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VENKATESWARULU NIMMAGADDA
Veligandla Gram Panchaya – Appellant
Versus
State Of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER :
This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, claiming the following relief :
(a) That the respondents 2 to 9 failed in their statutory duty to protect the petitioner’s land in an area of about Ac.0-50 cts in Sy.No.344 of Veligandla Gram Panchayat (V&M), Prakasam District from encroachments;
(b) That the respondents 8 & 9 are acting prejudicial to the interest of the petitioner Gram Panchayat and in contravention of the petitioner’s decisions viz; Gram Panchayat’s Resolution No.6 dated 29.11.2021 and 02.08.2021 as illegal, arbitrary, violative of principles of natural justice, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution and ultravires to the provisions of A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994
(c) Consequently to direct Respondent Nos. 2 to 4 to initiate disciplinary action against respondents 8 & 9 for creating and fabricating false documents supporting the clandestine claims of respondents 10 to 13 in respect of petitioner’s land in Sy.No.344.”
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, the petitioner is a
The Executive Authority of a Gram Panchayat has the duty to implement the Gram Panchayat's resolutions and to remove encroachments from public land, after conducting a survey and inspection.
Illegal occupation of Gram Panchayat land does not confer any right to claim ownership or regularization.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the Gram Panchayat could not claim right, title, or interest over the subject property solely based on the resolution and allotment, as there ....
The statutory powers of the Gram Panchayat to take action against land encroachers and the need for citizens to have a valid title over the land to interfere with such actions.
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