HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.31410 of 2010 Date : 14-12-2010 Between : Pilli Seetha and others .. Petitioners and Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : Sri G.Krishna Murthy Counsel for respondent No.1, 3 & 5 : Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue Counsel for respondent Nos.2 & 4 : Sri Shafat Ahmed Khan, Standing counsel for Wakf Board The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.3 in issuing orders dated 22-10-2010 as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri G.Krishna Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent Nos.1, 3 and 5 and Sri Shafat Ahmed Khan, Standing counsel for Wakf Board representing respondent Nos.2 and 4. From a perusal of the impugned order it is evident that prior notice was not issued to the petitioners before passing the said order. The impugned order therefore suffers from not only violation of principles of natural justice but also the procedure prescribed under Section 52 of Wakf Act 1995 r/w. Rule 22 of A.P. Wakf Rules 2000. Therefore, the impugned order cannot be sustained. The parties are directed to treat the impugned order as notice and the petitioners are permitted to submit their explanation to the same within four weeks from today. On receipt of the explanation along with material, if any filed by the petitioners, respondent No.3 shall consider the same, pass appropriate orders and communicate the same to the petitioners. Till the passing of such final orders and communication of the same to the petitioners, they shall not be dispossessed from the lands in question. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.39955/2010 is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy.,J Date : 14-12-2010 AM