Harijana Manthamma, v. The District Collector

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 17685 of 2011 ORDER:

With the consent of both the parties, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Revenue.

The present writ petition is filed to declare the action of respondent No.3 in trying to dispossess the petitioners from the land admeasuring Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-1, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-2, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-3, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-4, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-5 and Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-6, situated at Palthur Village, Vidapankal Mandal, Ananthapur District and not allowing them to raise crops in the said land, as illegal, arbitrary and violation of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India; and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from the above said lands.

The averments in the writ petition are as under: The petitioners claim themselves to be the owners of land situated at Palthur Village, Vidapankal Mandal, Ananthapur District. The details of which are as under: Extent Sy.No.

Petitioner No.1 Ac.2.00 cents 499-1 Petitioner No.2 Ac.2.00 cents 499-2 Petitioner No.3 Ac.2.00 cents 499-3 Petitioner No.4 Ac.2.00 cents 499-4

Petitioner No.5 Ac.2.00 cents 499-5 Petitioner No.6 Ac.2.00 cents 499-6 It is stated that the said lands were assigned to them in the year 1993 and since then they are in possession and enjoyment of the same. While things stood thus, the third respondent vide his proceedings Rc.No.178/A/2010 dated 17.07.2010, recommended the Station House Officer, Vidapanakal Police Station to provide police protection to respondent Nos.4 and 5. At that point of time, the petitioners filed W.P.No.20879 of 2010 questioning the same. In the said writ petition, the Station House Officer, filed counter stating that except an entry being made in the general dairy with regard to the recommendation of the third respondent in providing police protection in favour of respondent Nos.4 and 5, no further steps have been taken in providing police protection. It is stated that the third respondent is making hectic efforts to dispossess the petitioners from the land and is also making efforts to hand over the land in favour of the declarants. Hence, the present writ petition.

Learned Government Pleader for Revenue on instructions submits that the allegations made in the writ affidavit are all false and invented for the purpose of this case.

Though the learned counsel for the petitioners has raised various grounds challenging the proposed action of third respondent, he submits that a direction to the third respondent to follow due process of law before initiating any action would suffice the purpose. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue states that he has no objection for the same. Without going into the merits of the case and in view of the

representation made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the third respondent shall not evict the petitioners from the land Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-1, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-2, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-3, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-4, Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-5 and Ac.2.00 cents in Sy.No.499-6, situated at Palthur Village, Vidapankal Mandal, Ananthapur District, if they are in possession, without following the due process of law.

With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs.

Consequently, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.

_________________________ JUSTICE C. PRAVEEN KUMAR 12.08.2015 gkv