IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13584 of 2008 Between: Madakam Naganna Dora S/o pandu Dora, R/o Ramuldevapuram Village, Gangavaram (M), East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District. 2 The Tahsildar, Gangavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 3 Kakarlapudi Veerabhadra Raju S/o Subba Raju R/o Ramuldevauram Village, Gangavaram Mandal, East Godavari District. 4 K. Ammaji W/o Krishna R/o Ramuldevapuram Village, Gangavaram mandal, East Godavari 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 appropriate Writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the order passed by the 1st respondent in LTRP No. 2/2006 dt 6-5-2008 as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of principles of natural justice and also in violation of the provisions of A.P. Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulations and consequently set a side the order passed by the 1st respondent in LTRP No. 2/2006 dt 6-5-2008 in the interest of justice and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.VENKATESH Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition has been ﬁled by Madakam Naganna Dora with a prayer to issue a writ, order or direction, more particularly, one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the order passed by the Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District-1st respondent, in LTRP No.2/2006, dated 06.05.2008, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The petitioner claims to be in occupation of Ac.8.23 cents in R.S.No.99, situated at Ramuladevapuram village, Gangavaram Mandal, East Godavari District, having purchased the same under a sale deed dated 04.05.2001 from Vastyavayi Venkata Narasimha Raju and 3 others. K.Ammaji/4th respondent ﬁled a petition before the Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District-1st respondent under Section 3(i) of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation, 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970, for restoration of land. The petitioner resisted the application. The Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District-1st respondent, ordered for restoration of the land to the 4th respondent, on 06.05.2008. Assailing the said order, the petitioner approached this Court invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 3. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for the respondents 1 and 2. 4. Indisputably a statutory remedy of appeal is available to the petitioner under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation, 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970 before the Agent to the Government against the order passed by the Special Deputy Collector (Tribal Welfare), Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District-1st respondent. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed at the admission stage reserving the liberty to the petitioner to avail the statutory remedy of appeal under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation, 1959 as amended by Regulation 1 of 1970 before the Agent to the Government, against the order impugned in the writ petition. No costs. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:01st September, 2008. cs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI}