THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.RAMALINGESWARA RAO WRIT PETITION No.24596 of 2006 ORDER: Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. The petitioner states that he is the owner and possessor of the land admeasuring Acs.15.00 in Survey No.90/A/11 situated at Uppusaka Village, Burgampadu Mandal, Khammam District. He states that he was issued pattadar pass books and title deeds by the revenue authorities for the said land. But, the respondents, without any authority of law, were trying to interfere with his possession, and in those circumstances, he filed the present Writ Petition. The second respondent filed a counter affidavit stating that the land of an extent of Acs.15.00 falls in compartment No.2 of Uppusaka Forest block notified under Section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967. The then Mandal Revenue Officer, Burgampadu Mandal, granted pattas unauthorisedly in the forest land. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Burgampadu Mandal, in his letter dated 16.12.2006 informed that the pattadar pass book had been issued to the petitioner in Survey No.90/11 admeasuring Acs.5.00 only and it was also stated that his name was not entered in the revenue records. Though the petitioner filed copies of the pahanies showing that he is in possession of Acs.15.00 of land, the second respondent states in the counter affidavit that the pahani issued by the Village Administrative Officer, Pinapaka Village, during the year 2001, and the pahani issued by the Panchayat Secretary, Pinapaka, during the year 2003, are not valid. Now it is apparent from the above that there is a dispute with regard to the extent of land owned by the petitioner and also the nature of the land involved in the present Writ Petition. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that so long as he holds a valid patta, the respondents have no authority to interfere with his possession. On the other hand, learned Government Pleader submits that the land is forest land, and the petitioner is not entitled to continue in possession of the forest land. In order to decide the issue involved in the present Writ petition, the Tahsilar, Burgampadu Mandal, Khammam District, and the first respondent in the present Writ Petition shall jointly inspect the subject land and issue appropriate orders with regard to the validity of the possession of the petitioner and the nature of the land. Based on the same, appropriate proceedings can be issued by the first respondent in the present Writ Petition and the Tahsildar, Burgampadu Mandal, Khammam District. Till such orders are passed by the above Officers, the possession of the petitioner shall not be interfered with by the respondents. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. The miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________________ (A.RAMALINGESWARA RAO, J) 03.09.2014 vs