APHC010464952024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION Between: 1. KUMPATLA CHALLA RAO, S/O. LATE RAJA RAO, R/O. D.NO. PALLAPU VEEDHI, MALLAM, PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. KUMPATIA VENKATA RAJA,, S/O. LATE VEERAMOHAN RAO @ DORA BABU, R/O. D.NO. PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. KUMPATIA SIVA GANESH,, S/O. LATE VEERAMOHAN RAO, @ DORA BABU, R/O. D.NO. PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. KOPPANA LAKSHMI SUNEETA,, W/O. GANGADHAR, R/O. VOMMANGI, VILLAGE, R/O. PITHAPURAM MANDAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 1. THE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI,AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI,AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 23956/2024 KUMPATLA CHALLA RAO, S/O. LATE RAJA RAO, R/O. D.NO. PALLAPU VEEDHI, MALLAM, PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA PRADESH. KUMPATIA VENKATA RAJA,, S/O. LATE VEERAMOHAN RAO @ DORA BABU, R/O. D.NO.-1-52, PALLAPU VEEDHI, MALLAM PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA KUMPATIA SIVA GANESH,, S/O. LATE VEERAMOHAN RAO, @ DORA BABU, R/O. D.NO.-1-52, PALLAPU VEEDHI, MALLAM, PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA AKSHMI SUNEETA,, W/O. GANGADHAR, R/O. VOMMANGI, VILLAGE, R/O. PITHAPURAM MANDAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER(S) AND THE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, ARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI,AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3396] THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA KUMPATLA CHALLA RAO, S/O. LATE RAJA RAO, R/O. D.NO.-1-52, PALLAPU VEEDHI, MALLAM, PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, KUMPATIA VENKATA RAJA,, S/O. LATE VEERAMOHAN RAO @ PALLAPU VEEDHI, MALLAM PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA KUMPATIA SIVA GANESH,, S/O. LATE VEERAMOHAN RAO, @ 52, PALLAPU VEEDHI, MALLAM, PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, PITHAPURAM, ANDHRA AKSHMI SUNEETA,, W/O. GANGADHAR, R/O. VOMMANGI, VILLAGE, R/O. PITHAPURAM MANDAL, KAKINADA ...PETITIONER(S) THE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI,AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, PITHAPURAM, KAKINADA DISTRICT. 4. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, PITHAPURAM, KAKINADA DISTRICT. 5. THE TAHSILDAR, PITHAPURAM RURAL MANDAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT. 6. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KAKINADA URBAN DISTRICT, KAKINADA DISTRICT. 7. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PITHAPURAM POLICE STATION, KAKINADA DISTRICT. 8. KUMPATIA MUNI RATNAM, W/O. LATE PAPA RAO, LANDLADY, R/O. 1-48/1, GANAGGANAPALLI, JUNCTION, KOVVADA, KAKINADA RURAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT. 9. KONA NAGA MANI, W/O. VEERA VENKATA SATYANARAYANA MURTHY, R/O. GORINTA VILLAGE, PEDDAPURAM, KAKINADA DISTRICT. 10. MUMMIDI SATYAVATHI, W/O. VEERRAJU, R/O. KOWADA VILLAGE, KAKINADA RURAL, KAKINADA 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 tomay be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the high handed and arbitrary actions of the official respondents more particularly Respondent no. 3 to 7 in interfering in civil disputes without any manner of right whatsoever and in threatening the petitioners herein to dispossess from the possession of the properties forming part of the suit schedule property pending disposal of the suit O.S. No. 9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the learned XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram without following the procedure established by law and further threatening and compelling the petitioners herein to settle the subject matter outside the court of law which is also the subject matter of the civil suit OS No. 9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and violative of Articles 14, 19, 21, and 300 A of the Constitution of India apart from being violative of Principles of Natural Justice and consequently direct the respondents to not to interfere in civil disputes pending disposal of the above suit O.S. No. 9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram in the interests of justice and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2024 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 may be pleased to direct the official respondents more particularly Respondents no. 3 to 7 not to interfere in civil disputes pending civil suit and OS No. 9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the learned XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram pending disposal of the above writ petition and pass Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. M SRI ATCHYUT Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 2. GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 23956/2024 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: “…to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the high handed and arbitrary actions of the official respondents more particularly Respondent no. 3 to 7 in interfering in civil disputes without any manner of right whatsoever and in threatening the petitioners herein to dispossess from the possession of the properties forming part of the suit schedule property pending disposal of the suit O.S. No. 9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the learned XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram without following the procedure established by law and further threatening and compelling the petitioners herein to settle the subject matter outside the court of law which is also the subject matter of the civil suit OS No. 9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and violative of Articles 14, 19, 21, and 300 A of the Constitution of India apart from being violative of Principles of Natural Justice and consequently direct the respondents to not to interfere in civil disputes pending disposal of the above suit O.S. No. 9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram in the interests of justice and pass…” 2. Heard Sri M.Sri Atchyut, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri P.Ajay babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that, it is a case of interference of police in the civil disputes despite the pendency of civil suit filed for partition i.e., O.S.No.9 of 2023 on the file of the court of the XII Additional District Judge, Pithapuram 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, would submit that based on the complaint lodged by Kumpatia Muni Ratnam-8th respondent, a case in Crime No.138 of 2024 under Sections 126(2), 79, 351(2) r/w 3(5) BNS was registered against the petitioners on the file of Pithapuram Rural Police Station, Kakinada District. He would further submit that the police have never interfered in the civil disputes between the parties. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that, recording the same, the court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Recording the submissions, this Writ Petition is disposed of. However, the police are directed to follow due process of law regarding the crime which is registered against the petitioners. No order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ______________________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:20.12.2025 KKV HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA 70 WRIT PETITION NO: 23956/2024 Dated. 20.12.2025 KKV HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH:: AMARAVATI MAIN CASE NO: WRIT PETITION NO: 23956/2024 PROCEEDING SHEET Sl. No. Date ORDER OFFICE NOTE 2. 20.12.2025 Dr.VJP,J The Writ Petition is disposed of. (Vide separate order) ________ Dr.VJP, J KKV