SRI VAISHNAVI TOWNSHIPS(INDIA) PVT LTD v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
WP/15186/2025 · 2025-06-25
Dhiraj Singh Thakur, R Raghunandan Rao
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I • ft APHC010245152025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) Q THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE / PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR, THE CHIEF JUSTICE i AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R RAGHUNANDAN RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 15186 OF 2025 Between:
1. Sri Vaishnavi Townships(lndia) pvt ltd, Visakapatnam Represented by Sri Vemulapalli Venkata Narasaiah, S/o Late Gopala Rao aged about 69 Years C/o D.No 1-69-8, M.V.P. Colony. Vishakapatnam District. R/o H.No 11-198, Ayyapa Nagar, Narasaraopeta Sivaru Narasaraopeta, Guntur- 522 601
2. Sri Vaishnavi Townships (India) Pvt Ltd., Visakapatnam Represented by Smt. Nagothu Sabitha W/o Nagothu Prakash Rao R/o D. No 5-1- 16, Palnadu Road, Mother Theresa Hospital, Narasaraopeta, Guntur- 522 601. / / ...Petitioners AND
1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department, Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Guntur. 2. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, , Srikakulam, Rep by its Registrar
3. f^avi DLP Christian, S/o Late Prasada Rao Aged about 55 Years, Plot No 166, PN Colony, 4th Line, Gujarathipeta, Srikakulam town mandal, Srikakulam District. R/o and ...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 writ or order or direction, more Certiorari so in the nature of Writ of a) Calling in for the records pertaining to the Order passed by Respondent No.2 dated 13-07-2023 in C.C.No.12 of 2023and quash the same as per se illegal, whimsical, non-est in the eye of law, preposterous, manifestly arbitrary, ex-facie erroneous, disproportionate, defective and irrational, unreasonable, capricious, null and void, dehors and in excess of jurisdiction, fundamentally ultra vires the powers vested in Respondent No.2 besides being opposed to the doctrine of Forum Non-Conveniens, Nemo Debet Esse Judex in Propria Causa, Actus Curiae Neminem Gravabit and in flagrant Act, 2019, Indian contravention of provisions of the Consumer Protection Contract Act, 1872 and Rules made thereunder. lA NO: 1 OF 2n?fi 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 grant stay of all further proceedings pursuant to Order passed by Respondent No.2 dated 13-07-2023 in C.C.No.12 of 2023, pending disposal of the above writ petition.
Counsel for the Petitioners; SRI KOTHA LEELA GANESH RAGHAVENDRA Counsel for the Respondent Nos. The Court made the following order:
1 and 2: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES
w Bench Sr.No:-3 [3446] APHC010245152025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI ■I WRIT PETITION NO: 15186 of 2025 Sri Vaishnavi Townships (India) Pvt. Ltd. and another ...Petitioners Vs. ...Respondents The State of Andhra Pradesh and others ********** Sri Kotha Leela Ganesh Raghavendra Advocate for Petitioners G.P. for Civil Supplies Advocate for Respondents
CORAM :THE CHIEF JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR SRI JUSTICE R. RAGHUNANDAN RAO DATE : 26th June 2025 PC : In the present petition, the petitioners challenge the
order dated 13.07.2023 passed in Complaint Case No. 12 of 2023 by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Srikakulam. In our opinion, the petitioners have an alternate remedy by way of an appeal before the Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal
2. Commission, Vijayawada. In view of the alternate remedy, we do not find any reason to interfere
3. with the order impugned.
4. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to approach the appropriate forum. No costs. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.
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HIGH COURT DATED:26/06/2025
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