THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.29669 of 2010 Date: 29.11.2010 Between: Sarvepalli Kotaiah and two others ..... PETITIONERS AND The Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri SAI KRISHNA MOHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.4 in threatening the petitioners to cancel the pattas dated 04.12.1998 in respect of land in Survey No.471 of Gilkapadu Village, Rapuru Mandal, Nellore District, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri K.Sai Krishna Mohan Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the record. The petitioners averred that they were granted two acres of land each in the above mentioned survey number and that on the influence being exerted on him by certain local politicians, respondent No.4 has been seeking to cancel the ‘D’ Form pattas. The petitioners further pleaded that respondent No.4 is trying to take forcible possession of the land. Having carefully considered the above pleas of the petitioners, I am of the opinion that the prayer sought in the writ petition is anticipatory in nature. The petitioners asserting their right to enjoy the land so long as DKT Pattas are in force is one thing, while it is quite another thing to claim that respondent No.4 shall be prevented from canceling ‘D’ Form Pattas. As regards the first grievance of the petitioners, namely, interference of respondent No.4 with their possession, it needs to be observed that so long as DKT Pattas are in force, the petitioners cannot be dispossessed. The second grievance of the petitioners, as noted above, is purely anticipatory in nature and no cause in that respect accrued to the petitioners so far. If and when respondent No.4 cancels the pattas, the petitioners are entitled to avail appropriate remedy, in accordance with law. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the main petition, WPMP No.37812 of 2010 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 29.11.2010 va