IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 9519 of 2008 Between: Smt.K.Sankaramma W/o.K..Veerayya ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Tahsildar, Buttaigudem Mandal, West Godavari District 2 The Superintendent of Police, West Godavari District, Eluru. 3 The Station House Officer, Buttiagudem Police Station, Buttaigudem, West Godavari District 4. Chidipi Ganga Raju, Kotaramachandrapuram, Polavaram (T) West Godavari District. 5. Talluri Daveedu, Kotaramachandrapuram, Polavaram (T) W.G.Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the Impugned Orders Roc.No.440/2007(A) and Roc.No.441/2007(A) dated 19.11.2007 are illegal, arbitrary, null and void and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from her lands admeasuring Ac.0.39 comprised in RS.No.68/2 Ac.00.84 cents in R.S.No.46./4 and Ac.02.14 cents in R.S.No.47/6 situated in Rangappagudem village, Buttaigudem Mandal, West Godavari District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of M/s S.V. INDIRA, Advocate for the Petitioner, the Govt. Pleader for Social Welfare for the respondent No.1 and of the Govt. Pleader for Home for the respondents 2 and 3, the Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to implead Sri Chidipi Ganga Raju, and Sri Tathuri Daveedu as respondent nos. 4 and 5 respectively to the writ petition. The writ petitioner alleges that she belongs to Koya community and consequently a Scheduled Tribe. Without verifying the social status of the petitioner, the Tahasildar, Buttaigudem Mandal appears to have passed the impugned order dated 19th November 2007 proposing to dispossess her from out of the land of an extent of Ac. 3.39 guntas situated in R.S.No. 68/2 Ragappagudem Village of Buttaigudem Mandal. -2- Let there be no further action initiated either by the Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahasildar, Buttaigudem or the local police in furtherance of the impugned order. Rule nisi. Call for the records. Notice returnable in four weeks. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1 The Tahsildar, Buttaigudem Mandal, West Godavari District 2 The Superintendent of Police, West Godavari District, Eluru. 3 The Station House Officer, Buttiagudem Police Station, Buttaigudem, West Godavari District 4. Chidipi Ganga Raju, Kotaramachandrapuram, Polavaram (T) West Godavari District. 5. Talluri Daveedu, Kotaramachandrapuram, Polavaram (T) W.G.Dist. ( 1 to 5 by RPAD) 6.2 CCs to the G.P. for Home, High court of A.P.Hyd.(O.U.T) 7. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Social Welfare, High court of A.P.Hyd.(O.U.T) 8. The Section Officer, Writ Posting Section, High court of A.P.Hyd. 9. One C.C.to Smt. S.V. Indira, Advocate. (OPUC) 10. one spare copy. HIGH COURT NRR.J DATED 1-5-2008 ORDER W.P.NO. 9519 OF 2008 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 5-5-2008 HIGH COURT NRR.J DATED 1-5-2008 ORDER W.P.NO. 9519 OF 2008 DIRECTION