VANKELA PEDDA POLI REDDY v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
WP/5751/2025 · 2025-03-10
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVAT/H. (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 5751 OF 2025 o O’, Between: Vankela Pedda Poli Reddy, S/o. Late Chinna Poll Reddy, Occ: Agriculture, aged about 52 years, R/o.Godugunuru Village, Badvel Mandal, Kadapa (YSR) District, Andhra Pradesh. ...PETITIONER AND
1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Amaravathi, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Badvel Mandal, YSR Kadapa District, A.P.
3. The Tahsildar, Badvel, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh. 4. The Station House Officer, Badvel Police Station, Badvel, YSR Kadapa District, A.P.
5. Sri Pokala Malla Reddy, P.Rami Reddy, Occ; Cultivation, aged about 63 years, R/o. Kona Samudram Village, Badvel Mandal, Kadapa District, A.P. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court be pleased to issuance of an appropriate Writ, Order, or direction more may particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, by declaring the action of the Respondent No.2 to 4 in interfering with peaceful possession of petitioners land at Sy. No.277/1 admeasuring Ac.4-99 Cents at Godugunuru Village, Badvel Mandal, Kadapa District and further deleting
% petitioner's name in Revenue records without giving any notice and not restoring even after making repeated requests and written representation as illegal, arbitrary. Excessive and contrary to the principles of natural justice, violative of Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Article 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, and contrary to -^ted 20.02.2025 provision of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbook Act, 1971 and Rules made therein and consequently direct the respondents restore petitioner's name in all Revenue records like. Pattadhar Adangal, 1-B and other online records (weblands) in respect to the subject land. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 direct the Respondent No.2 to 4 not to dispossess or interfere with petitioner’s possession, in respect to land at Sy.No.277/1; admeasuring Ac.4-99 Cents at Godugunuru Village, Badvel Mandal; Kadapa (YSR) District, pending disposal of the above Writ Petition.
Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI SRINIVAS BASAVA Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent No.4: GP FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondent No.5:-- The Court made the following: ORDER
APHC010110542025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) 0}t;s [3329] MONDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 5751/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER Vankela Pedda Poli Reddy AND ...RESPONDENT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. SRI NIVAS BASAVA Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1.GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following:
2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 5751/2025
ORDER: This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of the India seeking the following reliefs:-
“to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent Nos.2 to 4 in interfering with peaceful possession of petitioner's land at Sy.No.277/1 admeasuring Ac. 4.99 Cents at Godugunuru Village, Badvel Mandal, Kadapa District and further deleting petitioner’s name in revenue records without giving any notice and not restoring even after making repeated requests and written representation dated 20.02.2025 as illegal, arbitrary, excessive and contrary to the principles of natural justice, violative of Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Article 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and contrary to provision of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbook Act, 1971 and Rules made therein and consequently direct the respondents restore petitioner’s name in all Revenue records like Pattadhar Adangal, 1-B and other online records (web lands) in respect to the subject land and pass such other order. ”
2. Heard the
learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the land admeasuring to an extent of Ac.4.99 cents in survey No.277/1 at Godugunuru Village, Badvel mandal, Kadapa District was in occupation of the petitioner’s father and other family members. Upon the application submitted by the petitioner, the revenue authorities entered the petitioner’s name in the revenue records. Thereafter,
3 without issuing any notice, the respondents replaced the name of the s'*" respondent in revenue records in the place of the petitioner. The petitioner made a representation on 20.02.2025 seeking to restore the petitioner’s name in the revenue records. Instead of restoring the petitioner’s name in the revenue records, the respondents threatening to dispossess the petitioner from the subject property. Hence, the present Writ Petition. are
4. Learned Government Pleader for the respondents furnished written instructions dated 09.03.2025, wherein it is stated as follows:
"Further submitted that the District Collector, YSR District was forwarded a representation to the Tahsildar, Badvel Mandal vide File No: REV-DSECOROR(MT)/ 31/2025-JA-D2-ASST-DSEC-KDPCO dated 20.02.2025 one Sri Bheeram Samba Siva Reddy, S/o.Vengala Reddy, Badvel town and Mandal has stating that he is having land in Sy.No.277/1 extent Ac.04.99 cents of Godugunuru Village, Badvel Mandal. But recently Sri Malta Reddy and his son have created fraud PPB and got entered their names in online and he requested to delete the said names in online and to enter his online for the said land in his favour. It is further submitted that as per the local enquiry and as per the reports of the Village Surveyor and Village Revenue Officer (i/c) of Gudugunuru Revenue Village of BAdvel Mandal it revealed that one Pokala Malta Reddy, S/o.Rami Reddy has sold out the assigned land name in
4 6t^ in favour of Beeram Samba Siva Reddy, S/o.Vengala Reddy through unregistered agreement dated 20.06.2012 and thus attracted the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 2007. Further it is also revealed that one Vankela Chinna Poll Reddy (v\/ho is brother of Vankela Pedda Poll Reddy (writ petitioner) entered into the said land recently without any valid right over the subject land.”
5.
Having regard to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents and on perusal of the material placed on record, this Court is of the considered opinion the present Writ Petition can be
disposed of directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, within a period of period of two(2) months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. In the meanwhile, the respondents are directed not to dispossess the petitioner from the subject property.
6. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel miscellaneous application, pending, if any, shall also stand closed.
Sd/- N. NAGAMMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR IT ^ ~ SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// To,
1. The Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, State of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Amaravathi, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Badvel Mandal A.P.
3. The Tahsildar, Badvel, Kadapa District
4. The Station House Officer, Badvel District, A.P.
5. One CC to Sri Srinivas Basava,
6. Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court
7. Three CD Copies. YSR Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh. Police Station, Badvel, YSR Kadapa Advocate [OPUC] of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] ssb
HIGH COURT DATED: 10/03/2025
ORDER WP.No.5751 of 2025 S’ 2 6 MAR 2025 ^ ^ . Current Section disposing of the w.p. without costs