APHC010413412015 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] MONDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 14035/2015 Between: 1. ESARAPU LATCHANNA,, S/O. LATE VENKANNA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS, AGRICULTURIST/ DAILY LABOURER R/O. 38-32-75/1, PRAVATHI NAGAR MARRIPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM 2. ESRAPAU GOVINDA,, S/O. LASTCHANNA, AGED 54 YEARS, EMPLOYEE R/O. 38-32-75/3, PARVATHI NAGAR MARRIPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM 3. BONU LAKSHMANA RAO,, S/O. LATE APPALA SWAMY AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, AGRICULTURIST / DAILY LABOURER R/O. 38- 32-75/2, PARVATHINAGAR MARRIPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM 4. DAKARAPU PYDIRAJU,, S/O. SIMHACHALAM AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, AGRICULTURIST/DAILY LABOURERS RESIDENT OF 38-32- 75/4,.PARVATHI NAGAR MARRIPALEM, VISAKHAPTANAM 5. MOLI KANAKA MAHALAKSHMI,, W/O. LATE ESWARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS R/O. 38-32-75/5, PARVATHINAGAR MARRIPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE COMMISSIONER, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Visakhapatnam ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 2 1. S S PRAKASH Counsel for the Respondent: 1. S LAKSHMINARAYANA REDDY(SC FOR GVMC) The Court made the following: 3 ORDER:- The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners apprehend interference on the part of the respondent authorities and dispossession from their houses. 2. This Court directed status quo to be maintained vide an order dated 01.05.2015. 3. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for the GVMC, upon written instructions, submits that the petitioners are occupying A.W.D. Government Land, i.e., Assessed Waste Dry Land, and Government Pattas were issued during the year 2018-19. It is also stated in the instructions that, in respect of the land in Sy. Nos.90/1 and 90/2, the petitioners have obtained proper permission from the competent authorities for construction of buildings and are presently in occupation and enjoyment of the buildings. 4. Considering the submissions, this writ petition is disposed off, directing the respondents not to dispossess the petitioners without following due process of law. There shall be no order as to costs. [ 5. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 13.10.2025 PNS