Golagani Simhachalam v. The State of Andhra Pradesh,
WP/11065/2022 · 2025-10-12
Ravi Cheemalapati
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3332] MONDAY,THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI WRIT PETITION NO: 11065/2022 Between:
1. GOLAGANI SIMHACHALAM, , S/O CHINNAYYA, AGED- 71 YEARS, R/O H.NO.2-18, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 2. GOLAGANI APPA RAO, , S/O APPALA SWAMI, AGED- 72 YEARS, R/O H.NO. 3-70, SUJATHA NAGAR, PENDURTHI, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 3. KORRAYI SIVA GANESH,, S/O APPA RAO, AGED- 43 YEARS, R/O H.NO.2-22, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 4. SMT. KORRAYI SIMHACHALAM,, W/O APPA RAO, AGED- 62 YEARS, R/O H.NO.2-22, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 5. SMT. KORRAYI LAKSHMI,, W/O KANNA BABU, AGED- 56 YEARS, R/O H.NO.2-23, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 6. GOLAGANI SADHU RAO @ SADHU,, S/O.MALAYYA, AGED- 62 YEARS, R/O H.NO.2-7, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 7. GOMPA APPALA RAJU,, S/O DEMUDU, AGED- 36 YEARS, R/O H.NO.1-32, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 8. GOLAGANI CHINNARAO,, S/O BHULOKAM, AGED- 52 YEARS, R/O
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H.NO.2-22, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 9. SARIPALLI CHINNA RAO,, S/O SOMULU, AGED- 56 YEARS, R/O GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 10. KORRAYI APPALA RAJU,, S/O APPA RAO, AGED- 35 YEARS, R/O GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA,
PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 11. SMT. KORRAYI MUTHALAMMA,, W/O APPALA NAIDU, AGED- 76 YEARS, R/O GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA,
PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 12. GOLAGANI BHOOLOKAMMA,, W/O SOMULU, AGED- 73 YEARS, R/O GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 13. SMT. SARIPALLI CHELLAMMA,, W/O DEVUDU, AGED- 61 YEARS, R/O H.NO.2-72, GOVINDAPURAM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 14. CHINTALA APPALAKONDA,, S/O LATCHAYYA, AGED- 76 YEARS, R/O BODDUNAIDUPALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 15. SIYYADRI APPA RAO,, S/O AMMATHALLI, AGED- 60 YEARS, R/O H.NO.3-54, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 16. KANCHIPATI DEMUDU,, S/O RAMU NAIDU, AGED- 62 YEARS, R/O H.NO.3-74, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 17. SMT. KANCHIPATI RAMULAMMA,, W/O RAMU NAIDU, AGED- 84 YEARS, R/O H.NO.3-74, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 18. SMT. PILLA KONDAMMA,, W/O APPA RAO, AGED- 61 YEARS, R/O BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 19. GORAPALLI DEMUDU,, S/O ATCHANNA, AGED- 76 YEARS, R/O BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL,
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VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 20. SMT. ILLAPU KANAKAMMA,, W/O ESWARA RAO, AGED- 52 YEARS, PERMANENT RESIDENT OF BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. PRESENTLY RESIDING AT CHINTALAPALEM, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT. 21.
SIYYADRI DEMUDU,, S/O BANGARI, AGED- 76 YEARS, R/O H.NO.3-88, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 22. KANCHIPATI SIMHACHALAM,, S/O DEMUDU,
AGED- 69 YEARS,R/O H.NO.3-74, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 23. SMT. GORAPALLI MUSALAMMA,, W/O LATE SATHAADU, AGED- 66 YEARS, RIO H.NO.3-74, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 24. GORAPALLI NAIDU,, S/O APPANNA, AGED- 61 YEARS, R/O H.NO.3-33, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 25. SMT. GORAPALLI ACHIYAMMA,, W/O PERI NAIDU, AGED- 61 YEARS, R/O H.NO.3-3, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 26. CHINTALA DEMUDU,, S/O SIMHACHALAM, AGED- 71 YEARS, R/O H.NO.3-10, BODDU NAIDU PALEM, MUDAPAKA, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER(S) AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, A.P.,
2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT AT VISAKHAPATNAM. 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, VISAKHAPATNAM DIVISION, VISAKHAPATNAM
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4. THE TAHSILDAR, PENDURTHI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT.
...RESPONDENT(S): 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in attempting to take possession of the assigned agricultural lands of the petitioners mentioned in the attached schedule Annexed to this petition situated in Mudapaka Village, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, on which they are eking their livelihood treating them as encroachers, on the premise of providing house sites under the scheme Navaratnalu-Pedalandariki Illu in the name of Voluntary Land Pooling without deciding the entitlement of the petitioners for developed plots as per their eligibility under G.O.Ms.No. 72, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, dated- 25-01- 2020 and without obtaining any consent from the petitioners as illegal, un constitutional and against the judgment of the Division Bench of this Hon'ble Court in WP(PIL) No.64 of 2022 and against the principles of Natural Justice besides violation of Article 14, 21 and 300 A of the Constitution of India and to consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the possession and enjoyment of the petitioners of their above said agricultural lands in any manner including their dispossession and not to allot the same as house sites, in the interest of justice and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2022 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 to issue an interim direction against the respondents not to interfere with the possession and enjoyment of the agricultural lands of the petitioners mentioned in the attached schedule Annexed to this petition situated in Mudapaka Village, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District in any manner including their dispossession and allotment of the same as house sites under the scheme "Navaratnalu¬Pedalandariki Illu", during the pendency of this writ petition, in the interest of justice and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2023 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 to Implead petitioner/proposed Respondent as Respondent No. 5 in the above 5 writ petition and also in miscellaneous application I.A. No.1/2022 in the interest of justice and pass IA NO: 2
OF 2023 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 to Implead petitioner/proposed Respondent as Respondent No.5 in the above writ petition and also in miscellaneous application IA.No. 1/2022 in the interest of justice and pass IA NO: 3 OF 2023 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 to Implead petitioner/proposed Respondent as Respondent No.5 in the above writ petition and also in miscellaneous application IA.No. 1/2022 in the interest of justice and pass IA NO: 4 OF 2023 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 to Implead petitioner/proposed Respondent as Respondent Nos.5 and 6 in the above writ petition and also in miscellaneous application IA.No. 1/2022 in the interest of justice and pass IA NO: 5 OF 2023 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 to vacate the interim order passed on 06-05-2022 in WP no. 11065 of 2022 and dismiss the writ petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner(S):
1. K JYOTHI PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. GP FOR REVENUE
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The Court made the following order:
Sri K.Jyothi Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioners, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the Writ Petition. Permission, as sought for, is accorded. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________________ JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI 13.10.2025 MP
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THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI
WRIT PETITION No.11065 OF 2022 Dated : 13.10.2025
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