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APHC010511362026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
THURSDAY, THE 1st DAY OF OCTOBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO: 2764 OF 2026 Between:
1. Pediredia Veerraju, W/o. Late Ramaswamy, Hindu, aged about 55 years. Cultivation,R/o. 2 Ward, Narsipatnam, Narsipatnam Mandal Anakapalli District. 2. Lanka Venkata Lakshmi, W/o. Sankara Rao, Hindu, aged about 47 years. Housewife, R/o. 2 Ward, Narsipatnam, Narsipatnam Mandal, Anakapalli District. 3. Lanka Varalakshmi, W/o. Veera Venkata Ramana,Hindu, aged about 40 years. Housewife,R/o. Near Peda Rice Mill, Ayyarakaveedhi, Samalkot East Godavari District
4. Dannina Seshu Kumari, W/o. Trinadh, Hindu, aged about 34 years. Cultivation, R/o. Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 5. Pediredia Saraswathi, D/o. Late Ramaswamy, Aged about 37 years, Hindu, R/o. 2 Ward, Narsipatnam Narsipatnam Mandal, Anakapalli District. ...Petitioners AND
1. Lanka Satyavathi, W/o. Late Apparao, Aged about 45 years, Hindu, Business, R/o. Dr. No. 37-152, Venkunaidupeta, 21 Ward, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District.Pin-531116. 2
2. Lanka Sai Charan alias Sai Kumar, S/o. Late Appaao Aged about 16 years, being minor,represented by mother-guardian Lanka Satyavathi. 3. Sivangi Tirupathiraju, S/o., Satyanarayana Raju, Aged about 45 years, Hindu, Business,R/o. Dr. No. 39-115, Venkunaidupeta, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin-531116. 4. Varri Sekhar Babu, S/o. Rajarao, Aged about 30 years, Hindu, R/o. Dr. No. 39-115, Venkunaidupeta, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin- 531116
5. Munikoti Srinivasarao, S/o., Easwararao, Aged about 29 years, Hindu, business, R/o., Ramarapeta, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin-531116
6. Gollavilli Ramarao, S/o. Nookaraju, Aged about 29 years, R/o., Ramarapeta, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin-531116
7. Nimmaganti Kannarao, S/o. Kondalarao, Aged about 33 years, Hindu, Business, R/o., Dr. No. 23-123, B.C. Colony, 5 ward, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin-531116
8. Pragada Mohana Ramana Satya Lovaraju, S/o. Easwararao, Aged about 40 years, Hindu, Business, R/o. Saradanagar, Balighattam Area, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin-531116
9. Chikkala Rama Mani, W/o. Nanibabu,Aged about 55 years, Hindu, R/o. Saradanagar, Balighattam Area, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin-531116
10. Pragada Sri Lakshmi, W/o., Appalanarasayya, Aged 34 years, Hindu, Housewife, R/o. Dr. No. 4-18,Church Street, Saradanagar, Balighattam, Narsipatnam Municipality, Anakapalli District. Pin-531116
11. The Commissioner, Narsipatnam Municipality. Pin-531116. 3
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Pediredia Satyanarayana, S/o. Late Ramaswamy, died Aged about 28 years, R/o. 2nd Ward, Cultivation, R/o., Narsipatnam Village and Mandal, Visakhapatnam District.Pin-531116 ...Respondents Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India,praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed herein,the High Court may be pleased tobegs to present this Memorandum of Civil Revision Petition to this Hon'ble Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, declaring the inaction of the Trial Court, i.e., the learned Senior Civil Court, Narsipatnam, in expeditiously disposing of O.S.No.16 of 2016, Counsel for the Petitioners: KANUKOLANU SRI SAI SANJAY Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following order:
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO: 2764 OF 2026
ORDER: This Civil Revision Petition has been filed seeking to pass appropriate orders to direct the trial Court for expeditious disposal of the suit in O.S.No.16 of 2016.
2. Petitioners herein filed O.S.No.16 of 2016 on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Narsipatnam seeking declaration of right and title over the plaint scheduled property and for a consequential relief of permanent injunction.
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Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the suit was instituted in the year 2016 and it is pending nearly for a decade. The learned counsel further submits that the High Court of Andhra Pradesh vide Circular ROC.No.121/SCMS Section/2025, dated 04.07.2025 has specifically directed all the judicial Officers to bestow their personal attention for disposal of the cases which are more than ten years old. He further submits that though ten years have elapsed since institution of the suit, the same has not reached its final adjudication. Hence, he sought an appropriate direction for expeditious disposal of the suit in the light of the specific directions issued by this Court on administrative side.
4. Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and taking into consideration the fact that the suit is of the year 2016, in our considered view it is appropriate and reasonable to direct the
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learned Senior Civil Judge, Narsipatnam to dispose of the suit in O.S.No.16 of 2016, pending on his file as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
5. Accordingly, this Civil Revision Petition is disposed of with a direction to the learned Senior Civil Judge, Narsipatnam to dispose of the suit in O.S.No.16 of 2016, pending on his file, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
6. There shall be no order as to costs.
Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, pending if any, shall stand closed.
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JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
Dated : 01.10.2026 TM
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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO: 2764 OF 2026
Dated : 01.10.2026 TM
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