APHC010452962025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 22990/2025 Between: 1. BUDAM KANAKA, S/O BUDAM JOGARAO, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, C/O H.NO.18-25-18,BARMA COLONY, NEAR DURGA DEVI TEMPLE, NADUPURU, VTC- NADUPURU (PART)(RURAL), PO.PEDAGANTYADA, VISAKHAPATNAM, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRI. SECRETARY, MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, REP.BY ITS COMMISSIONER, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 3. THE ZONAL COMMISSIONER, GREATER VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ZONE-V, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 4. THE TASHILDAR, PEDAGNATADA MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. P NANILU NAIDU 2 Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP MUNCIPAL ADMN AND URBAN DEV AP The Court made the following: 3 Order:- The petitioner is aggrieved by the unilateral and arbitrary actions of respondent Nos.3 and 4 in trying to dispossess the petitioner. 2. It is submitted that the petitioner was granted a house site under the scheme for grant of house sites to the landless poor, and the house site patta was sanctioned on 12.10.2017. The petitioner has been residing in the said property after constructing a small house. It is now submitted that respondent Nos.3 and 4 are trying to demolish the said house and dispossess the petitioner without issuing any show-cause notice or following the due process of law. 3. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent Nos.2 and 3 submits that the land allegedly claimed by the petitioner in Sy.No.89 was acquired for the purpose of establishing a steel plant, and as per the records, the land vests with the Special Deputy Collector for Land Acquisition of the steel plant. It is further submitted that the entire land in Sy.No.89 is included in the prohibited land register of Pedagantyada Mandal. The Town Planning Officer of the 2nd respondent has submitted written instructions to the learned Standing Counsel, duly informing that there has been no attempt on the part of the 2nd respondent to disturb the possession or enjoyment of the petitioner. 4. Recording the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3, there shall be a direction to the respondents not to disturb the peaceful possession and 4 enjoyment of the petitioner over the property admeasuring 60 square yards in Sy.No.89, 52nd Ward, Zone-V, Visakhapatnam, without following due process of law. 5. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is disposed off. There shall be no order as to costs. 6. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N Date:29.08.2025 PNS