THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26213 of 2010 Date:22.10.2010 Between: N. Subrahmanyam and another ..... Petitioners AND The Tahsildar, Avanigadda and another .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Mr.Sai Gangadhar Chamarty Counsel for Respondent No.1: Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue Counsel for Respondent No.2: Mr. M. Prabhakara Rao standing counsel for Gram Panchayats The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside the notice dated 22.10.2009 issued by respondent No.1 under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905 (for short ‘the Act’). A perusal of the averments contained in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition shows that on an earlier occasion, the petitioners filed W.P.No.26625 of 2009 when the respondents sought to dispossess them. However, the said writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn by order dated 04.02.2010 passed by this Court. Later, respondent No.1 issued the impugned notice under Section 7 of the Act. In my opinion, if the respondents feel that the petitioners are in occupation of Government land, they are entitled to exercise the powers vested in them under the provisions of the Act. Therefore, no exception can be taken to the impugned notice. In this view of the matter, the petitioners are permitted to submit their explanation within a period of two weeks from today and respondent No.1 is directed to consider the same and pass appropriate orders under Section 6 of the Act. Till passing of such order, the petitioners shall not be dispossessed from the land in question. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.33455 of 2010 filed by the petitioners filed by the interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd October, 2010 GHN