APHC010141442019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 6218/2019 Between: 1. PASUPULETI RAMU, S/O LATE PASUPULETI NAIDU, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, OCC - BUSINESS, R/O. DOOR NO. 4-489, SURYA CHANDRA NAGAR, B.C. COLONY, WARD 69, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 2. MEDISETTI ESWARA RAO, S/O LATE MEDISETTI CHANDRAIAH, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, OCC - BUSINESS, R/O. 6-33, GREEN TREE APARTMENTS, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 3. TELASARI KANAKARAJU, S/O LATE APPALA KONDA, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, OCC - BUSINESS, R/O. 1-157, PEDHEREDLA VEEDHI, NEAR RAMALAYAM TEMPLE, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 4. BEHARA LAKSHMI, W/O GUNNARAJU, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, OCC - HOUSEWIFE, R/O. 4-479/2, SURYA CHANDRA NAGAR, B.C. COLONY, WARD 69, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 5. PASUPULETI SARASWATI, W/O PASUPULETI RAMU, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, OCC - HOUSEWIFE, R/O. DOOR NO. 4- 489, SURYA CHANDRA NAGAR, B.C. COLONY, WARD 69, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 2 6. SURI SETTY SURI BABU, S/O LATE SURI SETTY VEERASWAMY, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCC - BUSINESS, R/O. 2-167, PAIDIMAMBA COLONY, WARD 72, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 7. MAMIDI APPALARAJU, S/O JAGGARAO, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, OCC - BUSINESS, R/O. 2-99, PYDIMAMBA COLONY, VEPAGUNTA POST, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 8. KARRI GOPALAM, S/O LATE KARRI VENKATASWAMY, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, OCC - BUSINESS, R/O. 4-489, SURYACHANDRA NAGAR, NEAR GVMC OFFICE BACK SIDE, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 9. PASUPULETI ANASURYA,, W/O PASUPULETI RAMU, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, OCC - HOUSEWIFE, R/O. DOOR NO. 4- 489, SURYA CHANDRA NAGAR, B.C. COLONY, WARD NO. 69, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP.BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PENDURTHY POLICE STATION, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 4. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT AT VISAKHAPATNAM. 5. THE TAHSILDAR, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 6. GANTLA PENTA RAO, S/O LATE G. NARASAMMA, HINDU, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, R/O. B.C. COLONY, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 3 7. RAPARTHI TRIVENI VARA PRASAD ALIAS KHANNA, S/O AND AGE NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONERS, R/O. NAIDU THOTA, OPP - BHARATHI KALYANA MANDAPAM, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. RAJESH MATCHA 2. P DURGA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME (AP) 2. GP FOR REVENUE (AP) The Court made the following: 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No.6218 OF 2019 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the following relief: “….to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the unofficial official respondents in interfering with the construction of the compound wall of the temple and trying to demolish the temple structures of the Diety Suryanarayana Swamy on the hill top of the Vepagunta Village, Visakhapatnam as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law and consequently direct the 3rd respondent-Police to provide police protection for the temple and restrain the unofficial respondents from encroaching the temple land and demolishing the temple structures of the Diety Suryanarayana Swamy on the hill top of the Vepagunta Village, Visakhapatnam and to pass…” 2. Learned counsel representing Sri Rajesh Matcha, learned counsel for the writ petitioners would submit that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for further adjudication, and the Writ Petition has become infructuous. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home is in attendance. 4. Recording the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioners, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 04.08.2025 Pmk 5 02 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No:6218 OF 2019 Date: 04.08.2025 Pmk