IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO : 18689 of 1994 Between: 1 Pathuri Purnachandra Rao S/o late Venkatarangam R/o Valetivaripalem 2 Sayimpu Anjaneyulu S/o Brahmaiah R/o Valetivaripalem 3 Nalamothu Krishna S/o Nagabhushanam R/o Valetivaripalem 4 Sayimpu Subbarao S/o Brahmaiah R/o Valetivaripalem 5 Nalamothu Narayanaswamy S/o Veeraswamy R/o Valetivaripalem 6 Nalamothu Brahmaiah S/o Narayanaswamy R/o Valetivaripalem 7 Nalamothu Venkateswarlu S/o Veeraswamy R/o Valetivaripalem 8 Nalamothu Seshagirirao S/o Ankulayya R/o Valetivaripalem 9 Badaravada Venugopalaraju S/o Somaraju R/o Jangole (V) 10 Nalamothu Yogiramaiah S/o late Raghavulu R/o Valativaripalem 11 Nalamothu Anjaneyulu S/o Venkateswarlu R/o Valetivaripalem 12 Nalamothu Ramamohanarao S/o Ankulayya R/o Valetivaripalem 13 Nalamothu Ramadevi W/o Ramamohana Rao R/o Valetivaripalem 14 Dasari Sambasivarao S/o Venkateswarlu R/o Valetivaripalem 15 Silivarapu Venkatarao S/o Govindaiah R/o Valetivaripalem 16 Chebrolu Sambheswaqra Rao S/o Veru Basavaiah R/o Valetivaripalem 17 Boilla Veerappa Naidu S/o Chinnabbai R/o Valetivaripalem 18 Karumuri Prabhakara Rao S/o late Venkataratnam R/o Mandavavaripalem 19 Karumuri Chenchaiah S/o late Venkataratnam R/o Mandavavaripalem 20 Karumuri Gopinath S/o Anjaneyulu R/o Mandavavaripalem 21 Karumuri Anjaneyulu S/o late Venkataratnam R/o Mandavavaripalem 22 Manikonda Venkateswarlu S/o late Narasimham R/o P.Gudipasa 23 Manikonda Ratnakara Rao S/o Venkateswarlu R/o P.Gudipasa 24 Manikonda Suresh S/o Venkateswarlu R/o P.Gudipasa 25 Manikonda Venkata Subba Rao S/o late Parandhamaiah R/o P.Gudipasa 26 Dodda Radhakrishnamurthy S/o late Subbaiah R/o Polluru (V) 27 Chilkuri Subbarao S/o Peraiah R/o Chandaluru (V) 28 Annem Adeyya S/o late Kistamma R/o Bhimavaram (V) 29 Annem Adimurthy S/o Venkatasubbaiah R/o Bhimavaram (V) 30 Bollineni Srihari S/o late Tirupati Swamy R/o Ongole 31 Paladugu Timmayya Chowdary S/o late Peddaiah R/o Kurnool 32 Mandava Ramachandrarao S/o late Anjaiah R/o Mandavavaripalem 33 Mandava Srinivasa Rao S/o late Anjaiah R/o Mandavavaripalem ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner of Fisheries, A.P. Hyderabad 2 The District Collector, Prakasam Dist. at Ongole .....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, declaring that the action of the respondents in not extending the benefit of exclusion of the lands under the occupation of the petitioners in Survey No.483/A of Devarampadu Village, Prakasam Dist. from the purview of the public auction pursuant to the Notification dated 20-8- 1994 issued by the 1st respondent, is illegal, arbitrary and offends the petitioners’ rights under Art. 14 of the Constitution of India, and consequently directing the respondents to delete the lands in occupation of the petitioners covered by Survey No.483/A of Devarampadu (V) from the purview of the public auction contemplated under the orders of Government. Advocate for the Petitioners: MR.N.VENKATARAYUDU (not present) For the Respondents 1 & 2 : GP FOR FISHERIES The Court made the following : O R D E R : None for the petitioners. The Writ Petition is dismissed. ----------------------- 24.06.2004 CC to: 1)The Commissioner of Fisheries, A.P., Hyderabad. 2)The District Collector, Prakasam district at Ongole. 3)Two CCs to the G.P. for Fisheries, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (o.u.t.). 4)Two CD copies. DRK/TVR