HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.19728 OF 2011 ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted on the ground that the Mandal Revenue Officer, Madanapally has not carried out completely the instructions said to have been passed on by the Joint Collector who wished that land of an extent of Ac.3.33 cents situated at Sy.No.688 of Kothavaripalle village of Madanapalle Mandal, Chittoor District, may be assigned in favour of Smt. G. Durga Devi, W/o Y.Krishnappa (Mondi Krishnappa). 2. It is stated that the petitioner and her predecessors in interest are in possession of this land for long period. It is also stated that they have brought this land into cultivable standard. 3. It is also stated that the petitioner belongs to backward classes community. She is also an otherwise landless poor person in the village. It must be noticed that if there are equally otherwise eligible landless poor Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes residing in the village, their claims for assignment of Government land cannot be completely ignored. As a matter of order of priority, claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes stand on a better footing before considering the claims of backward classes and that too women of backward classes. Therefore, the first respondent - Tahsildar will conduct a detailed enquiry into the matter as to how many eligible Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates are available in the village and as to their sources of living and depending upon the status of such candidates, a comparative study be undertaken to that of the status of the petitioner herein. Let a detailed report be submitted to Sub Collector/RDO, Madanapally within a maximum period of two months from the date of receipt of this order. Based upon such a report of the Tahsildar, the Sub Collector / RDO will take a informed decision in the matter. Should the Sub Collector decide that the land in question should be assigned to a far more eligible candidate either belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, he will take necessary steps in that regard only after providing a reasonable period of time for the petitioner to vacate the land in question depending upon the harvesting season for the crop raised by her. On the other hand, if the petitioners case and claim deserve a more compelling consideration than that of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in such an event, the assignment procedure be finalized and the land in question be assigned to the writ petitioner if necessary by collecting the market rate. Let an appropriate decision in this regard be taken by the Sub Collector within a period of two months from the date of receipt of report from the Tahsildar. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of in terms of the submission made by the learned Government Pleader for Revenue (Assignments). 4. In the result, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J July 14, 2011 SP HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.19728 OF 2011 July 14, 2011 SP