IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 14233 of 2005 Between: 1 K. Venkata Muni S/o K. Narayana R/o Avilala R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 2 . Kuppa Reddy S/o K. Veeraswamy R/o Agraharam R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 3 S. Ghouse Basha S/o S. Mahaboob Basha R/o Ambedkar colony, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 4 A. Muni Reddy S/o A. Narayana Reddy R/o Sainagar, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 5 B. Venkateswarlu S/o B. Lakshmaiah R/o Thannapalli, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 6 P. narendra Babu S/o P. Srinivasulu R/o Agraharam R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 7 S. Nagabhushanam Reddy S/o S. Narasimha Reddy R/o M.R. Palli, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 8 D. Rajeswari W/o D. Raghu R/o S.U. nagar, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 9 K. Geeta W/o K. KRishna Reddy R/o Avilala R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 10 N. Padma W/o N. Krishna Murthy R/o Agraharam R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 11 G. Jyaothiswar Rao S/o G. Subbaiah R/o M.R. Palli, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 12 M.Chinnaiah S/o M. Narasimhulu R/o Padmavathipuram R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 13 D. Brahma Ji S/o D. Satyanaryana R/o Sainagar, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 14 N. Tarun Kumar S?o N. Krishnama Naidu R/o Avilala R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 15 K. Nagarathnam Achary S/o K. doraswamy Achary R/o S.V. Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 16 T.M. Phalani S/o M. Munaswamy R/o Chintalachenu, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 17 N. Muni Reddy S/o N. Krishna Reddy R/o Tiruchanuru R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 18 M. Venkateswarlu S/o M.S. Madhava Naidu R/o L.B. Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 19 N. Joythi D/o N.Lokanatham R/o Sainagar, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 20 K. Sudarasanam S/o K. Ram Murthy R/o Avilala R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 21 P. Sharadha D/o Mahendra Babu R/o Sainagar, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 22 B. Harinath, S/o Krishnaiah R/o S.V. Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 23 S. Rafi S/o Ismail R/o Tiruchanuru R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 24 K. Venkateswarlu S/o Chinnabba R/o Chengalagunta R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 25 E. Murali S/o Munuswamy R/o Chintalachenu, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 26 K. Ramu S/o Muni Krishnaiah R/o Chintalachenu, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 27 E. Murali S/o Munuswamy R/o Ambedkar colony, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 28 B. Ganga Raju S/o Pardhasaradhi R/o Avilala R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 29 Yaseen Basha S/o S.K. Basha R/o L.B. Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 30 Lavanya Kumari W/o Sudhakar Reddy R/o Lingeswar Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 31 P. Muni Raju S/o P. Subba Ramaiah R/o Chennareddy Colony R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 32 N. Rama Chandra Reddy S/o Muni Reddy R/o S.V. Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 33 K. Ramesh S/o K. Chengaiah R/o M.R. Pally R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 34 P.V. Manikyam S/o P.V. Petter R/o Mallamgunta R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 35 P. Muni Lakshmi W/o Subrahmanyam R/o Mallamgunta R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 36 N. Tiruapl S/o narayanamurthy R/o Kurlakunta R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 37 S. Chengalarayulu S/o Subba Ramaiah R/o R.C. Road, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 38 D. Chandra S/o D. Chinnappa R/o Avilala R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 39 Srinivasulu S/o Ramaiah R/o Yadava Colony R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 40 V. Dhanasekhar S/o Veerappa R/o R.C. Road, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 41 T. Raju S/o T. Lakshmi Narayana R/o Yadava Colony R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 42 Shakamuri Satyamurthy S/o Achaiah Naidu R/o Byragi Patteda R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 43 K. Gopinath S/o Kumaraswamy R/o R.C. Road, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 44 D. Ravi S/o Venkataramaiah R/o Shivajyothi Nagar, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 45 D. Chinna Swamy S/o Ramaiah R/o Annamaiah Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 46 K. Sanjeevi S/o Kuppuswamy R/o Byragi Patteda R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 47 K. Vijaya Kumari W/o Jayaramaiah R/o R.C. Road, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 48 D. Peddabba S/o Chinnappa R/o R.C. Road, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 49 Vijaya W/o Lokanadham R/o Bank Colony, R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 50 P. Tirumalesh S/o Krishnaiah R/o Yadava Colony R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 51 Managamma W/o Ramachandra reddy R/o M.R. Pally R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict 52 Munemma W/o Chenga Reddy R/o Dhanalakshmi Nagar R/o Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural & Urban, Chittoor Didstrict ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector Chittoor District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor District 3 The mandal Revenue Officer, Tirupathi Rural Mandal, Chittoor District 4 The Sarpanch Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tiruapthi, Chittoor 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 a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the2nd respondent to consider the 4th Respondent Resolution dt 08-06-2005 taking into consideration and recommendation of the Local MLA Letter dt 14.06.2005 to grant pattas tot he house site of the petitioners in sy. No. 247 to an extent of Ac. 1-90 cents of Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayt, Tirupathi Rural & Urban Mandal, Chittoor District, and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession of the petitioners without following due process of aw and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.PALLENAGESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. Counsel for the Respondent No.4: SC FOR GRAM PANCHAYAT The Court at the stage of admission made the following: ORDER: Seeking writ of mandamus, directing the 2nd respondent to consider the Resolution dated 08.06.2005 passed by the 4th respondent and the letter issued by the local MLA dated 14.06.2005 in granting house site pattas to the petitioners in Sy.No.247 to an extent of Ac.1.90 cents of Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi Rural and Urban Mandal, Chittoor District and also seeking direction the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession of the petitioners without following due process of law. The petitioners alleged to have occupied and are in peaceful possession of the Government poramboke land in an extent of Ac.1.90 cents in Sy.No.247 of Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat and constructed houses therein in the year 1998. They made representations to the respondents 3 and 4 for issuance of house site pattas, but there was no response from the respondents. The 4th respondent Gram Panchayat conducted survey and identified the land and passed a resolution on 08.06.2005, declaring that the petitioners are shelterless people and they need shelter and so recommended the 2nd respondent to allot house site to the petitioners. The local representative of the people also addressed a letter to the 2nd respondent requesting to allot house site pattas to the petitioners, but the 2nd respondent has not taken any action, and otherwise, threatening to evict the petitioners from the property in question. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government pleader appearing for respondents 1 to 3, and the learned standing counsel for the 4th respondent. The learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development submitted that under Section 58 of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, only certain extent of lands are vested with the Gram Panchayat and it is for the Revenue Department to assign the lands to the petitioners and therefore, the relief cannot be granted to the petitioners. The learned standing counsel for the 4th respondent submitted that the Gram Panchayat has no objection to allot house site pattas to the petitioners as they were found to be no shelter. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition at the admission stage, directing the 2nd respondent to consider the request of the petitioners, in pursuance of the resolution dated 08.06.2005, passed by the 4th respondent, and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, within a period of 8 (eight) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the respondents are directed not to evict the petitioners from the possession of the property in question. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________________ ELIPE DHARMA RAO,J Dated: 05.07.2005 Dsr Note: Issue CC in two days B/o Dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The District Collector, Chittoor District 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor District 3. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Tirupathi Rural Mandal, Chittoor District 4. The Sarpanch, Vedanthapuram Gram Panchayat, Tirupathi, Chittoor District 5. Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6. Two CD copies 7. 1 CC to MR.NAGESWAR RAO Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}