This Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the action of the 4th respondent in issuing Dandora (Tom-Tom) notice and thereafter conducting the public auction and issuing proceedings dated 07.01.2022 granting fishing rights to the 8th respondent in respect of the water tank situated in Sy.No.207 of V. Kota Mandal is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the judgment in O.S.No.54 of 1974 on the file of learned District Munsif Court, Kuppam dated 30.12.1975 and for consequential direction to set aside the proceedings dated 07.01.2022.

2) Heard Mr. S.S.Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, representing respondents 1 to 3, Mr. G. Venkata Reddy, learned standing counsel for respondent No.4 and Mr. V.R.Reddy Kovvuri, learned counsel for respondent No.8.

3) Learned counsel for the petitioners, inter alia, submits that a tank by name “Keelapalle Tank” is situated in Sy.No.207 of V.Kota Mandal and the fishing rights in respect of the said tank belongs to the petitioners’ family and they are enjoying the fishing rights for more than a century. He submits that in 1974, the 4th respondent Gram