IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11091 of 2005 Between: Nemali Venkata Ratnam, S/o Bhikshamaiah, R/o Bandipalem Village, Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Jaggaiahpet, Krishna District. 2 The Sub Collector, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 The Joint Collector, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 4 The District Collector, Krishna at Machilipatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. T.V.RAMANA RAO FOR MR.VINOD KUMAR DESHPANDE Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition itself is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to dispossess the petitioner by dividing the schedule land admeasuring Ac.2.50 cents comprised in Survey No.369/5 of Bandipalem Village, Jaggaiahpet Mandal, Krishna District as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. The petitioner was granted assignment of the above-mentioned land in the year 1970. He filed the present writ petition on the apprehension that the respondents are likely to split the said land into 3 units and assign two of such units to third parties. Respondent No.1 - Mandal Revenue Officer, Jaggaiahpet, filed counter-affidavit, in which, it is averred that the petitioner is in joint possession along with one V.Venkateswarlu, another patta holder and that while the petitioner and V.Venkateswarlu are in possession of Ac.2.00 cents and Nemali Venkateswarlu and Nemali Seetha Ramulu are in possession of Ac.1.00 each while another person, by name, Nemali Venkata Ratnam is in possession of Ac.1.00. It is further alleged that they formed into a group of three individuals and have been enjoying Ac.1.00 each. It is further stated that so far, no action is taken to split the pattas/assignments and that they will not do so without following due process of law. The above-mentioned statement contained in the counter-affidavit is taken on record and the writ petition is accordingly disposed of. As undertaken by them, the respondents shall not deny the assigned land to the petitioner without following due process of law. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.14244 of 2005 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NARAGJUNA REDDY, J 17th June, 2008. kvni