APHC010244342024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3332] WEDNESDAY,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI WRIT PETITION NO: 12166/2024 Between: 1. MOVVA SATYANARAYANA, S/O. MARAIAH, AGED 53 YEARS, OCC CULTIVATION, R/O. VENKATARAMANNAGUDEM VILLAGE, TADEPALLIGUDEMMANDAL,WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 2. GOTHAM RAJU,, S/O. VENKANNA, AGED 46 YEARS, OCC CULTIVATION, R/O. VENKATARAMANNAGUDEM VILLAGE, TADEPALLIGUDEMMANDAL,WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, TO GOVERNMENT WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, BHEEMAVARAM, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, UPLAND SUB-DIVISION, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, KOYYALAGUDEM, ELURU DISTRICT. 3. DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, UPLAND SUB-DIVISION, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, KOYYALAGUDEM, ELURU DISTRICT. 4. ASSISTANT ENGINEER, YERRAKALUVA SECTION, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, TADEPALLIGUDEM, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 5. STATION HOUSE OFFICER, TADEPALLIGUDEM RURAL POLICE 2 STATION, TADEPALLIGUDEM, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 6. MANDAL PARISHAD DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, TADEPALLIGUDEM, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 7. FISHERMAN SOCIETY, , REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT, VENKATARAMMNAGUDEM VILLAGE, TADEPALLIGUDEMMANDAL, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 8. POLUPOINASRINIVAS, S/O. UNKNOWN, R/O. VENKATARAMMNAGUDEM VILLAGE, TADEPALLIGUDEMMANDAL WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT ...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 tomay be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of Respondents No. 1 to 6 in not preventing Respondent No. 7 and 8 from illegally pumping out irrigation water from VadapuCheruvu in Sy. No. 126, situated in Venkataramannagudem Village,TadepalligudemMandal, West Godavari District, thereby depriving the petitioners from utilizing the water for irrigation purpose as illegal, irregular, irrational, without any authority or sanction of law Volatile of provisions of Andhra Pradesh Formulas and offends Articles 14, 21 and Management of Irrigation Systems Act, 1997 300- A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondentto prevent the Respondent No. 7 and 8 and their followers from illegally pumping out water from the Said and pass such IA NO: 1 OF 2024 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 may be pleased toDirect the Respondent 1 to 6 present Respondent 7 & 8 Or anybody else from survey Number 126 illegal pumping out of water from the VadapuCheruvu situated V enkataramannagudemm Village,TadepalligudemMandal, West Godavari District, pending disposal of the main Writ Petition and pass such IA NO: 2 OF 2024 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 3 may be pleased to permit the petitioner to implead proposed respondent as party/respondent No.9 to main writ petition in WP.No. 12166 of 2024 and pending Interlocutory Applications therein, in the interest of justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. PASALAPUDI SATYA HARITHA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 2. N SRIHARI (Standing Counsel for ZPP MPP and GRAM PANCHAYAT) 3. GP FOR IRRI AND CAD (AP) The Court made the following: 4 ORDER: To declare the action of respondent Nos.1 to 6 in not preventing respondent Nos.7 and 8 from illegally pumping out irrigation water from ‘Vadapu Cheruvu’ in Sy.No.126, situated in Venkataramannagudem Village, Tadepalligudem Mandal, West Godavari District, thereby depriving the petitioners from utilizing the water for irrigation purposes, as illegal and arbitrary, the present writ petition is filed. 2. Heard Ms.P.Haritha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Satish Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that pursuant to the filing of the writ petition, the authorities have stopped pumping water from the irrigation canal and nothing remains for adjudication. However, she prayed to close the writ petition giving liberty to the petitioner to approach this Court again as and when necessity arises. 4. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is closed giving liberty to the petitioner to file writ petition, if necessity arises. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. ____________________________ JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI Date: 11.02.2026 JLV 5 316 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI WRIT PETITION NO: 12166/2024 Date: 11.02.2026 JLV