IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 19053 of 2004 Between: Yekula Venkateswara Rao, s/o Y. Venkaiah, Pedathummidi Village, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Krishna , Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, order or Direction particularly in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents not to evict the petitioner from the land in Re.No. 785-1, 785-2, 785-3, 785-4, 785-5 to an extent of Ac. 6-47 cents situated at Pedathummidi village, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District, Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.V.PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR REVENUE The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER No cause of action arises to entertain the writ petition on the alleged attempt to dispossess the petitioner from the land in question. It is needless to observe that the respondents are bound to follow the procedure as contemplated under the law before evicting the petitioner from the land in question, and only after following such procedure, they can take possession of the land but not otherwise. With the above observation, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. 14.10.2004 ts To 1 The District Collector Krishna District, Chilakalapudi, Machilipatnam, Krishna District 2 The Revene Divisional Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna District 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna district 4. 2 CCS to the G.P. for Revenue, High Court Buildings, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 5. 2 CD copies.