IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20874 of 2008 Between: 1 Bandaru Satyanarayan S/o. Simhachalam Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. 2 Bandaru Sambu Dora S/o. Satyanarayana Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. 3 Bandaru Simhachalam S/o. Satyanarayana Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. 4 Bandaru Rama Rao S/o. Mallapathrudu Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. 5 Veera Aseervadam S/o. Devadanam R/o. 14-199/4, Swathantra nagar, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Deputy Director Social Welfare Department, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Deputy Thasildar on Deputation, Social Welfare Department, Visakhapatnam. .....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 issue a writ or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in harassing threatening and trying to dispossess the petitioners at the behest of unsocial aliments from their respective plots Nos. 849, 850, 851, 848 and 844 in Sy.No. 48, 43 and 44 of Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam Grater Municipal Corporation Limits, Visakhapatnam District assigned by the 1st respondent under weaker section rehabilitation scheme as illegal arbitrary highhanded and cannot be justiﬁed in the eye of law and consequently direct the respondents not to harass the dispossess the petitioners from their respective plots without following any due process of law in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CH.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been ﬁled by the petitioners, who are ﬁve in number, assailing the action of the D e p u t y Tahsildar on deputation, Social Welfare Department, Visakahapatnam-2nd respondent in trying to dispossess them without following due process of law. Bandaru Satyanarayana has sworn to the aﬃdavit ﬁled in support of the writ petition. It is stated in the writ aﬃdavit that the petitioners have been assigned house plots under rehabilitation scheme. The petitioners in order to construct houses in their respective plots have obtained permission from Greater Municipal Corporation of Visakahaptnam vide proceedings of the Commissioner, dated 12.3.2008. It is further stated in the writ aﬃdavit that the 2nd respondent at the behest of unsocial elements is trying to dispossess them from the assigned plots. Hence, the writ petition. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare received notice on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2. Learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare submits that the respondents will follow due process of law in the event the petitioners are required to be dispossessed from the house plots in their occupation. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to follow due process of law in the event the petitioners are required to be dispossessed from the house plots in their occupation. No costs. ___________ 24-09-2008 Note: Issue CC by two days. (B.O) rkk