IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO Writ Petition No.10172 of 2002 Dated: 08th September, 2009 Between: D.Shankarreddy, S/o. Narsareddy, aged about 55 years R/o. Nagaram Village, Keesara Mandal, Ranga Reddy Dist …Petitioner AND The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District At Lakdikapool, Hyderabad. And other …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO Writ Petition No.10172 of 2002 ORDER: Petitioner is statedly assigned land admeasuring Acs.1.10 guntas in Survey No.530 and Acs.0.14 guntas in Survey No.538 situated at Nagaram Village, Keesara Mandal, Ranga Reddy District by proceedings dated 09.02.1979 issued by Tahsildar, Medchal, as he was a landless poor person. He alleges hat he fulfilled all conditions of assignment and cultivating the land. It is his case that on 02.06.2002, subordinate officials of second respondent visited the land and tried to measure the land with a view to dispossess the petitioner. Therefore, he filed instant writ petition. The writ petition was admitted by this Court 10.06.2002 and notice was ordered. Respondents have not filed any counter affidavit. Learned Assistant Government Pleader seeks time to get instructions / filing counter. As no counter is filed for the last seven years traversing petitioner’s allegations, this Court is not inclined to grant any further time. There is no gainsaying that if the assignment is validly made in favour of the landless poor persons and if such assignee is cultivating land, there cannot be dispossession from the land, unless and until the assignment is cancelled for any valid reason, excluding the reason that such assignee contravened provisions of Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977. Therefore, this Court observes that unless and until notice is given to petitioner, there cannot be dispossession nor assignment can be cancelled. If he is still in possession of land, there shall be status quo. This order shall not preclude the second respondent or competent revenue officials to initiate action against petitioner, if he has violated any condition of assignment. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) September 08, 2009 Bvv