APHC010257542025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU WRIT PETITION NO: Between: Smt. Manubolu Venkata Lakshmi Devi, The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. NARASIMHA REDDY. G . L Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the 1 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: 12884/2025 Smt. Manubolu Venkata Lakshmi Devi, ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: NARASIMHA REDDY. G . L Counsel for the Respondent(S): GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: [3329] THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU ...PETITIONER ...RESPONDENT(S) 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 12884/2025 ORDER: The present writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking following relief: “ ... may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ Order or direction declaring the action of the Respondents herein in trying to dispossess the petitioner from land measuring an extent of Ac 2.50 cents in Sy.No.236-1A4B of Kondagunta Village Gudur Mandal SPSR Nellore without issuing notice as arbitrary illegal unconstitutional and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents herein not to dispossess the petitioner from land measuring an extent of Ac 2.50 cents in Sy.No.236-1A4B of Kondagunta Village, Gudur Mandal, SPSR Nellore without following due process of law...” 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondents. 3. During hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner, without touching the merits of the case, requested this Court to issue a direction to the respondents not to dispossess/ evict the petitioner from his property without following due process of law. 4. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue submits that, if the petitioner is in possession of the subject property, the 3 respondents would follow due process of law and requested to pass appropriate orders. 5. When the petitioner is in settled possession and enjoyment of the property, the petitioner cannot be dispossessed, without following due process of law in view of the law declared by the Apex Court in “Rame Gowda (dead) by L.Rs. v. M.Varadappa Naidu (Dead) by L.Rs. 1 ”. Therefore, if the petitioner is in possession of the subject property, the respondents are directed not to evict/ dispossess the petitioner from his respective subject property, except by due process of law. 6. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with the consent of both the counsel. No costs. Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall also stand closed. ______________________________________ JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA Date:08.05.2025 KKV 1 2004 (1) SCC 769 4 64 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 12884/2025 Date:08.05.2025 KKV