THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2906 of 2009 ORDER: The Tahsildar, Nidadavole Mandal, West Godavari District, the third respondent herein, issued a notice, dated 07.02.2009, to the petitioners, under Section 7 of the A.P. Land Encroachment Act, 1905 (for short ‘the Act’) alleging that they established poultry farms by encroaching the government land of Ac.0.30 cents and Ac.0.10 cents respectively in Survey No.213 of Settipeta Village, Nidadavole Mandal, West Godavari District. The petitioners state that they submitted an explanation on 11.02.2009. Their grievance is that even before any orders are passed under Section 6 of the Act, the second respondent is trying to dispossess them. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The third respondent initiated proceedings under the Act alleging that the petitioners encroached the Government land. The petitioners, in turn, submitted their explanation. It is only when an order is passed under Section 6 of the Act that the petitioners would be liable to be evicted, that too, after enabling them to avail the remedy of appeal. There cannot be any justification for the third respondent to interfere with the possession of the petitioners, unless and until the orders under Section 6 of the Act are passed. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the respondents shall not dispossess the petitioners over an extent of Ac.0.30 cents and Ac.0.10 cents of land respectively in Survey No.213 of Settipeta Village, Nidadavole Mandal, West Godavari District, till an order under Section 6 of the Act is passed. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:16.02.2009 kdl