IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 10270 of 2008 Between: 1 Rudraraju Vijaya Rama Raju S/o.Rama Raju R/o.Poduru Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District 2 Rudraraju Rama Raju S/o.Satyanarayana Raju R/o.Poduru Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District 3 Gogulamanda Gonthemma W/o.Naganna R/o.Chinapeta H/o.Gummuluru, Poduru Mandal West Godavari District 4 Peethani Rama Dasi S/o.Venkata Swamy R/o.Ambativani Cheruvu H/o.Poduru, Poduru Mandal West Godavari District 5 Dandu Srinivasa Raju S/o.Ranga Raju R/o.Poduru, Poduru Mandal West Godavari District 6 Rudraraju Subhadrayyamma W/o.Appala Narasimha Raju R/o.Poduru, Poduru Mandal West Godavari District 7 Sekele Ratna Raju S/o.Prakasam R/o.Poduru, Poduru Mandal West Godavari District 8 Yellamilli Johnson S/o.Sundara RAo R/o.Chinapeta H/o.Gummuluru Poduru Mandal West Godavari District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2The District Collector, West Godavari District, Eluru 3The REvenue Divisonal officer, Narsapur, West Godavari District 4The Superintending of Engineer, Irrigation and Drainage West Godavari District 5The Executive Engineer,Drainage Division, Rest House Road, Bhimavaram, West Godavari District 6The Deputy Executive Engineer, Drainage Division Marpet, Palokol West Godavari District 7The Tahsildar, Poduru Mandal, Poduru West Godavari District 8Sri Rudraraju Satyanarayana Raju Alias Dattudu S/o.Satyanarayana Raju R/o.Poduru Poduru Mandal West Godavari District 9Smt.Rudraraju Anantha Satya Leelavathi W/o.Satyanarayana Raju R/o.Poduru Poduru Mandal West Godavari 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 to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the action of the respondents 1 to 7 herein in not taking any action for removal of Prawn tanks of the respondetns 8 and 9 sitauted in RS.No.642,. 644/1-A, 645/2,646,648,and 649 of Poduru village, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District as illegal,arbitrary, unreasonable and violaive of ARticles, 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and opposed to the Judgments reported in AIR 2002 AP 256 and AIR 1997SC 811 and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 7 herein to remove thePrawn Tanks of the Respondents 8 and 9 situated in Rs.Nos.642,644/1-A 646,648, and 649 of Poduru village, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.V.SESHA SAI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 10270 of 2008 Oral order: The petitioners are owners of various extents of land situated in Koduru, adjacent to Gummuluru village, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District, and cultivating the same by raising various crops. While so, it is the case of the petitioners that respondent Nos.8 and 9, without obtaining necessary permissions from the authorities concerned, have unauthorisedly and illegally converted their agricultural lands into fish tanks and are letting out the used salt water into the channels through which irrigation water is being channeled to the lands of the petitioners, resulting in pollution of their lands. The petitioners state that though made several representations, the latest being on 04.04.2008, requesting respondent Nos.1 to 7 to remove the unauthorized fish tanks constructed by respondent Nos. 8 and 9, no action thereon had been taken. Hence, they filed the present writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: Respondent Nos.2, 3, and 7, namely the revenue authorities are directed to consider and dispose of the representation dated 04.04.2008 of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, expeditiously. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 02nd May 2008 KSR/Nsr