IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.10976 of 2002 Between: R.K.Kuppuswami Setty S/o Kannaiah Setty, R/o Ramapuram Village, Thada Mandal, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 District Collector,Nellore, Nellore, Nellore District. 2 Mandal Revenue Officer, Thada Mandal, Thada, 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 will be pleased to to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the4 action of the 2nd Respondent in trying to dispossess the petitioner from his land admeasuring Ac.1-54 cents bearing patta No.157, comprised in sy.No.10-6 situated in pannamgadu of Ramapuram village, Tada Mandal, Nellore District witha view to allot the same to third parties as house sites without following the due process of law, as illegal, arbitrary, viloative of principles of Natural Justic and without jurisdiction and consequently direct the Respondents not to evict the petitioner from his lands and not to allot the same to third parties. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.SUDHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.10976 of 2002 ORDER: Petitioner is resident of Ramapuram village of Thada Mandal in Nellore District. Statedly, he is owner and possessor of land admeasuring Acs.1.54 (dry land) comprised in survey No.106 (patta No.157) of Pannamgadu of Ramapuram Village. He alleges that on 17.6.2002, second respondent visited land with a view to acquire land for housesites without due process of law. At that time, petitioner had raised crop. Apprehending coercive dispossession, he filed the present writ petition seeking direction to respondents not to evict him. At the time of hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) does not dispute legal posisition that a person in possession with or without valid right cannot be dispossessed without due process of law. She submits that if the petitioner has to be dispossessed from the land for the purpose of acquisition for housesites, necessary due process will be followed. The same is recorded. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) August 07, 2009 YS