IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA Writ Petition No.17926 of 1997 Dated: 19-01-2007 Between: 1. Girijana Abhivruddi Seva Samastha (Regd. No.3785) Plot No.58, Hastinapuram Colony, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad – 500 074, rep.by. its Secretary V.Gangaiah and 29 others. ... Petitioners and 1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 4 others. ... Respondents ORDER: This petition is filed seeking mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allotting pattas to the families of the petitioners residing in and around Survey No.12 of Government land in Mansoorabad, L.B. Nagar, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith consider the case of the petitioners and grant pattas to them. 2. It is the case of the petitioners that the petitioner Nos.2 to 31 are the members of the first petitioner Society and they have been dwelling in huts and hutments raised and demolished from time to time in and around Survey No.12, Mansoorabad which is situated about a Kilometer away from the outskirts of L.B. Nagar. It is stated that on 28- 10-1996, second respondent addressed a letter to third respondent vide Proceedings in D.O.Rc.No.TRICOR/B2/667/96, dated 28-10- 1996, informing third respondent that about 30 families of Yerukulas, who have migrated from Suryapet and Miryalaguda of Nalgonda district, were residing in temporary/make shift hutments in Plot No.40, Karmanghat, Sagar Road, L.B. Nagar. In the said letter it is stated that as a temporary measure and to alleviate their problems, second respondent called upon third respondent to consider providing house sites for the said weaker sections, under the various Housing Programmes of the State. According to petitioners, on 25th and 26th July 1997, when revenue authorities came to the site and threatened the settlers that they should immediately vacate the land and leave the place, otherwise they will be forcibly evicted and the hutments would be demolished, the first petitioner made representations dated 29-07- 1997 and 30-07-1997 for allotment of vacant house sites and not to remove the huts. 3. The Deputy Collector and Mandal Revenue Officer, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District filed a counter affidavit on behalf of the respondent Nos.3 and 4 stating that the Socio Economic Survey report was submitted to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Ranga Reddy East Division for approval and allotment of house sites to the members of the first petitioner Society in Government land bearing Sy.No.93/1 instead of Sy.No.12 and the same was also approved. It is further stated that the physical possession of the house sites after preparation of the lay out by the then Mandal Revenue Officer was given to the beneficiaries of petitioner Society on 27-01-2005 and in that regard a panchanama was also conducted. 4. In the light of the said averments made in the counter affidavit, this Court is of the considered view that no cause survives and accordingly no orders need be passed in this writ petition. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No costs. ________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA Dt.19-01-2007 GLV