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2026 DAILYLAW 28439 (AP)

BYREDDY KARUNAKARA REDDY,KURNOOL DIST v. GOVT.OF AP,PRL.SCY,MINES,HYD,& 3

WP/7061/2014 · 2026-02-08

Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda

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APHC010768332014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] MONDAY,THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 7061/2014 Between: 1. BYREDDY KARUNAKARA REDDY,KURNOOL DIST, S/O B.SHIVA SHANKARA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, OCC: CULTIVATION, R/O GARGEYAPURAM VILLAGE, KURNOOL MANDAL, KURNOOL DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. GOVT OF AP PRL SCY MINES HYD 3, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MINES & GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT HYDERABAD. 2. THE DIRECTOR MINES AND GEOLOGY OFFICE, AT BRKR COMPLEX, TANK BUND, HYDERABAD. 3. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MINES GEOLOGY, KURNOOL. 4. M/S RELIANCE CEMENT COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED, H-BLOCK, 1ST FLOOR, DHIRUBHAI AMBANI KNOWLEDGE CITY KOPARKHAIRNE, NAVI MUMBAI-400 719, REP. BY ITS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY. ...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 toto issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more 'particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, to declare the action of the 3rd respondent in including the petitioner's patta land in Sy.Nos. 89/2 and 90/2, 2 admeasuring Ac. 4.71 and Ac. 1.81 cents totally admeasuring Ac. 6.52 cents situated at Gargeyapuram village, Kurnool Mandal and District and land in Sy.No. 183 admeasuring ac. 6.40 cents situated at Pudicherla village of Orvakal Mandal, Kurnool District, in the list of the lands allotted to the 4th respondent company, without any authority and without following the due procedure contemplated under the Law as being illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent authorities to delete the above said lands from the list of the lands allotted to the 4th respondent company, and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. IA NO: 1 OF 2014(WPMP 8766 OF 2014 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 to grant stay of all further proceedings including dispossession of the petitioner from the lands in Sy.Nos. 89/2 and 90/2, admeasuring Ac. 4.71 and Ac. 1.81 cents totally admeasuring Ac. 6.52 cents situated at Gargeyapuram village, Kurnool Mandal and District and land in Sy.No. 183 admeasuring ac. 6.40 cents situated at Pudicherla village of Orvakal Mandal, Kurnool District, pursuant to the List prepared by the 3rd respondent, pending disposal of the main Writ Petition Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. CHILAMKURI HANUMANTHA RAYUDU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. MOHAMMED ABDUL RASHEED 2. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following: 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 7061/2014 ORDER: There was no representation on behalf of the petitioner on 14.08.2024 & 04.02.2026 and the matter is posted to today under the caption ‘for dismissal’. Even today there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. 2. Learned Government Pleader for the respondents furnished written instructions, wherein it is stated that the prospecting license deed is for a period of two years i.e., from 16.01.2014 to 15.01.2016. At present there is no prospecting license/mining lease is in force in favour of respondent No.4, as such no cause survives for further adjudication and the matter becomes infructuous. 3. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. __________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 09.02.2026 TPS 4 144 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 7061/2014 09.02.2026 TPS