A. Ramalingeswara Rao, J.

1. This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner claiming that he is an agriculturist owning Acs.37.00 of land. He stated that his lands are situated in the east and west of Veeranna Cheruvu and he is an ayacutdar of the said tank. Towards the eastern side of the tank, he dug five bore-wells in his land in Survey Nos. 52, 69, 70, 71 and 38 and is cultivating the lands. There is sufficient water in the bore-wells. However, on the western side of the tank, there is an agricultural land to an extent of Acs. 25.00 in Survey Nos. 106, 110 and 111 of Mohammadapuram Village. As there was no water source to the western side of the lands, he laid pipelines of about 330 metres from the eastern side of the land and raising crops like sweet lime, papaya, groundnut, paddy and other crops with the help of the underground pipeline water. The said underground pipeline was laid by the side of the kacha road, which passes on the bund from eastern side to western side. The said pipeline was laid in the year 2003 after obtaining permission from the then Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Hyderabad, in Memo No. DCE(MI)/OT3-T3/Misc/2003, dated 05.12.2003, and also the Gram P