IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 4264 of 2008 Between: Navuloori Venkateshwar Rao S/o. Late Sydaiah R/o Janpahad Village of Nereducherla Mandal of Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Nalgonda 2 The Tahsildar, Nereducherla Mandal, Nalgonda District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue Order, Direction or Writ more particularly a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents to dispossess the Petitioner from the agricultural land admeasuring Ac.3-00 gts in Sy.No.319 of Janpahad Village of Nereducherla Mandal of Nalgonda District as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Art. 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents not to dispossess the petitioner without recourse to law. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.VENUGOPALA RAO PASNOORU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that he has been assigned an extent of Ac.3.00 of land in Sy.No.319 situated at Janpahad village, Nereducherla mandal, Nalgonda District vide patta certificate, dated 05-08-1996, in proceedings No.K/3017/96 subject to certain terms and conditions and the petitioner has fulfilled all the conditions and not violated any terms. It is stated that without cancelling the said assignment and without resuming the said land either for the alleged violation of the conditions of the patta or for any violation of the provisions of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for brevity, ‘the Act’) respondents are taking steps to dispossess the petitioner without following due process of law. 3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion with regard to the merits of the case, 2nd respondent is directed not to dispossess the petitioner without following due process of law. 4. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J 29th February, 2008 Tsy To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}