mandal, it would suﬃce to direct the Tahasildar, Vetapalem Mandal to complete the enquiry within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and take necessary action on the basis of the said enquiry. The petitioner as well as the unoﬃcial respondents are at liberty to produce the relevant material before the ﬁrst respondent-Tahsildar to establish their case. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:22-09-2008 usd