HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO. 2080 OF 2005 Monday, the Thirteenth day of December, Two Thousand and ten Between: Kovuru Kedarnath Petitioner AND The District Collector, Khammam, Khammam District and another Respondents ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus directing the action of the respondents in dispossessing the petitioner from the peaceful possession and enjoyment of his lands in an extent of Ac.11.48 cents in Sy.No.76/1, Bhadrachalam village and Mandal, Khammam District as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently to direct the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioner over the said lands. According to the petitioner, he is an Archaka by profession and the land in an extent of Ac. 11.48 cents in Sy.No. 76/1, Bhadrachalam village and Mandal, Khammam District was given in patta for the services rendered by his grandfather Kovuru Vishwanadham. The family of Kovuru Vishwanadhan consists of large number of members and they are eking livelihood by archakatvam and there was no other means of income. The said land is the jamin estate land given to his grandfather Kovuru Vishwanadham, as gift, by the Jamindar and the same is being continued in the occupation of their family since 1945 and they are paying the cist and cultivating the lands. While this being so, the said land is sought to be disbursed to third parties under the influence of the local political people who want to grab the land. No counter is filed. There is no necessity of going into all the details. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondents are directed not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioners over the land in an extent of Ac.11.48 cents in Sy.No. 76/1, Bhadrachalam village and Mandal, Khammam District, without following due process of law. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ Justice C.V. Ramulu December 13, 2010 MAS