U S V PROJECTS PRIVATE LIMITED COMPANY v. THE STATE OF AP
WP/6531/2025 · 2025-03-18
Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda
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A IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVA‘^^^^^w\ (Special Original Jurisdiction) or > TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE present THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 6531 OF 2025 o PP Between: 0304?? Corporate Identity No. ^ffice 50-1-23/9 KSR Mansion, 0pp. Ryot Bazar 1ST Floor Seeethammadhara, Visakhapatnam - 530013 Rep by its D^ej:tor, Sri Uppalapati Sukumar Varma, S/o Sri U.V. Ramana Murthy ...Petitioner AND
1. The ^ate of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary Revenue Dltrtcl*^^^*’ Buildings, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur
2. The District Collector, Visakhapatnam District, A P.
3. The District Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam District. DisIrl^tA P"^ Divisional Officer, Bhimunipatnam, Visakhapatnam
5. The Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal. Visakhapatnam District, ...Respondents praying that in may more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents particuiarly J'" and S'” in dispossessing the petitioner from subject land to an extent of Ac.5.00 cents in Sy.No.349/1 of Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam Rural (Chinagadili) Mandal Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation during pendency of my appeal at the Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court be pleased to issue an order or direction or Writ within the limits of Greater
3' respondent i.e. District Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District, as illegal, arbitrary and colorable exercise of power and against the principles of natural justice and violation of Articles 14, 19(g) and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the land in an extent of Ac.5.00 cents in Sy.No.349/1 of Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam Rural (Chinagadili) Mandal, within the limits of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation without disposing the appeal before respondent i.e. District Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the land to an extent of Ac.5.00 cents in Sy.No.349/1 of Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam Rural (Chinagadili) Mandal, within the limits of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation during the pendency of the present writ petition.
Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI N SRIHARI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following order:
APHC010121972025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) m [3329] ■J3 TUESDAY ,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 6531/2025 Between: U S V Projects Private Limited Company ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner:
1.N SRIHARI Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1.GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following:
2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 6531/2025
ORDER: This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of the India seeking the following reliefs:-
“to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents particularly 4“^ and respondents dispossessing the petitioner from subject land to an extent of Ac.5.00 cents In Sy.No.349/1 of Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam Rural (Chinagadill) Mandal, within the limits of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation during pendency of my appeal at the 3th respondent i.e., District Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District as illegal, arbitrary and colorable exercise of power and against the principles of natural justice and violation of Articles 14, 19(g) and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the land in an extent of Ac.5.00 cents in Sy.No. 349/1 of Madhurawada Village, Visakhapatnam Rural (Chinagadili) Mandal, Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation without disposing the appeal before 3'^ respondent i.e.. District Revenue Cfficer, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District and pass such other order. ”
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents. in within the limits of Greater
3. Though the petitioner made several allegations against the respondents, during hearing,
learned counsel for the petitioner requested this Court, without touching the merits of the case, to issue a direction to the respondents to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner.
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4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue readily agreed to dispose of the appeal, if any pending with the respondents.
5. In view of the submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, this Court need not decide the truth or otherwise of the allegations made in the petition. This Court is conscious that no such direction be issued, in view of the
judgment of the Apex Court in P.Venkatesh^”, wherein the Apex Court held that such orders The Government of India v. may make for a quick or easy disposal of cases in overburdened adjudicatory institutions. But, they do not serve to the cause of justice. As the learned counsel for the petitioner himself requested to a direction to dispose of the appeal, this Court find no other issue alternative except to issue such direction. In the result, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the 3'”'^ respondent to consider the appeal preferred by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, within a period of period of three(3) months from the date of receipt of copy of this
order. Till then, status-quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained by all the parties concerned in respect of the subject property. There shall be no order as to costs.
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2019(8) SCALE 544'
4 As a sequel miscellaneous application, pending, if any, shall also stand closed.
Sd/- K. TATA RAO DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// To, SECTION OFFICER Secreta^, Revenue Department, State of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur
2. The District Collector, Visakhapatnam District, A P.
3. The District Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam District. Dillrl^rA P^^ Divisional Officer, Bhimunipatnam, Visakhapatnam
5. The Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, One CC to Sri N Srihari, Advocate [OPUC] Two CCS to GP for Revenue, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Two CD Copies District.
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8. RAM
p HIGH COURT DATED:18/03/2025
ORDER g 2 8 MAR 2P75 I ^ . Curiem Sefilion ''V^SMTCW^^^ WP.No.6531 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WP WITHOUT COSTS