IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY , THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WP .NO:22143 of 2011 Between: 1 Murram Satyanarayana S/o Chinnarao 2 Murram Shankar S/o Muthaiah 3 Ubba Nageswar Rao S/o Ramaiah 4 Punem Yerraiah S/o Jogaiah 5 Varsa Chintaiah S/o. Veeraiah 6 Murram Hanumantha Rao, S/o Muthaiah 7 Murram Koteswar Rao, S/o Appa Rao 8 Katiboina Venkateswarlu S/o. Suraiah ..... Petitioners AND 1 The Government of India, Rep. by Ministry for Tribal Welfare New Delhi. 2 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Prl. Secretary, Forest Department , Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3.The Singavaram Gram Panchayath, Dummugudem Mandal, Khammam District Rep. by its Gram Panchayat Secretary-cum- Forest Rights Committee 4 The Divisional Forest Officer, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 5 The Forest Range Officer, Dummugudem, Khammam District. 6 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 7 The Tahsildar, Dummugudem Mandal, Khammam District. 8 I.T.D.A., Bhadrachalam Khammam District, rep. by its Project Officer .....Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of 1Mand1amus declaring the action of the respondents authorities in trying to dispossess the petitioners from the reserved forest lands situated in Reserved Forest 5 KMs far to the (Unsurveyed and Unrecognised Village) Thunikicheruvu Block, Singaram Panchayathi, Dummugudem Mandal, Khammam District, without following the procedure prescribed under Forest Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Act 2 of 2007) and Rules 2007 including Forest Act, 1967 is illegal and void and opposed to Article 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to grant pattas to the petitioners in the said lands in question as per the above said Forest Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Act 2 of 2007) and Rules 2007; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI MUMMANENI.SRINIVASA RAO Advocate for the Petitioners and of Sri Ponnam Ashok Goud, Asst. Solicitor General for respondent No.1 Asst. G.P.for Forests for respondents 2,4 and 5, Sri G.Elisha S.C.for respondent No.33 G.P.for Revenue for respondents 6 and 7 and of G.P.for Irrigation for respondent No. 8, the Court made the following: ORDER: Respondent No.1 is neither a necessary nor proper party to the writ petition and hence, the said respondent is struck off from the array of parties. The Registry shall re-arrange the status of the remaining respondents in the cause title. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Forests takes notice for respondent Nos.2, 4 and 5 and seeks time for filing counter-affidavit. Post on 26.08.2011. Pending further orders, the petitioners shall not be dispossessed from the forest land in their respective occupation of Thunikicheruvu Block, Singaram Panchayath, Dummugudem Mandal, Khammam District. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1 Ministry for Tribal Welfare Government of India, New Delhi. 2 The Prl. Secretary to Government, Forest Department , Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3.The Gram Panchayat Secretary-cum- Forest Rights Committee, Singavaram Gram Panchayath, Dummugudem Mandal, Khammam District 4 The Divisional Forest Officer, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 5 The Forest Range Officer, Dummugudem, Khammam District. 6 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 7 The Tahsildar, Dummugudem Mandal, Khammam District. 8 The Project Officer, I.T.D.A., Bhadrachalam Khammam District. ( 1 to 8 by RPAD) 9.2 CCs to the G.P.for Forests, High court of A.P.Hyd.(O.UT) 10.2 CCs to the G.P.for Revenue, High court of A.P.Hyhd. (O.UT) 11.2 CCs to the G.P.for Irrigation,High court of A.P.Hyd.(O.Ut) 12.One C.C.to Sri Mummaneni Srinivasa Rao Advocate (OPUC) 13.one spare copy. Bsr HIGH COURT CVNR.J DATED 5-08-2011 POST ON 26-08-2011 ORDER W.P.NO. 22143 OF 2011 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 8-8-2011 HIGH COURT CVNR.J DATED 5-08-2011 POST ON 26-08-2011 ORDER W.P.NO. 22143 OF 2011 DIRECTION