THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN Writ Petition No. 8875 of 2000 Order: The relief sought for in the writ petition is to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to assign the lands, earmarked for the use of the Scheduled Castes for drawing water and for burial ground in Survey No. 438 of an extent of Ac.5-00 in Neerullipalem, H/o Valluru, Achanta Mandal, West Godavari District, as arbitrary and illegal, and for a consequential direction to the respondents to mai ntai n status quo of the Tank Poramboke lands for exclusive use of the Scheduled Caste members residing in Nerullipalem. A counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled on behalf of respondents 1 to 3, wherein it is stated that the land of an extent of Ac.5- 28 cents in R.S. No. 438 of Valluru village has not been taken possession of, which was hitherto vested with the Gram Panchayat, Valluru, and that there are no proposals to assign the land to certain individuals by way of D Form pattas as alleged in the aﬃdavit. The fact that there is no proposal for assignment in respect of the land in question is reiterated. Thereafter, it is also stated that, since the land is covered by the tank area, the question of assignment would not arise. From the speciﬁc averments in the counter aﬃdavit, it is evident that the respondents do not propose to assign the said lands as house sites. The petitioners cannot, therefore, have any grievance on this score. The question of granting the relief, as sought for in the writ petition, does not therefore arise. The writ petition is, accordingly, closed. No costs. __________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J. Date: 05.11.2008 Nsr