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APHC010272072026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 14220/2026 Between:
1. ADURI INNAREDDY, S/O SHOW REDDY AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURALIST R/O 7-119, RENTACHINTALA MANDAL GUNTUR DISTRICT-522421.
...PETITIONER AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT AP. SECRETARIAT OFFICE, VELGAPUDI GUNTUR DISTRICT. 522238
2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PALNADU DISTRICT. 522601
3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GURAZALA SUB DIVISION, PALNADU DISTRICT, 522601
4. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KAREMPUDI POLICE STATION PALNADU DISTRICT, 522601
5. ADURI INNAREDDY, S/O MAR REDDY AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURALIST R/O RENTICHINTHALA, PALNADU DISTRICT. 522601
...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. RAMALAKSHMANA REDDY SANEPALLI Counsel for the Respondent(S):
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Dr.YLR, J
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Dated 08.05.2026
1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following:
ORDER:
The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief :-
“…to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of Respondent No.4 in interfering with the civil dispute relating to the petitioner's land admeasuring Ac.3.42 cents in Sy.No.112/3C of Gurazala Village, Gurazala Mandal, Palnadu District, and pressurizing the petitioner to transfer the property in favour of Respondent No.5, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioner over the subject property and pass such
order(s).”
2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home.
3. Sri S. Rama Lakshmana Reddy, learned Counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the Respondent No.4 is illegally interfering in a purely civil land dispute concerning the petitioner’s land measuring Ac.3.42 cents in Sy.No.112/3C situated at Gurazala Village, and is unlawfully pressurizing/coercing the petitioner to transfer the property in favour of Respondent No.5.
4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the allegations against Respondent No.4 are false and baseless. He submits that the police are not interfering in the civil dispute or coercing the petitioner to transfer the property.
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5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and recording the
submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is
disposed of directing the Respondent Police not to interfere henceforth in the civil disputes between the Petitioner and Respondent No.5 without following due process of law. In case, if a crime is registered against the Petitioner, the Respondent Police shall be at liberty to proceed in accordance with law.
6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.
________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 08.05.2026 KMS
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253 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
WRIT PETITION NO: 14220 of 2026
Date: 08.05.2026 KMS