APHC010706782025 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: 36293/2025 Between: 1. KODI RAJU,, S/O. KODI VEERANNA, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, R/O. LATCHANNAPALEM VILLAGE, KONDALA AGRAHARAM, MAKAVARAPALEM MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522238 2. THE COLLECTOR, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT, ANAKAPALLI- 531001 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, NARSIPATNAM DIVISION NARSIPATNAM, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT -531116 4. THE TAHSILDAR, MAKAVARAPALEM MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. 531001 ...RESPONDENT(S): The Court made the following ORDER: 1. This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “to issue a writ, order or direction, preferably a writ in the nature of Mandamus, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, declaring the action of the respondents in interfering or attempting to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioner in respect of land admeasuring Ac.3.00 cents in Survey No.620-10 of Rachapalle Village, Ramanappalem, Makavarapalem Mandal, Anakapalli District, assigned to the petitioner’s father in law Late Sri Munuru Simhahachalam vide Assignment Order bearing D.C.No.6/85 dated 30.07.1975, as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with or dispossess the petitioner from the said land till the petitioners name is mutated in the revenue records in respect of the said land, and pass….’ 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. 3. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had filed an application for mutation of his name through Mee-Seva/Village Secretariat in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.209, Revenue Department, and that the said application is pending consideration. It is further submitted that, instead of considering the said application, the respondents are now attempting to dispossess the petitioner and are interfering with his peaceful possession and enjoyment of the subject land. Hence, the present writ petition. 4. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents, on instructions, submitted that the said application has already been considered and that the petitioner was directed to submit an online application for mutation in the Web Land records. It is further submitted that, if the petitioner submits the relevant documents, the competent authorities would consider the same in accordance with the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971. The learned Government Pleader also categorically stated that the respondents are neither interfering with nor attempting to dispossess the petitioner from the subject land. 5. In reply to the aforesaid submissions, the learned counsel for the petitioner brought to the notice of this Court that, pursuant to the endorsement issued by the 4th respondent dated 06.10.2025, the petitioner has already submitted an online application for mutation on 16.12.2024 along with all the relevant supporting documents. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel on either side, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioner’s application, along with all the relevant documents already submitted, and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, within a period of two (02) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Insofar as the allegation of dispossession is concerned, in view of the categorical statement made by the learned Government Pleader on instructions that the respondents are neither interfering with the possession of the petitioner nor seeking to dispossess him from the subject land. There shall be no order as to costs Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE D. RAMESH 06.01.2026 klk 232 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE D RAMESH WRIT PETITION No.36293 of 2026 06.01.2026 kkllkk