THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.25289 of 2011 ORDER: Aggrieved by the action of the Tahsildar, Bukkarayasamudram Village and Mandal, Anantapur District (second respondent) in passing the resumption order dated 04.02.2011, without even issuing a show-cause notice prior thereto, the present Writ Petition is filed. The petitioner was assigned an extent of Ac.1.50 cents of land in Sy.No.51/5/9 of Bukkarayasamudram Village and Mandal, Anantapur District on 30.06.1993. He claims to be in possession, to be in enjoyment, as also cultivating the aforementioned land as per the conditions of the patta granted to him. It is his case that certain persons had encroached upon his land when he went to Bangalore for treatment. Thereafter he filed W.P.No.3499 of 2011 and this Court, by order dated 25.02.2011, while observing that the second respondent herein was not interfering with the petitioner’s possession over the subject land but was taking steps to protect his possession, dismissed the Writ Petition on the ground that no exception could be taken thereto. While a notice is said to have been issued to the petitioner calling upon him to show cause why the assignment granted to him should not be cancelled, the receipt of the show cause notice is disputed by the petitioner. Thereafter, an order of resumption was passed on 04.02.2011. The order of resumption refers to the show cause notice dated 17.01.2011. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment), on instructions, states that, since the petitioner was not available, a copy of the show cause notice dated 17.01.2011 was placed on the land which, in effect, amounts to substituted service. The fact that the petitioner has been cultivating the land is not in dispute. It does not, therefore, stand to reason that the land could have been resumed without complying with the requirement of Rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 2007 read with Form-I thereof. Today, the Learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignment) has passed on a copy of the show cause notice dated 17.01.2011 to Sri K.Srinivas, Learned Counsel for the petitioner. I consider it appropriate, in such circumstances, to set aside the impugned order of resumption dated 04.02.2011, give the petitioner an opportunity of submitting his objections to the show cause notice dated 17.01.2011 within a period of two weeks from today and, in case objections are filed by the petitioner within the stipulated period of two weeks from today, the second respondent shall consider the objections, and take action in accordance with law. A copy of the order, if any, passed shall be communicated to the petitioner. Till orders are passed afresh, and communicated to the petitioner, the respondents shall not take any coercive steps to dispossess him from the land in question. The Writ Petition stands disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:20.09.2011 Note:Furnish copy by 26.09.2011. bo usd