THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9109 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner challenges the letter, dated 13.04.2006, addressed by the Executive Engineer, Irrigation and Command Area, I.B. Division, Nalgonda, the fourth respondent herein, to the Assistant Director of Fisheries, Nalgonda, the third respondent herein, permitting the latter to raise the ﬁsh culture. The petitioner is the Gram Panchayat of Suraram Village. It states that the tank referred to above has the ayacut of less than Acs.60.00 and the right to undertake ﬁshing or to lease the rights in favour of others is conferred upon it. The third respondent ﬁled a counter-aﬃdavit stating that there is no ayacut for the tank and it is exclusively for the purpose of percolation and in that view of the matter, it vests in the Fisheries Department. Other contentions are also urged. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Pancyat Raj and the learned Government Pleader for Fisheries; and learned counsel for 3rd respondent. The law as to the vesting of minor irrigation resources in the Gram Panchayat or the Fisheries Department, particularly in the context of granting of ﬁshery rights is very clear and unambiguous. If the ayacut is Acs.100.00 or less, it vests in the Gram Panchayat and if it is more than that, it vests in the Fisheries Department. Even assuming that there is no ayacut under the tank, the Fisheries Department does not acquire any rights over it. At any rate, the letter addressed by the fourth respondent is nothing but a camouflage. The reason is that the Fisheries Department is the competent authority to undertake operations in the tank and it does not require any permission from the Irrigation Department. Hence, the writ petition is allowed and the impugned order is set aside. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:15.11.2008. kdl