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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH : AMARAVATI **** WRIT PETITION No.2418 OF 2026 Between:
1. V MUNI SHANKAR, S/O. LATE V. MUNI KRISHNA, AGED 41 YEARS R/O. D NO. 19-8-82/F1, YADAVA COLONY, TIRUPATI URBAN, TIRUPATHI DISTRICT 517 501.
...PETITIONER(S)
AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDING, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT – 522238 and 10 OTHERS.
...RESPONDENT(S):
DATE OF JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED: 11.02.2026 SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL:
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD
1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment?
Yes / No
2. Whether the copies of judgment may be marked to Law Reporters / Journals?
Yes / No
3. Whether His Lordship wish to see the fair copy of the Judgment?
Yes / No ______________________________________ GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J
* THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD + WRIT PETITION No.2418 of 2026 % 11.02.2026 Between:
1. V MUNI SHANKAR, S/O. LATE V. MUNI KRISHNA, AGED 41 YEARS R/O. D NO. 19-8-82/F1, YADAVA COLONY, TIRUPATI URBAN, TIRUPATHI DISTRICT 517 501
...PETITIONER(S) AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDING, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT – 522238 and 10 OTHERS.
....RESPONDENT(S) ! Counsel for Petitioner : Sri Sk. Rizwan Ali, learned Counsel for the
Petitioner.
^ Counsel for Respondents : Sri K.K. Durga Prasad, learned Standing Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 & 3, Sri P. Vengal Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Respondent Nos.4 & 5, Sri K.G. Krishna Murthy, learned Senior Counsel representing Sri K. Raghu Veer, learned Counsel for the Respondent Nos.6 to 10 and Sri P. Janardhana Reddy, learned Counsel for the Respondent No.11.
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? Cases referred: i. Bhaskar Laxman Jadhav v. Karamveer Kakasaheb Wagh Education Society : (2013) 11 SCC 531, ii. Kusha Duruka v. State of Odisha : (2024) 4 SCC 432, iii. Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India and Others : (2024) 5 SCC 481.