THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU Writ Petition No.3725 of 2005 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in contemplating to evict the petitioners from their respective sites i.e., the property located in Survey No.1500/A1/B of Vontimitta Village, Kadapa District, without following due process of law or without acquiring the same as required under the law, as arbitrary and illegal. According to the petitioners, they have purchased small extents of land in Survey No.1500/A1/B, along with 12 others, total admeasuring Ac.0.17 cents, and they are in possession and enjoyment of the same since 1989. While that being so, it is stated that on 21.02.2005 and 23.02.2005, the third respondent, along with tourism personnel, visited the land in question and informed that the petitioners will be evicted therefrom, which is adjacent to the forest travelers bungalow, by the end of February, 2005. According to the petitioners, the land in question is their patta land and they have raised permanent structures and conducting various businesses. The respondents have neither issued any notice nor conducted any enquiry as to the ownership of the land etc., and are unilaterally threatening to dispossess the petitioners, which is arbitrary and illegal. There is no necessity of going into all the details. In the counter affidavit filed by respondent No.3, at para-8, the contention of the petitioners that they are being evicted forcibly is denied. It is stated that the petitioners were never forced to vacate the land in question, and that the petitioners were consulted and were assured of allotting alternative site as per rules. That as the petitioners are not willing to vacate the land, negotiations were undertaken and while the negotiations are going on, they have filed the present writ petition. Thus, it is stated that there is no truth in the allegations made by the petitioners that they are being evicted forcibly and without following due process of law. Under those circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to interfere with the petitioners’ peaceful possession and enjoyment over the land in Survey No.1500/A1/B of Vontimitta Village, Kadapa District, without following due process of law. No order as to costs. _______________ (C.V. RAMULU,J) Date: 27.01.2011 VGB