IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 15831 of 2005 Between: Penumascha Krishnam Raju, S/o.Sri Tirumala Raju, R/o.Yellampet Village , Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Mandal Revenue Officer, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, to declare the action of the respondent in attempting to dispossess the petitioner from the lands situated in Sy.No.18/7 admeasuring Ac.3.00 Guntas (dry) situated at Somaram Village, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, without following the due process of Law and without considering the explanation submitted by the petitioner to the Show Cause No.B/695/05-5 dt.29-3-2005, as illegal, arbitrary unjust and violative of Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution of Inida and consequently direct the respondent not to take any coercive steps and to grant such other relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.G.BABU RAO Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed apprehending threat of dispossession of the petitioner by the respondent from the agricultural land admeasuring Ac.3.00 in Survey No.18/7 situated at Somaram Village, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, which was purchased by the petitioner under a Registered Sale Deed dated 27.11.1981, on the ground that the petitioner is in possession of the assigned land contrary to sub Section 2 of Section 3 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977. It is the case of the petitioner that the respondent has issued a show-cause notice dated 29.03.2005 under Rule 3 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 1977 directing the petitioner to show cause within fifteen days from the date of receipt of the notice as to why he should not be summarily evicted from the said land and as to why any crop or other product raised on the lands and any building or other constructions erected or any thing deposited thereon should not be forfeited and that the petitioner submitted his explanation to the said show cause notice on 15.04.2005. Pending consideration of the said explanation and passing a final order, the respondent-authorities are visiting the land of the petitioner frequently and threatening to dispossess the petitioner without following the due process of law. Hence, the Writ Petition. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition at the admission stage with a direction to the respondent to consider the explanation submitted by the petitioner in reply to the show cause notice issued by the respondent and pass appropriate orders within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the Order after giving opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. Till such time, the respondent is directed not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioner over the land in question. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (ELIPE DHARMA RAO, J) Dt: 21.07.2005 bsv/lvl To 1. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Medchal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2. Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 3. Two CD copies