APHC010236172025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] THURSDAY ,THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 12489/2025 Between: Devalam Seethamma and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. KOCHIRI RAJA SHEKAR 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: 12489/2025 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 respondent Nos.3 and 4 and their officials in threatening to dispossess the petitioners from the house sites admeasuring Ac.0.02 cents each in Sy.No.141/1 situated in Ramallakota Village, Veldurthi Mandal, Kurnool District without following due process of law as illegal, arbitrary, violation of principles of natural justice and violative of Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent Nos.3 and 4 not to dispossess the petitioners from the above house sites pending disposal of the appeal dated 25.10.2021 before the 2nd respondent/District Collector and pass such other order.” 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents. 3. Though the petitioners made several allegations against the respondents, during hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners requested this Court, without touching the merits of the case, to issue a direction to the respondents to dispose of the appeal dated 25.10.2021 preferred by the petitioners. 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 3 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 “The Government of India v. P.Venkatesh1”, wherein the Apex Court held that such orders 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 petitioners himself requested to issue a direction to dispose of the appeal, this Court find no other alternative except to issue such direction. 6. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondents to consider and dispose of the appeal dated 25.10.2021 preferred by the petitioners before the 2nd respondent, after providing opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, within a period of three(3) months from the date of receipt of a 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. As a sequel miscellaneous application, pending, if any, shall also stand closed. ________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 08.05.2025 TTPPSS 1 2019 (8) SCALE 544 4 38 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 12489/2025 08.05.2025 TTPPSS