ORDER :

The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking to declare the orders in B.A.No.1167/0013/B/BHE/NER/2018 dated 15.4.2021 and the consequential orders dated 16.4.2021 and 17.4.2021 passed by the 2nd respondent is illegal, arbitrary and consequently set aside the same.

2. As per the averments in the affidavit, the petitioner claims to be the owner of 4119 sq.yards of land covered by survey No.31/1 of Nerellavalasa Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam under the registered sale deeds Doc. No.3378/2016 and 104/2017. The petitioner submits that earlier the land was in Nerellavalasa Gramapanchayat (under Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority for short VUDA) and thereafter gram panchayat was merged into Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation in the year 2019. While the land was within the purview of the Gram Panchayat, the petitioner intends to develop the land, approached Andhra Pradesh Coastal Zone Management Authority, Vijayawada, as a part of land is falling under Coastal regularization Zone.

3. The Authority granted authorization to raise construction in the non-CRZ area which is to an extent of 2782 sq.yards. Later, the petitio