THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No :3123 of 2008 DATED:15-02-2008 BETWEEN: P.Madhava Raidu. ..... PETITIONER AND The Tahsildar, Anantapur mandal, Anantapur District & another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. 2. Petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in taking steps to dispossess the petitioners from the land in Sy.No.115.3 admeasuring Ac.5.00 of Narayanapuram village of Anantapur mandal, Anantapur District without issuing any notice, as illegal, and arbitrary. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that he was assigned an extent of Ac.5.00 of land in Sy.Nos.115.3 of A.Narayanapuram village, Anantapur mandal and District vide D.A.Dis.No.699/71, dated 26-09-1962, and from the date of assignment he has been cultivating the same. It is stated that the said land assigned in favour of the landless poor has not been alienated in any manner and the petitioner himself is in continuous possession and enjoyment of the same. It is further stated that without issuing any notice and without following due process of law the 1st respondent-Tahsildar, Anantapur made an attempt to interfere with the said land on 28-01-2008. Hence, the present Writ Petition. 4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion with regard to the merits of the case as to whether the petitioner has violated any terms and conditions of the assignment or any provisions of the A.P.Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 ( for brevity, ‘the Act’), respondents are directed not to dispossess the petitioner without following due process of law, but however if there is any violation of the same it is always open for the respondents to issue notice and resume the said land in accordance with law. 5. Accordingly, Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J 15th February, 2008. Tsy