ORDER :

Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus declaring the action of respondents in insisting them to vacate their agricultural land of an extent of Ac 2.30 cents out of Ac 15.82 cents in S.No.654 situated in Gonugunta Revenue Village, Chimakurthy Mandal, Prakasam District, and the consequential action of respondents in taking steps to distribute the said land as house site pattas under ‘NAVARATNALU PEDALANDARIKI ILLU SCHEME’ to the weaker sections, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 & 21 of the Constitution of India and for a consequential direction to respondents to remove the gravel dumped in their agricultural landed property and not to assign the said land as house site pattas to third parties.

2. The petitioners’ case succinctly is thus:

a) 1st petitioner is the wife and petitioner Nos.2 to 4 are the children of late Venkateswarlu. He occupied the Government poramboke land of an extent of Ac 2.30 cents out of Ac 15.82 cents in S.No.654 situated in Gonugunta Revenue Village, Chimakurthy Mandal, Prakasam District. After his death, the petitioners succeeded the said land and they are in exclusive possession and enjoyment of the same without any interruption by anybod