IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 19385 of 2008 Between: 1 T. Jnanaprakasam S/o. Jeevaratnam D.No.4-139, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 2 K. Vinutha Kumari W/o. Jnanaprakasam Door No.4-177, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 3 Mokka Apparao, s/o. late Ramaswamy, D.No4-165 R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 4 Pilli Ramanamma, W/o. Sankararao, D.No.4-107 R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 5 Pithani Narayanamma, W/o. Paidiraju, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 6 R.Hepsi Paul, W/o. R.H.Paul, D.No.3-483, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 7 Boddepalli Anandarao, S/o. late Vallaparao, D.No.4-227, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 8 Bandaru Narsingarao, S/o. Kondayya, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 9 Maddila Suryakantam, W/o. Tatayyalu, D.No.4-13/2, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 10 Geesala Srinivasarao, S/o. Satyanrayana, D.No.4-37, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 11 Dulipudi Pallamraju, S/o. Ramaswamy, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 12 Gantyada Raju, S/o. Adinarayana, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 13 SK.Kadar Baba, S/o. S.K.Madeena, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 14 Mukiri Mary Helen, W/o. NAD Pal, D.No.4-180 R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 15 Meesala Suramma, W/o. Laxmayya, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 16 Imandi Sarada, W/o. I.S.V.Siva Prasada Rao, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 17 Dola Jayalaxmi, W/o. Durga Rao, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 18 Talada Padmavathi, W/o. Narsingarao, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 19 Rasala Polayya, S/o. Polayya, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 20 P.R.Sekhar Rao, s/o. Someswararao, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 21 Kanakala Ranuka, W/o. Ramarao, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 22 Uppada Sanyasamma, W/o. Uppada Ramulu, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 23 Sambari Nagamani, W/o. ramarao, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 24 emandi Satyarao, s/o. late Pydiyya, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 25 Bommuluri Ramalaxmi, W/o. Narasimha Murthy, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 26 Ramineni Radhakrishna, S/o. late Pullayya, R/o. Adarshnagar / Sundarnagar, Chinagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Special Court under AP Land Grabbing (Protection) Act, Hyderabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam, 3 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Mandal Revenue officer, Visakhapatnam Rural, Visakhapatnam. .....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 any writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of MANDAMUS directing the respondents to regularize the occupations of the petitioners in terms of the judgment dated 15-9-93 in LGC 15/89 and batch on the ﬁle of Special Court under A.P.Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1980 by extending the beneﬁts of the decision of this Court dated 05.02.2008 in W.P.No.2680/2008 and WP 5751/08 dt.17-07-2008 since they are also similarly situated. Counsel for the Petitioners: DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 19385 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri. Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a direction to the respondents to regularize the occupations of the petitioners in terms of the judgment, dated 15.9.1993 in LGC No.15 of 1989 and batch on the ﬁle of Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1980 by extending the beneﬁts of the decisions of this Court in W.P.No.2680 of 2008, dated 5.2.2008 and W.P.No.5751 of 2008, dated 17.7.2008. On 6.9.2008, this Court appointed Sri P.S.P. Suresh Kumar, as Advocate-Commissioner, directing him to visit the place in question and to ascertain as to whether the petitioners are actually in occupation of the land and if any other persons other than the petitioners are in possession of the land and what is the nature and physical features of the said land and what is the position as on today and whether any constructions are going on etc. In pursuance of the directions of this Court, the Advocate-Commissioner visited the place in question and filed his report. We have perused the report of the Advocate- Commissioner and the material available on record. The report of the Commissioner discloses that except petitioners No.13, 15 & 18 and all others are in possession of their respective lands by raising houses therein. The report also indicates that the Revenue Inspector was present at the time of execution of the commission warrant. It is brought to the notice of this Court that this Court disposed of similar writ petitions W.P.No.14258 of 2000 on 13.6.2006, W.P. No.2680 of 2008 on 5.2.2008 & W.P.No.5751 of 2008, on 17.7.2008. Having regard to the report of the Commissioner and in view of the order, dated 13.6.2006 passed in W.P.No.14258 of 2000 and in view of the fact that except petitioners 13, 15 & 18, all other petitioners and their family members are already in possession, time is extended by four weeks from today for payment of the amount. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to accept the amount, payable with interest at 12% p.a., within a period of four weeks from today. It is needless to observe that no adjudication is made on the merits of the issue relating to petitioners 13, 15 & 18. __________________________ Justice Ghulam Mohammed ________________________ Justice G. Bhavani Prasad Date: 3.11.2008 Nn THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 19385 of 2008 (Order delivered by Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) 03.11.2008