IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY , THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WP .NO:2144 of 2011 Between: 1 Kathi Venkataiah S/o.Venkataiah 2 Yaddala Penchalamma W/o.Krishnaiah 3 Sarvepalli Venkataiah S/o.Penchalaiah 4 Mattem Venkata Narasaiah S/o.Bodaiah 5 Yeddala Venkataiah S/o.Pedda Venkataiah 6 Mattem Venkata Ramulu S/o.Bodaiah 7 Mattem Penchalaiah S/o.Bakkaiah 8 Mattem Krishnaiah S/o.Bakkaiah ..... Petitioners AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh,rep.by its Secretary, Forest and Environment Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Conservator of Forest, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 3 The Divisional Forest Officer, Nellore, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District 4 The Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, Venkatagiri, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District 5 The Forest Range Officer, Venkatagiri, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District 6 The District Collector, Nellore, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District 7 The Tahsildar, Sydapuram Mandal, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District .....Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus, call for the records relating to the impugned order of the 1st respondent vide G.O.Ms.No.1187, Food & Agriculture (Forest-III) dated 20.6.1967 and quash the same as arbitrary, illegal, as the same was issued contrary to the provisions of Sub-section (1) of Section 15 of the A.P Forest Act, 1967 and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 5 not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the respective House sites of the petitioners situated in various plots in Survey No.6 of Mungapadu village, Sydapuram Mandal, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI K.MURALIDHAR REDDY Advocate for the Petitioners and of the Govt. Pleader for Forests for the respondents 1 to 5 and of Asst. Govt. Pleader for Revenue for respondents 6 and 7, the Court made the following: ORDER: The learned Govt. Pleader for Forests takes notice for respondent Nos. 1 to 5. The learned Assistant Govt. Pleader for Revenue takes notice for respondent Nos. 6 and 7. Both the learned counsel seek time for filing counter affidavits. Post on 28-02-2011. Pending further orders, the petitioners shall not be evicted from their respective houses in Munagapadu village, Sydapuram Mandal, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Secretary, Forest and Environment Department, Govt. of A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad 2. The Chief Conservator of Forest, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 3 The Divisional Forest Officer, Nellore, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District 4 The Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, Venkatagiri, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District 5 The Forest Range Officer, Venkatagiri, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District 6 The District Collector, Nellore, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District 7 The Tahsildar, Sydapuram Mandal, Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District ( 1 to 7 by RPAD) 8.2 CCs to the G.P. for Forests, High court of A.P.Hyd. (O.UT) 9.2 CCs to the G.P. for Revenue, High court of A.P.Hyd. (O.UT) 10.One C.C.to Sri K.Muralidhar Reddy Advocate (OPUC) 11. one spare copy. Bsr HIGH COURT CVNR.J DATED 4-02-2011 POST ON 28-02-2011 ORDER W.P.NO. 2144 OF 2011 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 8-2-2011 HIGH COURT CVNR.J DATED 4-02-2011 POST ON 28-02-2011 ORDER W.P.NO. 2144 OF 2011 DIRECTION