IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 13832 of 2001 Between: 1 Tanagudu Srirangam S/o.Late Kamanna R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 2 Tanagudu Suseela S/o.Srirangam R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 3 Tanagudu Meenakshi W/o.Late Gunnaiah R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 4 Gomesetty Narsamma W/o. Krishna Murthy R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 5 Tanagudu Sulochana W/o.Darma Rao R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 6 Konchada Someswara Rao S/o.Balarama Swamy R/o.New Colony, Kasibugga, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 7 Korada Mallesh S/o.Bairagi R/o.New Colony, Kasibugga, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 8 Jami Narayana Murthy S/o.Late Yarakanna R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 9 Tanagudu Someswara Rao S/o.Rama Murthy R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 10 Tanagudu Beema Rao S/o.Late Simhachalam R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 11 Boyana Manjuvani @ Manjula W/o.Santosh R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 12 Penta Nageswara Rao S/o.Late Satyanarayana R/o.Kasibugga, K.T.Road, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 13 Konchada Laxmana Murthy S/o.Sri Ramulu R/o.New Colony, Kasibugga, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. 14 Konchada Lalithamba W/o.Ramakrishna R/o.New Colony, Kasibugga, Palasa Kasi Bugga Nagarpanchath, Srikakulam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The District Collector Srikakulam, Srikakulam District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Tekkali, Srikakulam District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer Palasa Mandal, Palasa, Srikakulam District. 4 The Revenue Divisional Officer/Convenor, Under G.O.Ms.No.508, Srikakulam. .....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 an order or direction, more in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents, not to treat these petitioners as unauthorises occupiers of the house sites on which they made constructions long back; not to demand the market value as fixed in pursuance of G.O.Ms.No.508, Revenue (ASN.I) Department, dt.20.10.95 declaring that the purchase of the house sites by the petitioners situated the purchase of the house sites by the petitioners situated in Survey Nos.207/2 and 217/3 of Kasibugga Village, Palasa Mandal, Srikakulam Dist. and their possession and construction of the houses are lawful; that the government has no right to collect any amounts towards market price under the guise of regularising unaurthorised occupation; market value for regularization the occupations, the Government has to fix up such market value of the lands which was prevailing by the date on which the Government made assignments or the petitioners came into possession of Land Acquisition Act, or as per the principals of natural justice, that they open position of these lands by constructing their houses long back, the Government is estopped to challenge their title; and consequently direct the respondents not to take any steps such as demolition of the houses of the petitioners situated at Kasibugga Village, Palasa Mandal, Srikakulam Diistrict. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.V.RAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER On 11.12.2008, when the matter was taken up, none appeared for the petitioners nor there was any representation. Hence, the matter was directed to be posted under the caption ‘for orders.’ Today also none appears for the petitioners. Therefore, this writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. No costs. __________ 12-12-2008 rkk