A. R. LAKSHMANAN, C. J.

( 1 ) THE petitioners nerein who are twenty in number and residents of Suryaraopet, kakinada Rural, Kakinada, belonging to fishermen community, have filed this Writ petition by way of Public Interest Litigation for a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No. 1 - Government of andhra Pradesh in converting and leasing out the Beach Park situated at Kakinada Port in favour of respondent No. 4 - M/s. Indian molasses Company Ltd. , Chennai (IMC) for establishing an industrial unit as illegal, arbitrary, capricious, without any sanction of law and violative of their fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the constitution of India and for a consequential direction to the respondents to take necessary steps for removal of encroachments and restore the Beach Park to its original position and maintain it properly.

( 2 ) IT appears that a news item published in a Telugu Daily Newspaper, Andhra bhoomi of Rajahmundry Edition dated 8-4-2002 had prompted the petitioners to file this PIL. According to the petitioners, the paper highlighted about the arbitrary decision taken by the Government in allotting the Beach Park to respondent No. 4 under a

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