IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8599 of 2001 Between: Pothganti Ramulu and eight others. … Petitioners And The District Collector, Karimnagar and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: None Counsel for respondents: AGP for Revenue. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents not to interfere with the petitioners’ lifting water through electric motor pumps for irrigating the ayacut under Singasamudram Nala, Gambhiraopet village and Mandal, Karimnagar District. In their aﬃdavit, the petitioners averred that the petitioners and many other families, numbering about 100, own lands under the ayacut of Singasamudram Nala; that as the said Nala rendered itself useless due to construction of Manair Dam the petitioners and other ayacutdars dug up bore-wells to irrigate their lands. They have felt aggrieved by the action of the respondents in seizing their electric motors and pump sets. In the counter-affidavit filed by the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Gambhiraopet, respondent No.2 herein, he admitted that the petitioners own patta lands under Singasamudram Nala; that due to insuﬃcient rains during the last four to ﬁve years water ﬂow in the said Nala is very low and the lands under the said Nala are left fallow; and that the petitioners installed electric motor pump sets in the Manair river for cultivation of paddy crop to an extent of 99.00 acres. It is further stated that the claim of the petitioners that they dug bore-wells on the bank of Manair River is incorrect and he reiterated the averment that the petitioners are lifting water from Manair River. No reply aﬃdavit is ﬁled controverting the contents of the counter-affidavit. If the petitioners have been drawing water from the Manair River by using electric motors, the respondents are entitled to interfere with such an activity. However, if, as claimed by the petitioners, they have been drawing the water through the bore-wells dug by them on the bank of Manair River, the respondents shall not interfere with the drawing of water from such bore-wells. Subject to the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. ----------------------- ----------------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:06-08-2008 MNR