IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16485 of 2002 Between: Nara Mallaiah … Petitioner AND The State of A.P., rep., by The District Collector, Nellore, & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri P. Vijay Kiran for Sri J. Venugopala Rao This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16485 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents not to dig a channel in the petitioner’s private land in Sy.No.919-3 (New) corresponding to old Sy.Nos.226 to 283, 300 to 377 and 378/A admeasuring Ac.1.56 cents out of the joint extent of Ac.4.32 cents of Dasari Agraharam, Annavaram Panchayat, Jaladanki Mandal, Nellore District. In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the petitioner submitted that under a programme called “Neeru Meeru”, construction work of check-dam was sanctioned by the official respondents on 04.05.2002 and the Divisional Engineer, Irrigation, Kavali, with the support of respondent Nos.2 and 3, is dumping gravel in the abovementioned land of the petitioner. In the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.3, the allegation of dumping of the gravel in the land of the petitioner and the alleged attempt of the respondents to dig a channel to connect the vagu to the check dam through the said land is denied. In view of the abovementioned stand taken by the respondents in the counter-affidavit, no further orders in the writ petition need be passed. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to avail his remedy in the event of the respondents trying to interfere with the possession of his property for the abovementioned purpose without following due process of law. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 09.02.2009 ES