HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23386 of 2008 Date : 16.09.2011 Between : Boddikura Varalakshmamma & another. …..Petitioners And State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by District Collector, Prakasam District & others. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23386 of 2008 ORDER : This writ petition is filed, seeking directions by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in insisting the petitioners to vacate the land admeasuring 3 acres, situated in Sy.No.61/9 of Singarayakonda village and Mandal of Prakasam District, as illegal and arbitrary. It is the case of petitioners that the aforesaid piece of land was assigned to petitioner No.1 and she was also given D-Form patta vide proceedings No.DAR.2281/85. It is stated that she was taking the assistance of petitioner No.2 in her agricultural operations and though the patta granted to petitioner No.1 is intact, respondents are taking steps to dispossess her without any authority of law or jurisdiction. A detailed counter affidavit is filed by the Tahsildar of Singarayakonda Mandal. While denying the allegations made by the petitioners, it is stated in the counter affidavit that as the land was transferred in favour of petitioner No.1 in violation of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977, orders of resumption were passed in File No.B/219/2007, dated 01.09.2007, and the same was served on petitioner No.1, and the land was resumed on 4th of October 2007 under the cover of panchanama and it was also implemented in the village accounts of old Singarayakonda revenue village. Though the counter has been filed with the aforesaid averments, no reply affidavit is filed by the petitioners disputing the allegations made in the counter. Although it is the case of petitioner No.1 that there is no reason for interference with her possession, in the counter, as it is stated that resumption orders are already passed on the ground that the land was assigned to petitioner No.1 in violation of the provisions of A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977, this writ petition is disposed of, keeping it open to the petitioners to question the orders of resumption by filing appropriate application before the competent appellate authority within a period of eight weeks from today. Further, there shall be a direction to the respondents to maintain status quo as on today with regard to possession, for a period of eight weeks from today. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 16th September 2011 ajr