THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3328 of 2011 Dated 06th April, 2011 Between: Uddaraju Venkata Subba Raju and others …Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Fisheries Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri P.Durga Prasad Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 5: GP for Fisheries The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Fisheries. Though notices were ordered on respondent Nos.6 to 8, they have not yet returned served or otherwise. However, in the view this Court is proposing to take, service of notices on respondent Nos.6 to 8 may not be necessary. This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the subordinates of respondent Nos.1 to 5 in interfering with the petitioners’ activity of conversion of agricultural lands into fish tanks in Survey Nos.9, 24 and 25 of Undi Village and Mandal, West Godavari District as illegal and arbitrary. It is the pleaded case of the petitioners that on 31.05.2010, permission was granted in their favour by the competent authority for conversion of the agricultural lands into fish tanks and that when they were proceeding with such conversion, the subordinates of the official respondents have started interference on the ground that respondent Nos.6 to 8 have raised objection for conversion. In the counter affidavit filed by the Deputy Director of Fisheries, it is inter alia stated that respondent Nos.6 and 7 and some others appeared before the Tahsildar, Undi, and gave their statement on 23.02.2011 to the effect that previously they have raised objections to the petitioners digging fish tanks and that however they have no objection subject to the following conditions: “1. They have no objection to dig fish tanks by the petitioners as per the guidelines of the government orders, and 2. If the aqua farmer causes seepage problems to neighbouring agricultural lands, to avoid the same seepage channel shall be constructed and maintained between the aqua farm and the agricultural land by the owner of the aqua culture farm.” Having regard to the above statements, the learned Government Pleader stated that the official respondents or their subordinates will not interfere with the petitioners’ fishing activity. The averments of the counter affidavit referred to above and the statement of the learned Government Pleader are placed on record and the writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, the interim order, dated 15.02.2011, granted by this Court in W.P.M.P.No.4126 of 2011, shall stand vacated and W.P.M.P.No.4126 of 2011 and W.V.M.P.No.1164 of 2011 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 06th April, 2011 VGB