HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15463 OF 2002 Between: Payam Saraiah and six others .....Petitioners AND The Union of India, Rep., by its Ministry of Environment & Forest, Paryavan Bhavan, C.G.O. Complex, Ladhi Road, Delhi and five others .....Respondents ::ORDER:: Counsel for the petitioners : Shri M. Srinivasa Rao Counsel for respondent Nos.2, 5 & 6: Government Pleader for Forests Counsel for respondent Nos.1, 3 & 4: None October 12, 2007 Per G.S.Singhvi, CJ In this petition, the petitioners have made the following substantive prayer: “it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order, or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent Forest Department people in taking steps to evict the petitioners herein from the lands in question including demolishing the huts raised by the petitioners herein without following the procedure and without granting pattas in favour of the Tribal petitioners herein living in Forest Area situated at Mallaram Thong village, Battipalli Gram Panchayat, Pinapaka Mandal, Khammam District occupied by the petitioners herein prior to 25.10.1980 is illegal and void and opposed to Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for grant of pattas in respect of the lands in question and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” Learned counsel for the petitioners says that his clients may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to institute fresh one. The request of the learned counsel is accepted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J October 12, 2007 ks