JUDGMENT :

M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, J.

1. This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in proposing to assign as house site plots, the land situated in R.S. No. 85 of Mokhasa Narasannapalem Village, Nuzvid Mandal, Krishna District, which is classified as Donka by changing the classification/ nature of the said land from Donka to government assessed waste as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and contrary to Andhra Pradesh Revenue Board Standing Orders (for short B.S.O) and consequently direct the respondents not to change the classification/nature of the land in R.S. No. 85 of Mokhasa Narasannapalem Village, Nuzvid Mandal, Krishna District and not to allot the said land as house sites to the landless poor persons.

2. The petitioners possess various extents of lands in different survey numbers in Mokhasa Narasannapalem Village, Nuzvid Mandal and the details are tabulated as follows:-