THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27743 of 2009 Date: 18.01.2010 Between: Nethala Andrew Paul. ..Petitioner and State of Andhra Pradesh and others. ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27743 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner states that one Badde John, brother of his maternal grandfather was assigned an extent of Acs.4.30 cents of land in survey No.330/1C by the Government on 31.12.1970. It is stated that during the old age of John, mother of the petitioner served him and in recognition of the services, John executed a Will bequeathing the property upon her. On the death of John in the year 1984, the property devolved upon her and she is said to have died in the year 2006 resulting in the devolution of property by way of succession upon to the petitioner. His grievance is that the respondents are trying to dispossess him without following the procedure prescribed under law. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue obtained instructions at the stage of admission. It is stated that the land was assigned to John in his capacity as an ex-serviceman and when it was found that it was alienated in contravention of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (‘the Act’ for short), proceedings were initiated and through an order dated 18.09.2007, the possession of the land was restored to wife of John. Heard Sri N. Siva Reddy, the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioner is under the impression that the property has devolved upon his mother from the original assignee and thereafter he had succeeded to his mother. However, the information furnished by the learned Government Pleader discloses that possession of the land was restored to the wife of the original assignee by initiating the proceedings under the Act. If the petitioner feels aggrieved by the same, he has to workout remedies by filing an appeal under the Act or by filing an independent suit for declaration. The Writ Petition is disposed of leaving open the petitioner to pursue his remedies and the second respondent shall make available the copy of the order dated 18.09.2007 to the petitioner. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 18th January, 2010 GHN