vIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.24280 OF 1999 Between: Thippatla Lasmaiah and another. .... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Karimnagar, And another. ....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.24280 OF 1999 O R D E R This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the alleged action of the respondents in proposing to acquire the property situated in Sy.No.16-C admeasuring Ac.1.26 cents including agricultural well situated at Husnabad village and Mandal, Karimnagar District, is arbitrary and illegal. It is stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition that the second respondent and other officials had informed the petitioners that the land in question would be acquired for the purpose of providing water facility to a hostel situated in the same survey number in front of the petitioners’ land and also for the purpose of providing play ground to the inmates of the hostel. It is pleaded that the said acquisition is arbitrary and illegal since the land in question is the only source of their livelihood. This court while ordering rule nisi by order dated 24.11.1999, directed that the respondents shall not interfere with the possession of the petitioners’ land in Sy.No.16-C admeasuring Ac.1-26 cts including installation of an electric pump in the agricultural well situated in Husnabad village and mandal. No counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents so far and the said interim order continued to be in operation all through. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and in the absence of any counter-affidavit contradicting the version of the petitioners, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the possession of the petitioners in respect of the land in question without following due process of law. No costs. ------------------------- 13TH JUNE, 2007 PGS THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO.24280 OF 1999 13TH JUNE, 2007