APHC010055482026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] WEDNESDAY,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION NO: 3264/2026 Between: Yarramsetty Chandra Sekhar Rao. and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. D TARAKA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE 2. GP FOR FISHERIES The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION No.3264 of 2026 O R DE R: The Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of respondents in not considering the representation submitted by the Petitioners on 05.01.2026 for prevention of illegal excavation of fish tanks and unauthorized aquaculture activities being carried out by the Respondent Nos. 7 and 8 in the land adjacent to the Petitioners’ land, which is violative of G.O.Ms.No.7 dated 16.03.2023. 2. Learned Additional Government Pleader passed on the signed instructions of the Respondent No. 6 dated 05.02.2026, wherein it is stated that a reply was given to the Petitioner on the Public Grievance Redressal System complaint stating that based on the field verification on 15.05.2025 by the Fisheries Development Officer, Bantumilli, they found no illegal excavation of agricultural lands into fish tanks had taken place. 3. It is further submitted that a Grama Sabha has been conducted on 19.04.2025 by the Village Level Committee, Lankalakalavagunta Village, proposing to convert low-productive agricultural lands into aqua zones, and accordingly, the Grama Sabha had resolved to convert Ac.60.87 cents of low-productive 3 agricultural lands into aqua zones. As per the recommendations of the Village Level Committee, Mandal Level Committee, District Level Committee, and High Level Committee, the lands in Rs. Nos. 241/2, 242/1, 242/2, 243/4, 240/4, 245, 246, 245, and 247 are to be included in the Aqua zone. 4. Subsequently, Respondent No. 8 had submitted an application on 18.12.2025 through the e-matsyakar website to get approval for the construction of new freshwater fish tank, and the same was approved by Respondent No. 4/Licensing Authority on 21.12.2025 and issued a license for the construction of new freshwater fish tank in the said lands. A copy of the license given to the Respondent No. 8 is also passed on to the Court. 5. Now, the Petitioner sought to question the correctness of the license given to the Respondent No. 8 on the ground that it is the contravention of the rules prescribed for the grant of license, however, the same is not the subject matter of the Writ Petition. 6. In the light of the above, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to challenge the same by filing an independent writ petition. There shall be no order as to costs. 4 As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Petition shall stand closed. _______________________ JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY Date: 11.02.2026 eha 5 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION No.3264 of 2026 Dated: 11.02.2026 eha