APHC010001132026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3208] WEDNESDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 392/2026 Between: 1. A.AMARAVATI,, W/O. ATHIYAPPA NADAR, AGED 74 YEARS, R/O. CHINNAPANDURU VILLAGE, VARADAIAHPALEM MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT - 517541. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522237. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, TIRUPATI, TIRUPATI DISTRICT - 517501 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, SULLURUPET, TIRUPATI DISTRICT-524121. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, VARADAIAHPALEM MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT - 517541. 5. THE VILLAGE REVENUE OFFICER, CHINNAPANDURU VILLAGE, VARADAIAHPALEM MANDAL, TIRUPATI DISTRICT - 517541. ...RESPONDENT(S): The Court made the following ORDER: 1. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “to issue any writ direction more particularly a writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondents in trying to dispossess the petitioner form the land admeasuring Ac.0.03 cents in Sy.No.84 of V.K.R.Y Colony, Chinnapanduru Panchayat, Varadaiahpalem mandal Tirupati District, without issuing any notice, without following due process of law, as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Principles of Natural Justice, Articles 14, 21 and 300-A Constitution of India Consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner form the land admeasuring Ac.0.03 cents in Sy.No.84 of V.K.R.Y Colony, Chinnapanduru Panchayat, Varadaiahpalem Mandal, Tirupati District and pass 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondents are attempting to dispossess the petitioner from the land admeasuring Ac.0.03 cents in Sy.No.84, situated at V.K.R.Y. Colony, Chinnapanduru Panchayat, Varadaiahpalem Mandal, Tirupati District, without issuing any notice and without following the due process of law, and that such action is illegal, arbitrary, and violative of the principles of natural justice. It is further submitted that the petitioner is claiming possession of the subject land on the basis of a house-site patta granted in her favour. 4. Though the respondents dispute the grant of such patta, in view of the existence of the patta, the respondent authorities are required to take appropriate action, if any, only in accordance with the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (POT Act), or under any other relevant law. Without initiating proceedings under the appropriate statutory provisions and without passing orders, the respondents are not entitled to dispossess the petitioner from the subject property. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the subject land except by following the due process of law. No costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE D. RAMESH 07.01.2026 klk 161 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION No.392 of 2026 07.01.2026 kkllkk