APHC010008242026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3208] TUESDAY,THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 909/2026 Between: 1. PATANJALI FOODS LIMITED, (ERSTWHILE - RUCHI SOYA INDUSTRIES LIMITED) HAVING OFFICE AT 277/1, AMPAPURAM VILLAGE, BAPULAPADU MANDAL KRISHNA DISTRICT, 521109, ANDHRA PRADESH. ALSO AT 240/2, KODURUPADU VILLAGE, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. HAVING REGISTERED OFFICE AT 616, TULSIANI CHAMBERS NARIMAN POINT, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, 400021. REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORIZED SIGNATARY ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH ITS SECRETARY FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENT, ANDHRA PRADESH SECRETARIAT, ROOM NO. 101, GROUND FLOOR, PENUMAKA - AMARAVATHI RD, VELAGAPUDI, 4TH BLOCK, ANDHRA PRADESH 522238. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, LAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT, KRISHNA DISTRICT COLLECTORATE MAIN BUILDING, COLLECTORATE, CHILAKALAPUDI, MACHILIPATNAM 521002. COILECTOR-KRSN@AP.GOV. IN 3. THE TAHSILDAR, BAPULAPADU MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT JXW9PLUS539, BAPULAPADU, HANUMAN JUNCTION ANDHRA PRADESH 521105. KRIBPPADU@NIC.IN ...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 toa)Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order direction, thereby directing the Respondent(s) to record the change of name of the Petitioner Company from M/s Ruchi Soya industries Limited to M/s Patanjali Foods Limited in respect of the lands situated in Ampapuram Village and Kodurupadu Village, as detailed in the Para 12 of Petition and to record such change of name in all corresponding revenue records, including pattadar passbooks, Adangals, Form 1B, in an expeditious manner as prayed for in the Application dated 16.08.2022 filed by the Petitioner, (b) In the alternate, issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the Respondent(s) to expeditiously consider and dispose of the Petitioners Application dated 16.08.2022 for recording the change of name of the Petitioner Company from M/s Ruchi Soya Industries Limited to M/s Patanjali Foods Limited, within a stipulated time period, preferably within 10 (ten) days or such early time as this Honble Court may deem fit and proper c) pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026 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 pleased to direction the Respondents to expeditiously consider and dispose of the Petitioner’s Application, dated 16.08.2022 for recording the change of name of the Petitioner Company from M/s Ruchi Soya Industries Limited to M/s Patanjali Foods Limited, within a stipulated time period and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. PAPUDIPPU SASHIDAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “to Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order direction thereby directing the Respondents to record the change of name of the Petitioner Company from M/s Ruchi Soya industries Limited to M/s Patanjali Foods Limited in respect of the lands situated in Ampapuram Village and Kodurupadu Village as detailed in the Para 12 of Petition and to record such change of name in all corresponding revenue records including pattadar passbooks Adangals Form 1B in an expeditious manner as prayed for in the Application dated 16 08 2022 filed by the Petitioner; (b) In the alternate issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction directing the Respondents to expeditiously consider and dispose of the Petitioners Application dated 16 08 2022 for recording the change of name of the Petitioner Company from M/s Ruchi Soya Industries Limited to M/s Patanjali Foods Limited within a stipulated time period preferably within 10 ten days or such early time as this Honble Court may deem fit and proper c and pass...” 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The Petitioner respectfully submits that the change of name from M/s. Ruchi Soya Industries Limited to M/s. Patanjali Foods Limited has been duly effected in accordance with law and does not involve any change in ownership, title, or possession of the subject lands. Despite submission of a detailed application on 16.08.2022 along with all requisite supporting documents, the Respondents have failed to take any action till date. Such inaction on the part of the Respondents is arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, resulting in serious prejudice to the Petitioner. The Petitioner has no other efficacious alternative remedy except to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Hence, the present Writ Petition. 3. The learned Government Pleader, on the basis of written instructions, submitted that: (i) For effecting the change of name from M/s. Ruchi Soya Industries Limited to M/s. Patanjali Foods Limited in the revenue records, namely Adangals, Form-I(B) and Pattadar Passbooks, all applications for mutation are required to be filed only through the electronic mode; (ii) The Petitioner is required to submit a fresh application through the MeeSeva portal or the concerned Village Secretariat / Grama Sachivalayam; (iii) The manual applications or representations submitted directly to the office, including those dated 16.08.2022 and 06.09.2025, cannot be processed in the absence of a valid digital Transaction ID generated through the MeeSeva / Grama Sachivalayam system; and (iv) The Petitioner’s application will be duly considered in accordance with law upon receipt of the application forwarded through the MeeSeva / Grama Sachivalayam. 4. Having regard to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and upon perusal of the material available on record, this Court is of the considered opinion that the present Writ Petition can be disposed of directing the respondents, more particularly respondent No.3 to consider the applications made by the petitioner and take appropriate action as per rules, within a period of two (02) months, from the date of receipt of copy of the order. 5. With the above direction, this Writ Petition is disposed of. The petitioner is at liberty to file a fresh application, if so advised, within a period of two (02) weeks from today. No costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed. ______________________________________ JUSTICE D RAMESH 08.01.2026 RMD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION NO: 909/2026 08.01.2026 RMD