Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : Date of uploading APHC010324012026 Monday, the thirteenth The Honourable Ms. Justice B. S. Bhanumathi Writ Petition No.17139 of 2026 Between: 1. Mullapudi Annapurna, W/o. Srinivasa Rao 2. Sunkavalli Srihari, C/o. Nageswara Rao 3. Koppula Ratna Manikyam, W/o. Subba Rao, 4. Akula Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Narasimham, 5. Bolisetty Durga Rao, S/o 6. Challa Satti Raju, S/o. Pattabi Ramayya, aged about 77 yrs 7. Bolisetty Baba Chitti 8. Rekapalli Satyavathi, W/o. Narasimha Rao, aged about 44 y and 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Velagapudi, Amaravati. 2. The Executive Engineer, Dhavaleswaram Dam, Dhavaleswaram, East Godavari District. 3. The Divisional Engineer, Dhavaleswaram Dam, Dhavaleswaram, East Godavari District. Date of reserved for orders : N.A. Date of pronouncement : 13.07.2026 Date of uploading : 16.07.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) Monday, the thirteenth day of July two thousand and twenty six Present The Honourable Ms. Justice B. S. Bhanumathi Writ Petition No.17139 of 2026 Mullapudi Annapurna, W/o. Srinivasa Rao, aged about 48 yrs Sunkavalli Srihari, C/o. Nageswara Rao, aged about 54 yrs Koppula Ratna Manikyam, W/o. Subba Rao, aged about 50 y Akula Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Narasimham, aged about 77 yrs Bolisetty Durga Rao, S/o. Chittayya, aged about 71 yrs Challa Satti Raju, S/o. Pattabi Ramayya, aged about 77 yrs Bolisetty Baba Chitti Ramakrishna, S/o. Sattiraju, aged 28 yrs Rekapalli Satyavathi, W/o. Narasimha Rao, aged about 44 y …Petitioners The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Velagapudi, Amaravati. The Executive Engineer, Dhavaleswaram Dam, Dhavaleswaram, East Godavari District. The Divisional Engineer, Dhavaleswaram Dam, Dhavaleswaram, East Godavari District. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3311] day of July two thousand and twenty six The Honourable Ms. Justice B. S. Bhanumathi , aged about 48 yrs. , aged about 54 yrs. aged about 50 yrs. aged about 77 yrs. ttayya, aged about 71 yrs. Challa Satti Raju, S/o. Pattabi Ramayya, aged about 77 yrs. aged 28 yrs. Rekapalli Satyavathi, W/o. Narasimha Rao, aged about 44 yrs. …Petitioners The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, The Executive Engineer, Dhavaleswaram Dam, Dhavaleswaram, The Divisional Engineer, Dhavaleswaram Dam, Dhavaleswaram, 2 BSB, J W.P.No.17139 of 2026 4. The District Collector, Collectorate, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari District. 5. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur, East Godavari District. 6. The Tahsildar, Kovvur Mandal, Kovvur, East Godavari District. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: 1. Devi Prasad Mangalapuri Counsel for the respondents: 1. G.P. for Revenue 2. G.P. for Irrigation & C.A.D. The Court made the following: 3 BSB, J W.P.No.17139 of 2026 ORDER: This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is filed 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 the respondents in conducting enquiries, field verification, local inspection and other consequential proceedings to assign the lands in Survey No.2 to 7 in Maddurlanka village, Kovvur mandal, East Godavari district, in contravention of the order, dated 27.06.2014, in W.P. No. 25806 of 2010 and also decree, dated 30.07.1928 in O.S. No. 20 of 1924, as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and to declare the action of the respondents in taking steps to assign the lands in Maddurlanka adjacent to the bund and passages to the petitioners’ lands as illegal, and consequently direct the respondents not to create any third party rights by assigning lands next to the bund and passage to the petitioners’ lands and to pass such other order or orders as this Court may deems fit just and proper in the circumstances of the case.” 2. The case of the petitioners, briefly stated, is as follows: a. The petitioners are the absolute owners and possessors of subject lands. The petitioner No.1 is the owner and possessor of an extent of Ac. 6.00 cents of land in Sy. No. 7-1A. The petitioner No.2 is owner and possessor of Ac. 2.00 cents land in Sy. No. 7-1B1 and Sy. No. 7-1B2A. The petitioner No.3 is owner and possessor of Ac.1.50 4 BSB, J W.P.No.17139 of 2026 cents land in Sy. No. 2-1B. The petitioner No.4 is owner and possessor of Ac.3.014 cents land in Sy. No.3. The petitioner No.5 is owner and possessor of Ac.2.20 cents land in Sy. No. 4-1B. The petitioner No.6 is owner and possessor of Ac.1.01 cents land in Sy. No. 4-5. All the lands are situated in Maddurlanka, East Godavari district. The petitioners have been in peaceful possession and enjoyment of the same through their predecessors-in-interest for several decades. They were issued pattadar pass books and title deeds. The rights of the petitioners stand recognized under the permanent injunction decree, dated 30.07.1928, in O.S. No. 20 of 1924 on the file of the Court of the Additional Subordinate Judge, Eluru. Despite the same, the respondents are trying to confer rights over the subject lands upon third parties without any authority of law. b. Akula Venkateswar Rao, petitioner No.4 herein, filed a suit in O.S. No. 176 of 2010 on the file of the Court of Principal Junior Civil Judge, Kovvur. Upon consideration of the rival pleadings, the learned trial Judge, by order, dated 14.06.2011 in I.A. No. 485 of 2010 held that the plaintiff therein had established a prima facie case regarding possession and enjoyment of the subject property and made the temporary injunction order absolute. c. While so, in the recent past, the respondent authorities once again commenced enquiries, field inspections, local verifications in relation to the subject lands with a predetermined object of identifying the lands for allotment, assignment and conferment of rights in favour of certain politically influential private individuals. Hence, this writ petition was filed. 5 BSB, J W.P.No.17139 of 2026 3. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue placed on record a copy of the written instructions of the respondent No.6, vide Roc.No.193/2026/A of the Tahsildar, dated 07.07.2026, wherein it was stated as follows: “…During enquiry, it is noticed that, as per P.R.Act 1994, Section 58 grazing grounds lands belongs to Gram Panchayat. The Gram Panchayat has to take over the lands and put auction and incoe derived from the vested grazing lands. Sri Mullapudi Venkata Subbarao who purchased the land in favour of their family member from Rajanala Balaji Rao and Murali Krishna making efforts to protect the Lanka Land by erecting casuarinas poles and Iron sheets so as to avoid erosion during floods. The work was also stopped. Sri Rajanala Balaji Rao and Mullapudi Krishna sold away the above lands to the following ryths under registered documents and they are cultivating the yam / popaya / banana and other Horticulture crops in the above survey number lands. In recent times the bushes lands sold away to the family members of Sri Mullapudi Venkata Subbarao. Further, Sri Akula Veera Venkata Satyanarayana and others represented to allot available government lanka land to utilize it as grazing land for feeding cattle. In order to realize the available government land I have addressed a letter to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Kovvur to depute a team of Surveyors along with rover, after realization of available lanka land, necessary 6 BSB, J W.P.No.17139 of 2026 proposals will be submitted as per BSO 15 and G.O.Ms.No.970 Revenue (Q) Department, dated 30.12.2022 without any obstruction to the writ petitioners land. I finally submit that we are no way interfering into the lands of the writ petitioners to allot their lands to third parties, only verifying whether any government lanka land available adjacent to the writ petitioners land to utilize it as grazing land in the interest of villagers.” 4. In view of the written instructions, the learned counsel for the petitioners requested to dispose of the writ petition recording the above written instructions. 5. Accordingly, recording the written instructions of the respondent No.6, Tahsildar, that the respondent authorities are not interfering with the petitioners’ land, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ B. S. BHANUMATHI, J Dt.13.07.2026 RAR Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No