THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 16355 OF 2008 Dated 7th July, 2010 Between: Meka Kamalamma and four others …Petitioners And The Divisional Forest Officer and two others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri Naram Nageswara Rao Counsel for the respondents: G.P for Forests The Court made the following ORDER: In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioners is that though they are the owners of Acs.6.00 cents of land in R.S.No.76 situated at Narayanaraopet Village, Palavancha Mandal, the respondents, without following due process of law, are seeking to evict them from the said lands. In support of their plea that they are in possession, they have filed the photocopies of C-Registers. In the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, it is, inter alia, stated that as per the notification published in the Official Gazette vide G.O.Ms.No. 2009 of Food and Agriculture (Forest-III) dated 27.07.1965, an extent of Acs.470.00 cents of Narayanaraopet Village was declared as Narayanaraopet ‘A’ and ‘B’ reserve forest of Palavancha Division, Khammam District. It is further stated that during the month of March, 2008, an extent of 10 hectares out of Acs.470.00 cents was selected for raising plantation during the year 2008-2009 and that the site was selected and surveyed by the then Forest Range Officer, Palavancha. It is further stated that the land claimed by the petitioners is part of the reserve forest in the control of the Forest Department and that plantation is being raised through Vanasamrakshna Samithi members by ploughing the land and undertaking plantation work during the months of June and July, 2008. The respondents have denied the claim of ownership and possession of the petitioners. In my opinion, in the face of the serious dispute regarding the petitioners’ possession of the land in question, no relief can be granted in their favour. The material placed by the petitioners, namely; the photocopies of the purported extracts of the C-Registers cannot form basis for this Court to accept the petitioners’ plea of their possession in the face of the stand taken by the respondents that the land in question forms part of reserve forest under a valid notification issued as far back as the year 1965. If the petitioners are sought to be illegally dispossessed, they are entitled to approach the competent civil Court for claiming appropriate relief. Subject to the above, the writ petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, interim order dated 29.07.2008 is vacated. WPMP No.21179 of 2008 and WVMP No.1375 of 2009 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 7th July, 2010 vrn