IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.22631 OF 2010 DATED:09.09.2010 Between: Paida Vijayamohan Reddy … Petitioner And The District Collector Government of A.P., O/o. Collector, Chittoor and others … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.22631 OF 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned the action of the respondents in seeking to lay a road over his lands admeasuring Ac.3.36 cts., in Sy. No.217/4 and Ac.0.57 cts., in Sy. No.218/2 of Alapakkam Village, Vijayapuram Mandal, Chittoor District, without following due process of law. The petitioner has sought to trace his title from the year 1853 fasli in support of his plea that he is the owner of the above mentioned property. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue on instructions submitted that sub-division of both the above survey numbers has taken place and the site over which the road is being laid is classified as road porambok as per village accounts and that therefore no compensation is payable to the petitioner. Sri K.S. Gopala Krishnan, learned counsel for the petitioner, strenuously opposed the above submission and stated that the property is private property of the petitioner and that the respondents have no right to interfere with the same. In my opinion, there is a serious dispute over the nature and title of the property. This Court exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, cannot embark upon the title dispute. Appropriate remedy for the petitioner is to approach the Civil Court by availing common law remedy of civil suit. If the petitioner succeeds in establishing his title, it is needless to observe that he will be entitled to compensation as per law. Subject to the above observations, the Writ Petition is dismissed. ________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 09.09.2010 bnr