THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No.137 of 2002 Dated: 30.1.2008 Between: M.Venkata Narayana Reddy. .... PETITIONER AND The Mangalamadaka Grampanchayat, Mangalamadaka represented by its Village Development Officer and another. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.137 of 2002 Order: Challenging the action of the respondents in trying to lay the road in the lands belonging to the petitioners, the present writ petition is filed. It is the case of the petitioners that they are the absolute owners of the land in Sy.No.62-2 of Mangalamadaka Village, Mudigubba Mandal, Ananthapur District admeasuring an extent of Ac.14.68 cents, being their ancestral property; that a portion of the said land has been acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and compensation was paid. Adjacent to the land there was a cart track being used by the villagers in the off- season. While so, due to local politics in the village, the respondents are trying to lay a road in the patta land to reach Bojjumalai Kunta under the food for work programme, even without issuing any notice and no proceedings have been initiated under the provisions of the Act and, therefore, they filed the present writ petition. This Court while admitting the writ petition on 3.1.2002, has granted interim directions as prayed for. When the matter is taken up for hearing, none appeared for the respondents. There is no representation on their behalf. Further no counter affidavit is filed rebutting the averments made by the petitioners in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. In the circumstances, the writ petition is allowed as prayed for. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 30.1.2008 msv.