THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.29502 of 2010 Date: 26.11.2010 Between: Konda Dharma Reddy ..... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Guntur and others. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri B. Venu Madhav Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4 : A.G.P. for Revenue The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.29502 of 2010 Order: The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is two fold; namely, that though he has been in possession of the property admeasuring 1.00 acre in Survey No. 892/49-B of Piduguralla Village and Mandal, Guntur District, no patta has been granted so far and that the respondents are seeking to dispossess him without following the due process of law. As regards the first grievance of the petitioner, I do not find any merit therein because by merely being in possession of the Government property, a person is not entitled to claim patta as of right. Though a vague plea has been raised, the petitioner failed to substantiate the same nor placed any material to show that he has approached the respondents at any point of time, for grant of assignment. Therefore, no mandamus can be issued for grant of assignment to the petitioner. With regard to the second grievance of the petitioner, he has pleaded that in the year 1995, a notice under Section 7 of the A.P. Land Encroachment Act, 1905 was issued and that on the explanation submitted by him, no further action was taken. It is his further case that recently the revenue authorities have started interfering with his possession and that in doing so, they have not followed the due process of law. In the light of this grievance, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondents to follow the prescribed legal procedure before evicting the petitioner from the land in question. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, W.P.M.P. No.37592 of 2010 is disposed of as infructuous. __________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY,J DATE: 26th November, 2010 pnb