HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.13307 of 2011 Date : 24-8-2011 Between : Morle Pentumera and others .. Petitioners And The Executive Engineer, I.B. Division, Nirmal, Adilabad District and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : Ms.M.Swathi Goud for Sri B.Sudhakar Reddy Counsel for respondent Nos.1, 2, 4 and 5 : Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation & Command Area Development The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to forcibly take possession of the petitioners’ houses for formation of new tank across local stream near Nagepally village, Koutala Mandal, Adilabad District, without following due process of law, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation, on instructions, submitted that till now only survey work was completed and that the respondents are taking steps to acquire the lands and structures which will be subject to submergence in the new tank. She further stated that the respondents will not take possession of the petitioners’ houses without following due process of law. The above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader are placed on record and the Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel, interim order dated 29-4-2011 is vacated and WPMP No.16152/2011 is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 24-8-2011 AM