APHC010137962020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3233] WEDNESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B KRISHNA MOHAN WRIT PETITION NO: 8284/2020 Between: 1. UPPALAPATI SATYA CHAITANYA,, S/O.AMARNATH, R/O. D.NO.10- 82, YEDIDA VILLAGE, MANDAPETA MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 2. UPPALAPATI RAMAKRISHNA RAO,, S/O.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY R/O. D.NO.10-82, YEDIDA VILLAGE, MANDAPETA MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY SECRETARY (REVENUE LA) DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT AT KAKINADA. 3. THE LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER CUM REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, RAMACHANDRAPURAM, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. M BALANAGA SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 1. GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION (AP) The Court made the following: 3 Order: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents. 2. This writ petition was filed questioning the action of the 2nd respondent in issuing the land acquisition notification in Form No.VI-A in Reference No. G4/497/2019, dated 03.03.2020, by claiming exemption under Section 10-A and Rule 4, purporting to acquire the land of the 1st petitioner in S.No.898-3 admeasuring Ac.1.20 cents and the land of the 2nd petitioner in S.No.898-3 admeasuring Ac.0.25 cents of Yedida Village, Mandapeta Mandal, East Godavari District, for the purpose of providing house sites under the welfare scheme. 3. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Government Pleader, relying upon the written instructions of the 2nd respondent dated 15.09.2025, submits that the 2nd respondent issued a withdrawal notification vide D.Dis.No.G4/RCPM/MDP/Yeditha/497/2019 dated: /03/2021, for the subject lands mentioned under Section 93(1) of the LA & RR Act, 2013, whereby alternative lands have been identified for the purpose of providing house sites under <Navaratnalu-Pedalandari Illu.= Therefore, the award of land acquisition for land admeasuring Ac.1.45 acres in Sy.No.898/3 has not been approved and the same has not been taken over. The copy of the said instructions of the 2nd respondent shall be made as part of the Court record. 4 4. In view of the above said submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, made through the written instructions of the 2nd respondent dated 15.09.2025, no further orders are necessary in this writ petition. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. Interim order, if any, is deemed to have been vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________ JUSTICE B KRISHNA MOHAN 17.09.2025 PNS