APHC010446452026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 24296 OF 2026 Between: 1. SHAIK YEZULLA HUSSAIN, S/o. Daria Hussain, Aged about 35 years, Occ Cultivation, R/o. Door No. 10-62, JendachettuStreet, Pasumarru Mandal Village, Pasumarru Mandal Palnadu District - 522616. 2. Telia Prasad Rao, S/o. Subba Rao, Aged about 36 years, Occ Cultivation, R/o. Door No. 4-164, Manukondavaripalem Village Chilakaluripet Mandal, Palnadu District - 522616. 3. Pamba Ramesh, S/o. Nagaraju, Aged about 32 years, Occ Cultivation R/o. Door No. 1-14/a, Pasumarru Village, Pasumarru Mandal, Palnadu District- 522616. 4. Challa Gopi,, S/o. Narayana, Aged about 35 years, Occ Cultivation, R/o. D. No. 10-9, Sali Peta, Ganapavaram Village Nadendia Mandal, Palnadu District-522619. ...Petitioners AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Guntur District - 522237. 2 2. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Special Chief Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat Buildings, Velagapudi, Guntur District - 522237. 3. The State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Secretary, Vijayawada - 520001. 4. The Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, Andhra Pradesh, Vaddeswaram,Guntur District - 522302. 5. The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Tadepalli, Guntur District - 522501. 6. The District Collector and District Election Authority, Palnadu District - 522616. 7. The District Panchayat Officer, Palnadu District - 522616. 8. The Chilakaluripet Municipality, Rep. by its Commissioner, Chilakaluripet, Palnadu District-522616. 9. The Special Officer, Ganapavaram Gram Panchayat, Palnadu District - 522616. 10. The Special Officer, Pasumarru Gram Panchayat, Palnadu District - 522616. 11. The Special Officer, Manukondavaripalem Gram Panchayat, Palnadu District - 522616. ...Respondents 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 to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring that the Respondents 1,2,4 and 5 have failed to discharge their statutory and constitutional obligation to determine 3 and declare, by a reasoned order, whether the villages of Ganapavaram, Pasumarru and Manukondavaripalem constitute Gram Panchayats under the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 or wards of the Chilakaluripet Municipality under the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965, and that such failure is arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 243-B, 243-E, 243-Q and 243-U of the Constitution of India and consequently directing the Respondents 1, 2, 4 and 5 to determine and declare the said status by a reasoned order within such time as this Hon'ble Court may fix IA NO: 1 OF 2026 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 direct the Respondents 3, 6 and 7 to forbear from issuing any election notification, and from undertaking or giving effect to any division of wards, allocation or rotation of reservations, or preparation or publication of any electoral roll, in respect of the villages of Ganapavaram, Pasumarru and Manukondavaripalem, pending disposal of above writ petition Counsel for the Petitioners: M/S INDUS LAW FIRM Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV Counsel for the Respondents: N ASHWANI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: SIREESHA RANI VALLABHANENI SC For MUNICIPALITIES Counsel for the Respondents: GP MUNCIPAL ADMN AND URBAN DEV AP 4 THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 24296 OF 2026 The Court made the following Order: It is stated by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the cause does not survive and no further orders are required to be passed in the present writ petition. 2. Recording the said submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, all pending miscellaneous applications shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA Dated: 02-09-2026 MSI 5 THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 24296 OF 2026 Dated: 02-09-2026 MSI