1 APHC010088892025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3328] TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 4960/2025 Between: 1. OODARLA MUNIRAMI REDDY, S/O CHENGAREDDY AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURAL, R/O LADDIGAM VILLAGE, CHOWDAPALLI MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VALAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, CHITTOOR, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, PALAMANER, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, CHOWDAPALLI MANDAL CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. P V VENKATA RAVI SANKAR and Dr. P.B Reddy Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE 2 The Court made the following ORAL ORDER: Heard Sri P.V. Venkata Ravi Sankar, Ld. Counsel for the Writ Petitioner (appearing through online) and Sri Arjun Chowdary, Ld. Asst. Government Pleader for Revenue. 2. The present Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to the Official Respondents to consider the Representation of the Writ Petitioner dated 02.01.2025 for laying of the road (Ex.P.1). 3. Learned Asst. Government Pleader has submitted the Written Instructions dated 25.02.2025. Copy of it is not supplied to the learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner, because the Counsel is appearing online. The same is taken on record. 4. The relevant portion of the Written Instructions is usefully extracted hereunder: “It is submit that the land in sy.no.56/10 extent 0.85 cts of Laddigam village stands as Cheruvu as per SLR of Laddigam village..as the petitioner has earlier encroached the subject land and there is an representation has received from the villagers of Laddigam village for removal of encroachment over the subject land, in this regard the encroachment over the subject land has evicted and land has been restored as Cheruvu. It is further submit that at present the subject land lying vacant, and there is no question of laying road over the subject land as stated by the writ petitioner in the writ affidavit. In the circumstances stated above I request that facts may kindly be appraised to the Hon’ble High Court of AP and for disposal of WP.No.4960/2025 at the admission stage itself.” 5. The above extract would indicate that the subject land situated in Survey No.56/10 was encroached earlier; that the land is classified as ‘Cheruvu’; and, therefore, the encroachments were cleared and it has been restored to the Government. The land is lying vacant and that there is no 3 question of laying road over the said land, because the said land is classified as ‘Cheruvu’. 6. Having regard to the above instructions, this Court is of the opinion that since the subject land is classified as ‘Cheruvu’, it is covered by the Judgment of Hon’ble Apex Court in Hinch Lal Tiwari Vs. Kamala Devi and others; (2001) 6 SCC 496. Therefore, no mandamus can be granted in favour of the Writ Petitioner in this regard. 7. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is dismissed as being devoid of any merit. No order as to costs. 8. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order. _________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J Dt: 25.02.2025 Mnr 4 96 HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.4960 OF 2025 Dt: 25.02.2025 Mnr