THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 26289 of 2010 O R D E R: Learned counsel for the writ petitioners submits that the writ petitioners 92 in number are all poor people and they do not have much source of income for them to survive and hence, before the 1st respondent – Estate Officer of the South Central Railway, Vijayawada secures their eviction from the places occupied by them currently, the District Collector, West Godavari or the Tahasildar, Kovvur or the Railways must be benevolent enough to assign them suitable lands and until such time, the Estate Officer, South Central Railway should not proceed against them. The writ petitioners have not traced any right for them to occupy lands owned or belonging to the Indian Railways. No person has a right to squat on public property. Since the learned counsel for the writ petitioners seeks some reasonable time to be provided to the petitioners, I consider it appropriate to direct the 1st respondent to give the petitioners herein time up to 08.11.2010 for them to vacate the railway premises occupied by them, so as to retrieve whatever valuables that they possess. If the writ petitioners do not vacate the premises by the said date, it is open to the 1st respondent to secure their eviction in accordance with law. Sri P. Ganga Rami Reddy, learned counsel who took notice on behalf of the 1st respondent undertakes to communicate the gist of this order to the 1st respondent Estate Officer, so that till 08.11.2010, the petitioners will not be driven out of the places under their occupation as of now. With the above said observations, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. ---------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 25th October 2010 Note: Issue CC today. ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}