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APHC010283682025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] WEDNESDAY ,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 14371/2025 Between: T. Suneetha, ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. HARINATH REDDY SOMA Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following:
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THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 14371/2025 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 declare the action of Respondent No.3 and their staff for trying to dispossess the petitioner from the agricultural land measuring an extent of Ac.1.83 Cents in Sy.No.6/7 and 6/8 and Ac.0.65 Cents in Sy.No.6/7 of T.Puttur Village, Thvanampalle Mandal, Chittoor District, without issuing notification under the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 for acquiring the land of the petitioner at the behest of the unofficial respondents as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Article14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere and dispossess the petitioner from the agricultural land measuring an extent of Ac.1.83 Cents in Sy.No.6/7 and 6/8 and Ac.0.65 Cents in Sy.No.6/7 of T.Puttur Village, Thvanampalle Mandal, Chittoor District and pass such other order.”
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was granted D-Form patta on 11.04.2010 in respect of the land admeasuring to an extent of Ac.0.84 cents in Sy.No.6/7 and Ac.0.95 cents in Sy.No.6/8 of T.Puttur Village. Since then, she has been cultivating the subject land without there being any interference or hindrance. The petitioner was also issued pattadar passbook
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considering the assignment patta granted in her favour. While things stood thus, the respondents are taking steps to alter the extent of land which was mutated in favour of the petitioner on the guise that the land in Sy.No.6/8 admeasuring to an extent of Ac.0.95 cents was alienated in favour of the unofficial respondents herein. 4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that once the respondents duly alienated the subject land by way of D-Form patta by following due process and in compliance of the statutory provisions, the same cannot be altered or modified without issuing any notice and without following due process of law. Hence, the present Writ Petition. 5. On the other hand, learned Government Pleader for the respondents furnished written instructions dated 17.06.2025 issued by the 3rd respondent, wherein it is stated as follows:
“6. It is further submitted that the land in Sy.No.6/8 with an extent of Ac.0.51 cents was noted in the name of Smt.Reddemma, W/o.late Chenna Naidu vide IB Katha No.646 was found to be entered in all manual records. 7. It is further submitted that, the present writ petitioner is having right, title & possession and enjoyment over the land in Sy.No.6/7 with an extent of Ac.0.84 cents only. The writ petitioner is not having any right over the land in Sy.No.6/8 with an extent of Ac.0.94 cents. 4
8. It is finally submitted that, the writ petitioner has approached this Hon’ble Court without clean hands. She has approached this Hon’ble Court with a fabricated DKT patta. None of the authorities are trying to dispossess the writ petitioner for the land in Sy.No.6/7 with an extent of Ac.0.84 cents.”
6. Having regard to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents and on perusal of the written instructions issued by the 3rd respondent, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition directing the respondents not to interfere and dispossess the petitioner from the subject land, without following due process of law. 7. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel miscellaneous application, pending, if any, shall also stand closed.
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VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 18.06.2025 TTPPSS
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22 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA
WRIT PETITION NO: 14371/2025 18.06.2025 TTPPSS