St APHC&10119352019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PR AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 5306 OF 2019 Between: Tunuguntia Satyanarayana, S/o. Anandaaiah Occ Business, aged bout 67 years R/o Srinagar, AjitSingh Nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh ...Petitioner AND 1. The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Commissioner, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Nakkal 2. The District Panchayat Officer, DPLO Office, Zp Road, Machilipatnam - 521001, 3. The Panchayath Officer, Prasadampadu Gram Panchayath N1416, Prasadampadu, Currency Nagar, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 521108 4. Tunuguntia Sambasiva Rao, S/o Anandaiah aged about 74 years Occ Business, R/o 21-10/3-105, Satyanarayanapuram, Vijayawada. 5. Tunuguntia Suseela, W/o.Tunuguntia Sambasiva Rao Aged about 69 R/o 21-10/3-105, Satyanarayanapuram, years, Occ Housewife, Vijayawada ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction and more particularly one in the action of the 2nd and 3rd relation to Sri Prasadampadu, Vijayawada situated at RS.No. 82/4 at Prasadampadu village, Vijayawada for the Assessment Year 2018-19 nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the Respondents in not assessing house tax in Kanyakaparameswari Residential Junior College as contrary to the provisions of the AP Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 besides being arbitrary and fundamental rights guaranteed to the Petitioner in violation of the under Article 14, 19 (1)(g) consequently direct the 2nd and 3rd and 300A of the Constitution of India and Respondents to forthwith Kanyakaparameswari Residential Junior College, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada situated at RS.No. 82/4 at Prasadampadu village, Vijayawada petitioner for the Assessment Year 2018-19. assess and collect house tax in respect of Sri from the lA NO: 1 OF 201Q Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 2nd and 3rd Respondents to issue house tax demand notice to Sri Kanyakaparameswari Residential Junior College, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada situated at RS.No. 82/4 at Prasadampadu village, Vijayawada the Assessment year 2018-19 and i the disposal of the above writ petition. for receive the tax from the petitioner, pending Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI P BADRINATH Counsel for the Respondent Nos.4 & 5: SRI Y N ANJANEYACHARYULU Counsel for the Respondent No.3; SRI G SESHADRI(SC Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2:GP FOR PANCHAYAT RURAL DEV (AP) The Court made the following order: FOR MPP ZPP) RAJ APHC010119352019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] WEDNESDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 5306/2019 Between: 1.TUNUGUNTLA SATYANARAYANA, S/0. ANANDAAIAH OCC BUSINESS, AGED BOUT 67 YEARS R/0 SRINAGAR, AJITSINGH NAGAR, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER AND 1.THE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER, PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, NAKKAL 2.THE DISTRICT PANCHAYAT OFFICER, DPLO OFFICE, ZP ROAD. MACHILIPATNAM - 521001, 3.THE PANCHAYATH OFFICER, PRASADAMPADU GRAM PANCHAYATH N1416, PRASADAMPADU, CURRENCY NAGAR, VIJAYAWADA. ANDHRA PRADESH 521108 4.TUNUGUNTLA SAMBASIVA RAO, S/0 ANANDAIAH AGED ABOUT 74 BUSINESS, SATYANARAYANAPURAM, VIJAYAWADA. 5.TUNUGUNTLA SUSEELA, W/O.TUNUGUNTLA SAMBASIVA RAO AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS. OCC HOUSEWIFE. R/0 21-10/3-105, SATYANARAYANAPURAM, VIJAYAWADA YEARS OCC R/0 21-10/3-105, ...RESPONDENT(S): V' THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITQN No.5306 OF 2019 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner(s) and learned counsel for the respondents. The case of the petitioner is that, the petitioner is seeking a direction to f the house tax in respect of ( respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to assess Kanyakaparameswari Residential Junior College, Prasadampadu, Vijayawada situated in R.S. No.82/4 at Prasadampadu, Vijayawada. The learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos. 4 and 5 submits that Kanyakaparameswari Residential Junior College never existed, and therefore, there is no question of assessing house tax against the said junior college. It is further submitted that the alleged assessment relates to the years 2018 and 2019, which are already long past, and now the assessment for the Hence, no further orders are 2024 and 2025 is under progress. years necessary to be passed in the present writ petition. He further submits that the petitioner is no more, as he died on 10.05.2021, and so far, no petition has been filed to bring on record the legal heirs of the petitioner. Therefore, the cause in the present writ petition does not survive, and no further adjudication is required. Recording the said submissions made by the learned counsel for the respondents, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous, granting liberty to the petitioner. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. Sd/- K TATA RAO DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. One CC to Sri. P Badrinath Advocate [OPUC] 2. One CC to Sri. Y N Anjaneyacharyulu Advocate [OPUC] 3. One CC to Sri. G Seshadri(SC FOR MPP ZPP) Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCS to GP For Panchayat Raj Rural Dev (AP), High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 5. Two CD Copies. AL HIGH COURT DATED:13/08/2025 ORDER WP NO. 5306 OF 2019 DISMISSING THE W.P. AS INFRUCTUOUS, WITHOUT COSTS