APHC010635012025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3208] MONDAY,THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 32889/2025 Between: 1. KAPPETA VENKATARAMI REDDY, S/O K. PEDDA SUBBA REDDY, AGE 54 YEARS, OCC- CULTIVATION, R/O AKKAMPALLE VILLAGE, SANJAMALA MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS PRI. SECRETARY TO GOVT., REVENUE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, NANDYAL DISTRICT 3. LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER CUM REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, NANDYAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, UYYALAVADA MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT. 5. MANDAL SURVEYOR, UYYALAVADA MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRIC ...RESPONDENT(S): The Court made the following Order:- 1. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “to issue a appropriate writ. Order or direction, particularly a Writ of Mandamus declaring action of the respondent No- 4 in admeasuring Ac.0.200 cents in survey No- 807/A1 Ac.0.120 cents in survey No 807/B-2 Ac.0.015 cents in 846/B-1- and Ac. 0.050 cents in survey No 850/2 of Bodemmanuru Revenue Village, Uyyalavada Mandal, Nandyal District, without invoking the provisions of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 or any other provisions of law, as illegal, irregular, unjust, high handed besides arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent No 4 not to form any road from the land of the petitioner admeasuring Ac.0.200 cents in survey No 807/A1 Ac.0.120 cents in survey No 807/B-2 Ac.0.015 cents in 846/B-1 and Ac. 0.050 cents in survey No 850/2 of Bodemmanuru Revenue Village, Uyyalavada Mandal, Nandyal District, without there being any land acquisition proceedings or any recourse to law and to pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader has placed the written instructions received from the Tahsildar, Uyyalawada. According to the said instructions, the subject land was acquired for expanding the National Highways NH-167K from Nandyal to Jammalamadugu and notification under Section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 was issued on 14.02.2023 and the award amount will be paid after online data verification is completed. 4. In the said circumstances, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the subject land without following due process of law by paying compensation. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE D. RAMESH 01.12.2025 klk 317 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION No.32889 of 2025 01.12.2025 kkllkk