IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 17215 of 2008 Between: 1 J.Purushotham S/o.Mohanagiah Chetty R/o.Satyavedu Village & Mandal, Chittoor District. 2 J.Kesavulu S/o.Chengalraya Chetty R/o.Satyavedu Village & Mandal, Chittoor District. 3 J.Soma Sundaram S/o. Jaya Ramaiah Chetty R/o.Satyavedu Village & Mandal, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Thasildar, Satyavedu Mandal, Chittoor District. 2 The District Collector, Chittoor District at Chittoor. 3 The Satyavedu Grampanchayat rep. by its Panchayat Secretary, Satyavedu Village & Mandal, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue appropriate Writ or order or direction mostly one which is in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in taking steps for eviction of the Petitioner from the land admeasuring Acres 8.19 cents in Survey No.299/1 of Satyavedu Village & Mandal, Chittoor District by cutting and taking away the Mango trees and pass such other order or orders as it may deem fit. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : Oral order: This writ petition is filed on an apprehension, a presumption and on the basis of a press statement stated to have been made by the Sarpanch of Satyavedu Gram Panchayat, Chittoor District. The petitioners’ ancestors were granted a tree patta allegedly in 1905. The petitioners claim entitlement to the produce of the trees on the basis of inheritance pursuant to such tree patta granted in favour of their ancestors. While so, in a news item published in a Telugu daily, the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat is alleged to have asserted that auction would be conducted of the Mango trees at Indiramma House sites in the village and that all Indiramma House sites would be given to the 700 residents of the village in an extent of Ac.8-00 of Govt. land near Eshwar Temple lane. Apprehending with this news report and the contents therein, target the petitioners’ trees, the writ petition is filed. In the framework of this writ petition, this is not even a pre- emptive action, this is a speculative litigation, on the basis of an apprehension founded on a statement made by the Sarpanch, as reported in a daily newspaper. Apprehensions cannot found the basis for grant of Mandamus. The writ petition is misconceived. The same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _________________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 24th April, 2009. GRR