Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : 06.07.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010338922026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] MONDAY, THE 6th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 17921/2026 Between: 1. SRI K H GOPALA SINGH, S/O K.B. HANUMAN SINGH, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS. RESIDING AT 12TH WARD, MUNICIPAL MAIN ROAD, ADONI, KURNOOL DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI.522237 2. THE ADONI MUNICIPALITY, REP. BY ITS COMMISSIONER, ADONI, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 518301 ...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 topleased to Issue a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction, declaring the action of the respondents more particularly 2nd respondent in not considering the representation of the petitioner dated 11.03.2026, requesting to remove an illegal encroachment on the road of the petitioner's house is as illegal. arbitrary and unconstitutional. Consequently, direct the respondents more particularly 2nd respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 11.03.2026.And Pass 2 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. P NANILU NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN URBAN DEV The Court made the following: 3 ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is aggrieved by the inaction on part of the respondent no. 2 in considering the representation of the petitioner dated 11.03.2026. It is submitted that the petitioner brought to the notice of the respondent no. 2 about the illegal encroachments on the public road which has rendered the 12 feet passage of a 6 feet passage making it impossible for even two wheelers to pass through. 2. In this regard the petitioner has submitted a representation to the respondent no. 2. However the respondent No.2 has so far not taken up any action. 3. Learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent no. 2 on receipt of written instructions submits that the respondent no.2 has already taken up the issue and that a physical site survey is scheduled to be conducted in coordination with the mandal surveyor the survey report would identify any encroachments on the passage and the encroachments on the passage which are identified in the survey shall be removed and the public road to its original width of 12 feet shall be restored. 4. Recording the submissions of writ petition stands disposed of, however making it clear to the respondent no. 2 that the process of completion of survey in coordination and the other officials shall be completed within a period of 8 weeks from the date of order. 4 5. It is further observed that appropriate steps to be taken for restoring the passage by removing the encroachments if any found in the survey. With this observation writ petition stands disposed of. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 06.07.2026 CMK Whether the order is: Speaking Reasoned ☑ Reportable Non-reportable ☑ 5 212 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 17921/2026 06.07.2026 CMK