APHC010400912025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 20248 OF 2025 Between; V. Siddappa, S/o. Late Venkatappa, Aged about 70 years, Occ: Cultivation, R/o. D.No. 3-77, Kungegowniyar Village, Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Panchayath, Kuppam Village and Mandal, Chittoor District. ...Petitioner AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, A.P. Secretariat, Guntur District. 2. The District Collector, Chittoor District, Chittoor. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kuppam, Chittoor District. 4. The Tahsildar, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. 5. The Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Panchayath, Rep. by its Panchayath Secretary Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. 6. The Grama Panchayat Sarpanch, Peddabangarunatham Village, Kuppam Mandal. Chittoor District. Velagapudi, Amaravathi Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Village, ...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 order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus under Article 226 of Constitution of India declaring the action of the respondent No. 4 and 5 are evicting the petitioners land an extent of Ac. 1.50 cents in Sy No. 13-7A situated at situated at Kungegowniyur Village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District by laying the road without following land acquisition proceedings is illegal, arbitrary, unjust, contrary to the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and violative of principles of Natural Justice and violation of articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to lay the road by disposes or interfere with in the above subject land. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent No. 4 and 5 not to lay the road by disposes or interfere of the petitioners land an extent of Ac. 1.50 cents in Sy No. 13-7A situated at Kungegowniyur Village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI S. NAGARAJU Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4 : GP FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent Nos.5 & 6 : SRI M. SUDHIR, SC FOR GRAM PANCHAYAT The Court made the following order; At APHC010400912025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY,THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 20248 OF 2025 Between: Aged about 70 years, Occ Cultivation, R/o. D.No. 3-77, Kungegowniyar Village, Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Panchayath, Kuppam Village and Mandal, Chittoor District 1. V. SIDDAPPA, S/o. Late Venkatappa, ...Petitioner AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, A.P. Secretariat, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District. 2. The District Collector, Chittoor District, Chittoor. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kuppam, Chittoor District. 4. The Tahsildar, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. 5. The Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Panchayath, Rep. by its Panchayath Secretary, Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. 6. The Grama Panchayat Sarpanch, Peddabangarunatham Village, Kuppam Mandal. Chittoor District. ...Respondents 2 W.P.N0.20248 0F202S, praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to pleased to issue order or direction more particularly of writ of mandamus under Article 226 of Constitution of India action of the respondent No. 4 and 5 are evicting the petitioners land an extent of Ac. 1.50 cents in Sy No. 13-7A Kungegowniyur Village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor without following land acquisition proceedings i: contrary to the provisions of the Right to Fair Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and and violative of principles of Natural Justice and and 300-A of the Constitution of India and Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India in the nature declaring the situated at situated at District by laying the road illegal, arbitrary, unjust. Compensation and Resettlement Act, 2013 violation of articles 14, 21 consequently direct the respondents not to lay the road by disposes or interfere with in the above subject land and pas IS lA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 pleased to direct the respondent No. 4 and 5 not to lay the road by disposes or interfere of the petitioners land an extent of Ac. 1.50 cents in Sy No. 13-7A situated at Kungegowniyur Village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor pass Counsel for the Petitioner: S NAGARAJU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE District and 3 TRR,J W.P.N0.20248 0F 2025 ORDER: The present writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking following relief: ‘...to issue order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus under Article 226 of Constitution of India declaring the action of the respondent No. 4 and 5 are evicting the petitioners land an extent of Ac. 1.50 cents in Sy No. 13-7A situated at situated at Kungegowniyur Village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District by laying the road without following land acquisition proceedings is illegal, arbitrary, unjust, contrary to the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and violative of principles of Natural Justice and violation of articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to lay the road by disposes or interfere with in the above subject land and pass..’’ 2. The Tahsildar, Kuppam, addressed a letter to the learned Government Pleader for Revenue, which is placed before this Court and the same is part of the record. As seen from the proceedings of the Tahsildar, it appears that the subject land is a patta land, and petitioner is in possession and enjoyment of the said land. The authorities have also issued pattadar passbooks and title deeds in favour of the petitioner. Furthermore, the respondentshave neither dispossessed the petitioner from the subject land nor laid any road in petitioner’s property. 3. 4. In view of the assertions made in the letter addressed by the Tahsildar to the learned Government Pleader, the present Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent authorities not to dispossess the petitioner from the 4 , . , , W.P.N0.20248 0F202S subject land without following due process of law. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. //TRUE COPY// Sd/- K TATA RAO DEPUTY REGISTRAR R SECTION To, 1. The Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, State of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Velagapudi, Amaravathi, Guntur District. 2. The District Collector, Chittoor District, Chittoor. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kuppam, Chittoor District. 4. The Tahsildar, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. 5. The Panchayath Secretary, Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Panchayath, Pedda Bangarunatham Grama Village, Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. 6. The Grama Panchayat Sarpanch, Peddabangarunatham Kuppam Mandal, Chittoor District. 7. One CC to Sri S. Nagaraju, Advocate [OPUC] 8. Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 9. One CC to Sri M. Sudhir, SC for Gram Panchayat (OPUC) 10. Two CD Copies Village Cnr HIGH COURT DATED;04/08/2025 ORDER WP NO. 20248 OF 2025 DISPOSING OF THE W.P. WITHOUT COSTS