THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 13090 of 1996 DATED:04-01-2006 Garimela Ramalakshmi. ..... PETITIONER AND The District Collector, Visakhapatnam & 3 others .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Apprehending that the respondents 1 and 2 may dispossess them by force from the land in their possession without following due process of law and assign the said land to the respondents 3 and 4, petitioners filed this petition seeking a direction to the respondents 1 and 2 to consider their case for assignment of the land of Ac.4-00 in S.No.11/1 of Ravipalem village, Atchutapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District and with a further direction not to dispossess them from that land without following due process of law this Writ Petition is filed. 2. By an order dated 09-07-1996 in W.P.M.P.No.15961 of 1996 respondents are directed not to dispossess the petitioners without due process of law. 3. Though the petition is filed in 1996 no counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents till today. In view thereof this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents 1 and 2 not to dispossess the petitioners, if they are in possession of the land, without taking recourse to due process of law and if the petitioners have filed an application and if they are eligible for grant of patta, to consider their application for assignment of the land as per the rules in force. 4. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. ____________________ (C.Y.SOMAYAJULU,J) 4th January, 2006 Tsy