THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.993 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners state that they have purchased land to an extent of Acs.1.17 cents in survey No.110/2 situated at Chuttagunta Ramapuram Village, Ramachandrapuram Mandal, Chittoor District, through separate sale deeds dated 30.04.2009 from Sri D.M.Satya Murthy Naidu. The vendor of the petitioners, in turn, purchased the land on 20.04.2001 from Sri P. Naveen Kumar Reddy. It is stated that Naveen Kumar Reddy was granted ryotwari patta under the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (‘the Act' for short) by the Settlement Officer, Chittoor, vide proceedings dated 24.06.1967. The petitioners state that though they derived valid title to the property, the respondents are trying to interfere with their possession and pray for a writ of Mandamus. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The petitioners traced the title to the land in question from the year 1967. A reference is made to an order passed by the Settlement Officer under the Act. If what is stated by the petitioners is true, it emerges that they have derived a valid and perfect title. Assuming that the Government has any claim or interest in the property, they have to initiate proceedings under the relevant provisions of law. The patta issued to the vendor’s vendor of the petitioners was not challenged under the provisions of the Act. As long as the patta and subsequent proceedings stand, the respondents are not justified in interfering with the rights of the petitioners. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is allowed and the respondents are directed not to interfere with the possession and enjoyment of the petitioners over the land in question except by initiating the proceedings under the relevant provisions of law. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J 09th February, 2010 GHN