IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 15244 of 2008 Between: Amballa Sreeramulu, S/o. chandraiah, R/o. Door No.4-1-29, Bhimannavaripet, Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Krishna, Muchilipatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 The Tahasildar, Vijayawada, urban Mandal, krishna District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ, order or direction, more particularly one under Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to take appropriate steps to allot an alternatie piece of land besides declaring their inactions as illegal and ultra vires to the provisions of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, besides directing the respondents to consider the representations of the petitioners the latest being 10-04-2008 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.S.R.ANJANEYALU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO. 15244 OF 2008 ORAL ORDER: The petitioner states that his father, namely, late Sri Chandraiah occupied an extent of Ac.0.90 cents of land situated in R.S.No.70 in Vidhyadharapuram of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation long back and brought the said land under cultivation. He states that after the demise of his father, he is in continuous possession and enjoyment of the same. While so, the petitioner states that the third respondent-Tahsildar, Vijayawada Urban Mandal, Krishna District, has issued a notice dated 10.02.1986 under the provisions of the Land Encroachment Act, 1905, directing him to vacate the land in question on the ground that he is an encroacher of the said land, for which he submitted his explanation. While things stood thus, the ﬁrst respondent-District Collector, Krishna District at Machilipatnam, has issued proceedings bearing No.Roc.E.1-2912/2004 dated 17.08.2004 directing the third respondent to hand over advance possession of the land in question to Gas Authority of India Limited, G.Konduru, to enter upon for construction of CNG Mother Station and Gas Terminal in Vidyadharapuram at Vijayawada and in pursuance thereof, the third respondent took possession of the land in question on the premise that he would allot an alternative piece of land to the petitioner, and delivered the same to the Gas Authority of India Limited, G.Konduru. Subsequently, since there was no response from the third respondent, the petitioner made a representation dated 01.10.2004 to the third respondent seeking allotment of alternative site in lieu of the land in question. Even then, there was no response from the third respondent. The petitioner again made a representation dated 10.04.2008 to the third respondent reiterating his request for allotment of alternative site, but so far no orders thereon had been passed. Hence, he filed the present writ petition. Though the writ petition was admitted on 16.07.2008 and in spite of granting time, no counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled by the respondents so far. However, when the matter is taken up for hearing today, both the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue agreed for disposal of the main writ petition itself with the following directions: The third respondent-Tahsildar, Vijayawada Urban Mandal, Krishna District, is directed to consider and dispose of the representation dated 10.04.2008 made by the petitioner seeking allotment of alternative land, and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, expeditiously. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J. Date: 13.08.2008 VGSR