IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13018 of 2008 Between: Pittala Ravinder, S/o. Venkataiah, R/o. Chintakunta Village & Mandal, Karimnagar District. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Karimnagar, 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Karimnagar, 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Karimnagar, ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly, one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not protecting the Govt. land admeasuring 3 acres situated in Survey no.439 which is divided into house plots under Indiramma Scheme situated in Chintakunta village, Karimnagar Mandal, district and allowing the same to be sold and encroached upon and making constructions on the said plots as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to allot the house sites to the eligible persons. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SATYAM REDDY Counsel for Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: Order: (Per HC, J) This is a Public Interest Litigation, wherein the petitioner has alleged that Government land bearing Sy.No.439, admeasuring Ac.3.00 guntas, at Chintakunta village, Karimnagar Mandal & District has been encroached upon. It has been alleged that because of carelessness of the Government authorities, encroachments have been made. In reply to the petition, a counter has been ﬁled stating that the Government authorities have made certain plots in Sy.No.439 so as to allot the same to needy persons under ‘Indiramma Scheme’ framed by the Government and as per the said Scheme, beneﬁciaries are entitled to a plot of 60 Sq. yards and some space is left open around each plot. It has been further submitted that as per the Scheme, the plots are being allotted to beneﬁciaries who are eligible to get plots in the Scheme. It has been further submitted in the counter ﬁled by the respondent authorities that there is no encroachment on the land in question. There is no reason to disbelieve the aﬃdavit by the Tahsildar, Karimnagar Mandal. If, however, the petitioner is in knowledge with regard to any encroachment, it would be open to him to approach the Tahsildar, Karimnagar Mandal so that appropriate action can be taken by the Tahsildar. The petition is disposed of in view of the fact that appropriate action is being taken by the Government authorities. ________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. September 2, 2008 MRR