IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 18639 of 2008 Between: 1 Battula Venkata Surya Chandra Rao S/o. Chinnaiah @ Chinnabbai R/o. S. Rayavaram Village, S. Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 2 Battula Venkata Ramanamma W/o. Late Chinnaiah @ Chinnabbai R/o. S. Rayavaram Village, S. Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Collector and District Magistrate, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Land Acquisition Officer, Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Tahsildar, S. Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam 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 will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with peaceful possession and enjoyment of the lands of the petitioners and threatening the petitioners to dispossess from their lands to an extent of Ac.3-67 cents in Survey No.250/1, an extent of 84 cents in Sy.No.251 an extent of Ac.1-66 cents, and in Survey No.250/2, an extent of 49 cents and in Sy.No.250, an extent of 68 cents situated at S. Rayavaram Village, S. Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, without following due process of law as illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to the principles of natural justice and also violative of Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the lands to an extent of Ac.3-67 cents in Survey No.250/1, an extent of 84 cents in Sy.No.251 an extent of Ac.1-66 cents, and in Survey No.250/2, an extent of 49 cents and in Sy.No.250, an extent of 68 cents situated at S. Rayavaram Village, S. Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.V.S.S.BALAKRISHNA RANJIT Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 18639 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed with the following prayer: “To issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with peaceful possession and enjoyment of the lands of the petitioners and threatening the petitioners to dispossess from their lands to an extent of Ac.3-67 cents in Survey No.250/1, an extent of 84 cents in Sy.No.251 an extent of Ac.1-66 cents, and in Survey No.250/2, an extent of 49 cents and in Sy.No.250, an extent of 68 cents situated at S. Rayavaram Village, S.Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, without following due process of law as illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to the principles of natural justice and also violative of Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the lands to an extent of Ac.3- 67 cents in Survey No.250/1, an extent of 84 cents in Sy.No.251 an extent of Ac.1-66 cents, and in Survey No.250/2, an extent of 49 cents and in Sy.No.250, an extent of 68 cents situated at S. Rayavaram Village, S. Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District.” Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for the respondents and having regard to the speciﬁc plea of the petitioners that no steps have been taken under any Statute for acquisition of the land in question, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the position of the petitioners in respect of the land in question without following due process of law. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 28-08-2008 KLP