THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.28229 OF 2007 DATED: 12-02-2008 BETWEEN Bommidi Narayana, S/o. Venkateswara Rao, Occ: Agriculturist, R/o. Lakshmi Narsimha Puram, H/o. Ilaparru, Nandiwada Mandal, Krishna District and others. …PETITIONERS AND The Tahsildar, Nandiwada Mandal, Krishna District. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: In spite of adjourning the matter on four occasions difficulty has been expressed in getting instructions, therefore, the matter is heard finally. 2. Heard both the counsel. 3. Petitioners question the issuance of the notice by the Tahsildar, Nandiwada Mandal, Krishna District, in RC.B95/2007 dated 25.05.2007 in calling upon them to submit explanations as to why they shall not be dispossessed from the lands in question on the ground that they are the purchasers of the said lands, which is in contravention of the sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act’). 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the first petitioner is the assignee of an extent of Ac.1.84 cents of land in Sy.No.647/3; the second petitioner is the assignee of an extent of Ac.2.46 cents of land in Sy.No.637/2; the third petitioner is the assignee of an extent of Ac.2.50 cents of land in Sy.No.637/3; the fourth petitioner is the assignee of an extent of Ac.2.40 cents in Sy.No.647/2; the fifth petitioner is the assignee of an extent of Ac.2.40 cents in Sy.No.647/1 and the sixth petitioner is the assignee of an extent of Ac.2.66 cents of land in Sy.No.648/1 all situated in Ilaparru Village, Nandiwada Mandal, Krishna District. He further submits that Form-I notices have been issued to the petitioners under Rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules showing some third party as the assignees and the petitioners as purchasers of the aforementioned lands. 5. Form-I notices are issued to the original assignees indicating in whose favour the lands are transferred and Form-II notices are issued to the transferee to whom the lands have been transferred. It appears that there is some mistake in filling up the blanks of the prescribed forms and as they are only show cause notices, the petitioners can as well submit their explanations. However, it is the case of the petitioners that without giving any reasonable opportunity, in spite of the fact that the show causes notices itself being defective, the respondent is taking steps to dispossess them. 6. If no final orders are passed pursuant to the said show cause notices, the petitioners are permitted to submit their explanations within one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on receipt of such explanations, the same may be considered and disposed. Until the final orders are passed under Section 4(1) of the Act, if not already passed, status quo obtaining as on today with regard to possession shall be maintained. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J February 12, 2008 DSK