THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 14128 OF 2010 ORDER: The complaint of the petitioners, twenty eight in number, is that the respondent authorities are seeking to forcibly evict them from their houses situated in Vijaya Durga Nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District without following the statutory procedure. The petitioners admittedly are in occupation of land situated on the Krishna River canal bund. They claim to have constructed houses thereon and assert that they were also assessed to property tax. Apprehending that they would be evicted from the said land owing to political considerations, they filed the present writ petition. This Court, by order dated 21-06-2010, directed that dispossession of the petitioners from the subject land, if contemplated, should be in accordance with the procedure laid down by law. The Tahsildar, Vijayawada Urban, Krishna District, in his counter filed on behalf of the respondent authorities, stated that the petitioners had encroached upon the Eluru canal poramboke land in R.S.Nos.136 and 137 of Vijayawada Village and that land grabbing cases were also instituted against them before the District Judge- cum-Chairman of the Tribunal constituted under the Land Grabbing Act at Machilipatnam. The said cases were decided in favour of the Government and the petitioners and others who were in possession of the grabbed land were directed to deliver the same to the Government. According to the Tahsildar, Vijayawada urban, steps are being taken for implementation of these orders. He further stated that the Honourable Lokayukta, Andhra Pradesh had also directed removal of all encroachments in Government lands and that action was being initiated for removal of encroachments in the canal poramboke also. It is his case that only after receiving such notices, the petitioners filed the present case. In the light of the afore stated facts, it is clear that due process has been initiated for eviction of the petitioners from the canal poramboke lands. The Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue asserted that the authorities would act in accordance with the due procedure laid down by law in this regard and that no extra legal methods would be adopted in evicting the petitioners from the subject land. The submission is duly recorded. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the respondent- authorities to follow the due procedure laid down by law in the matter of evicting the encroachers, including the petitioners, from the Eluru canal bund poramboke lands in R.S.Nos.136 and 137 of Vijayawada, Krishna District. In the circumstances, there shall be no order as to costs. ______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J March 21, 2011 SP/BSB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 14128 OF 2010 BETWEEN Manthena Narasaraju and others ... PETITIONERS AND The Government of A.P. rep. by its Principal Secretary to Govt. Revenue Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad and Others ...RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 14128 OF 2010 Dated: March 21, 2011 SP/BSB