IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 13271 of 2008 Between: Smt. P. Vasundhara W/o Swamy babu Dr. No. 3-4-55/F, Narsingaraopet, Anakapally, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vizianagram Division, Vizianagaram District. 3 The Tahsildar, Vizianagram Revenue Mandal, Vizianagaram. 4 Sri Godavari Sankara Rao S/o Kanaka Rao d. No. 1-1-1/78, Relli Street, Contonment, Vizianagaram. .....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 issue a Writ, order or direction against the Respondents 1 to 3 more particularly one inthe nature of writ of Mandamus to consider the representation dated 25-12-2007 and take immediate steps for restoration and to protect the Government poramboke Tank namely "Degurubanda Tank" in an extent of Ac. 2.27 cents in Sy. No. 101/3 of Ayyannapeta Village, Vizianagaram Mandal, Vizianagaram, from its encroachment and to pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.RAMA GOPAL Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 13271 of 2008 Order: The petitioner states that she is the owner of land admeasuring Ac.2.00 situated in Survey No.101/1(P) of Ayyannapeta village, Kanapaka, Vizianagaram District. She further states that to the east of the said land, there is a Government Poramboke Tank known as “Deguru Banda”, situated in an extent of Ac.2-27 cents in Survey No.101/3, and she is one of the Ayacutdar of the said tank. The case of the petitioner is that when respondent No.4 illegally occupied the said Tank and forming a lay out by closing the said Tank, she made a representation dated 25.12.2007 requesting respondent Nos.1 to 3 to take action against respondent No.4 and to protect the Tank from encroachments, but till date no action thereon had been taken by respondent Nos.1 to 3. Hence, she prays for appropriate directions. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent Nos.1 to 3, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: Respondent Nos.1 to 3, particularly respondent No.1, namely the District Collector, Vizianagaram, Vizianagaram District, are directed to consider and dispose of the representation dated 25.12.2007 of the petitioner, after issuing notices to the parties concerned, and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law and take necessary action to protect the Tank in question from any encroachments. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 25.06.2008 Nsr