IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI WRIT PETITION NO. 30013 of 1995 Between: 1 Venkataswamy alias, Pujari Venkataswamy, S/o Bhimayya, R/o Pujari Anjaneyaswami Temple Beldoa Village, Chippagiri Mandal Kurnool District 2 Srinivasa Chary, S/o Chillakuntachary Pujari Anjaneyaswami Temple Beldona Chippagiri Mandal Kurnool District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 District Collector Kurnool Kurnool District. 2 Revenue Divisional Officer, Adoni Kurnool District. 3 Mandal Revenue Officer Chippagiri Mandal Kurnool District. .....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 an order or direction or writ particularly one in the nature of "Writ of Mandamus" declaring the action of Respondents in distributing our lands in S.Nos.147 and Sy.No.150 situated at Village Beldona, Chippagiri Mandal, Kurnool Dist., for the purpose of House sites as arbitrary, contrary to the provisions of A.P. Charitable Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act,1987 and Offending Articles, 14,19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and further director the Respondents not to distribute the lands in S.No.147 and S.No.150 respectively in Beldona Village, Chippagiri Mandal, Kurnool District for the purpose of House Site Pattas Without following due procedure of law. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR. J.VENUGOPAL RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE –(No appearance) The Court made the following O R D E R: Nobody appears for the respondents. Counter has not been filed. Writ petition is pending from the year 1995. The grievance of the petitioners is that the lands belonging to them were sought to be distributed amongst other persons for house sites. A notification issued in some newspaper is annexed. Since counter has not been filed and nobody appears for the respondents, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the petitioners may not be dispossessed from the lands owned by them except through due process of law. No order as to costs. ________________ (Bilal Nazki,J) 20th January, 2005. vrn To 1 The District Collector, Kurnool Kurnool District. 2 Revenue Divisional Officer, Adoni, Kurnool District. 3 Mandal Revenue Officer, Chippagiri Mandal Kurnool District. 4 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (O.U.T.) 5 Two CD copies.