State of Andhra Pradesh vs Rao, V. B. J. Chelikani

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2024 Supreme(SC) 1083

SANJIV KHANNA, DIPANKAR DATTA
State of Andhra Pradesh – Appellant
Versus
Rao, V. B. J. Chelikani – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Manoj C. Mishra, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Mr. Anurag Tiwary, Adv. Mr. S.S. Prasad, Sr. Adv. Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Sr. Adv. Ms. C. K. Sucharita, AOR Mr. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. K Ramakanth Reddy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Komal Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Astha Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pawan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv. Mr. Anuj Shah, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Dr. Am Singhvi Sr Adv, Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Dutta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dutta, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Ms. Subasri Jaganathan, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Samarth Krishan Luthra, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. S.. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv. Ms. Promila, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. N. Rajaraman, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Amit Pawan, AOR Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. S. Thananjayan, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. T. V. Ratnam, AOR Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Bijoy Kumar Jain, AOR Mr. K. V. Vijayakumar, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Abinash Kumar Mishra, AOR Ms. C. K. Sucharita, AOR Mr. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Adv. Ms. Vibha Datta Makhija, Sr. Adv. Mr. Karn, Adv. Mr. Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Mr. Rajiv Dutta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dutta, Adv. Ms. Neha Singh, Adv. Ms. Subasri Jaganathan, Adv. Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pawan Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv. Mr. Anuj Shah, Adv. Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Ms. Praseena Elizabeth Joseph, AOR Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Ayush Bansal, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Dora, Adv. Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR Mr. Rahul Jajoo, Adv. Ms. Megha Shaw, Adv. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Mr. R. Ravi, Adv. Mr. Manish Dua, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Swetab Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rushab Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Ms. Anu Gupta, AOR Mr. S.Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Ragenth Basant, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kaushitaki Sharma, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Raavi Venkata, Adv. Ms. Twinkle Rathi, Adv. Mr. Keshav Rao Jadhav, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

SANJIV KHANNA, CJI.

Leave granted in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 19838 of 2010.

2. This common judgment decides the cross appeals which impugn the judgment dated 05.01.2010, of the Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Writ Petition Nos. 7956, 7997, and 23682 of 2008. These Writ Petitions challenged the allotment of land parcels, vide several State Government Memoranda¹ [For short, “GoM.”], within the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits. The land was allocated to Cooperative Societies composed of members of various groups, including Members of Parliament² [For short, “MP.”], Members of both houses of the State Legislature³ [For short, “MLA.”], officers of All India Services⁴ [For short, “AIS.”], Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court⁵ [We note that while the Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court have withdrawn their claims and are not seeking allotment, we have addressed their category for the purpose of tackling the legal issue arising out of allotment made under GoM No. 243], State Government employees, defence personnel, journalists and individuals from weaker sections of society.

3. The High Court, in the impugned judgment, has

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SANJIV KHANNA, DIPANKAR DATTA
State of Andhra Pradesh – Appellant
Versus
Rao, V. B. J. Chelikani – Respondent