THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.8825 OF 2004 DATED:4.8.2005 Between: Sidam Tanu Bai, and another …Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh and others …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO.8825 OF 2004 ORDER: The petitioners are owners of agricultural land in Keslaguda, hamlet of Keramery Village, Adilabad District. They filed the Writ Petition seeking a direction to respondents not to dispossess the petitioners or not to undertake any work in their land. Subsequently, petitioners filed C.C.No.688 of 2005 alleging contravention of the interim orders of this Court. After hearing the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation, this Court disposed of the Contempt Case in the following manner. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation after taking instructions from the respondents submit that the Department has issued necessary instructions to the Contractor on 01.04.2005 itself not to dig the channel and that the Department Officials were not involved. She also further submits that the first respondent has already addressed the Revenue Officials to acquire the lands of the petitioners and the matter is pending, and that at present the work is stopped. Recording the submission made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader that the land acquisition proceedings have been initiated, the Contempt Case is dismissed. The learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation submit that the Writ Petition may also be disposed of in similar terms. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of observing that the respondents shall expedite necessary steps for acquiring the land of the petitioners. No order as to costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 4.8.2005 bnr