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 : 20575 of 2008 Between: 1 Vaddepallapu Raju S/o. Ramudu R/o. Goverdhanagiri Village, Veldurthi Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 Vaddepallapu Chinna Raju S/o. Ramudu R/o. Goverdhanagiri Village, Veldurthi Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector, Kurnool District having its Office at Collectorate, Kurnool. 2 Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District . 3 Mandal Revenue Officer, Veldurthy Mandal, having its Office at Veldurthi, Kurnool 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 herein to consider the case of the writ petitioners as tenants in occupation, for grant of 5.00 Acres of dry land or 2.50 Acres of Wet land each being assigned to them in accordance with the provisions contained in Rules 10 (2 & 3) of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Rule 1974 in accordance with the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Rule 1974, and as per the procedure therein and orders be passed accordingly and grant any other relief or relief to which the petitioners are entitled. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.GOPAL GOVIND NAIK Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a direction to respondents to consider the case of the petitioners, as tenants in occupation, for grant of Ac.5.00 of dry land or Ac.2.50 cents of wet land each in accordance with the provisions contained in Rule 10 (2) & (3) of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Rule, 1974. The case of the petitioners is that they are landless poor and are cultivating the agricultural lands in Sy.No. 134 of Goverdhanagiri Village, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District, belonging to the landlady, Smt Rukminamma Krishna Murthy, as tenants. While so, these lands were taken over by the Government as the said lands were found to be in excess of ceiling limits of the landholder to whom the said lands belong and vested in Government in accordance with the A.P.Land Reforms (Ceiling and Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 (for short ‘the Act’). It is stated that, under Section 14 of the Act, each petitioner is entitled to Ac.5.00 of dry land or Ac.2.50 cents of wetland, as they are tenants in occupation of the said lands. The grievance of the petitioners is that though they are the tenants of the subject matter of the land, the respondents without allotting the said land to them, they are trying to allot to the third parties. Hence the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government for Revenue. The petitioners, except ﬁling some cist receipts along with the writ petition, have not produced any material to substantiate their claim. According to them, they have not obtained any certiﬁcate to prove that they are the tenants of the original owner. In the circumstances, this Court cannot direct the respondents to allot the land to the petitioners straight away without conducting any enquiry. If the petitioners are entitled to claim as tenants under the provisions of law, they are at liberty to make a representation to the respondents. The writ petition is devoid of merits and is, accordingly, dismissed. No order as to costs. _______________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:22-09-2008 usd To 1 The District Collector, Kurnool District having its Office at Collectorate, Kurnool. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kurnool, Kurnool District . 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Veldurthy Mandal, having its Office at Veldurthi, Kurnool District. 4 Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies.