HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 3628 OF 2010. DATED 18TH FEBRUARY, 2010. BETWEEN R.Thyagaraju ….Petitioner and The State of AP, rep. By its District Collector, (Revenue) Chittoor, Chittoor District and ors. ….Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 3628 OF 2010. ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to dispossess the petitioner from the land in an extent of Ac.1.49 cents situated in Sy.No. 221 of Mapakshi Revenue Accounts Village, Chittoor Mandal and District by ignoring his long standing possession and without considering his representations for issuance of D-Form patta, without following due process of law, as arbitrary and illegal. Heard both sides. According to the petitioner, he is in possession and enjoyment of the agricultural land to an extent of Ac.1.49 cents situated in Sy.No. 221 of Mapakshi Revenue Accounts Village, Chittoor Mandal and District, and, since long time, he has been cultivating the said land. It is his contention that he belongs to SC community and he joined army in the year 1963 and participated in the Lahore War and was injured severely. It is his further contention that he also participated in the war of the year 1971 and after retirement, came back to his native village and settled therein. It is his case that since 1972 he has been in occupation of the land in question and being an ex-serviceman, he had approached the Revenue authorities and made several representations seeking allotment of the said land in his favour. It is his further case that the said representations are not disposed of till date and he has been in possession of the said land for the last 26 years. Be that as it may, the petitioner is now sought to be evicted from the land on the ground he has illegally occupied the said land. Under these circumstances, and, having regard to the fact that the petitioner claims to be an ex- serviceman and belonging to SC community and is in possession of the land for the last 26 years, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the third respondent to dispose of the representations purported to have been ﬁled by the petitioner seeking allotment of the land in question in his favour and pass appropriate orders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Pending disposal of the representations of the petitioner, the third respondent is directed not to dispossess him from the land in question. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. ----------------------------------- JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU DATED 18T H FEBRUARY, 2010. MSNR.