THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Writ Petition No.22883 of 2011 12th August, 2011 Between :- Chilakamarthi Mohan Rao And others .. Petitioners And State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary to Revenue, (Land Acquisition) Department, Secretariat, Saifabad Hyderabad and others .. Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Writ Petition No.22883 of 2011 ORDER:- This Writ Petition has been filed by the petitioners who are four in number assailing the action of the respondents in attempting to evict them without following the due process of law. The petitioner No.1 has sworn to the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition. It is stated in the affidavit that the forefathers of the petitioners occupied the Government assessed waste land of Ac.1.00 each and brought the land under cultivation by reclaiming the same. Petitioners No.1 and 3 were granted D-Form pattas for Ac.1.00 each in Sy.No.425 of Kothapet villalge by the then Tahasildar of Chirala Taluk on 15-4-1984. On the same day father of petitioners No.2 and 4 was also granted land of Ac.1.00 each in the same survey number by way of assignment. The petitioners have been cultivating the land raising Eucalyptus grove. It is further stated in the affidavit that the respondents No.2 and 3 are insisting them to vacate the lands without following the due process of law. When the Writ Petition came up for admission, learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition takes notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the limited grievance of the petitioners that the respondents are trying to evict them without following the due process of law, the Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage with the consent of the parties. The writ affidavit discloses that the lands have been assigned to the petitioners No.1 and 3 and the father of petitioners No.2 and 4 in the year 1984. In case the land is required by the Government for any public purpose, the respondents have to follow the due process of law in evicting them. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to follow due process of law in evicting the respondents from the lands in their occupation. No costs. _________________________ B.Seshasayana Reddy, J 12th August, 2011 smr