Private land acquired through auction is outside the jurisdiction of local authorities for intervention, and expired permissions necessitate renewal for construction to proceed legally.

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for respondents and perused the material placed on record.

2. The case of the petitioners is that respondent Nos. 1 to 7 are not taking any legal action against the respondent Nos.9 to 11 who are constructing a house in their land in Sy.No.168/2A in DSP Bungalow street of Chintaparthi Village of Vayalpad Mandal of Chittoor District without there being any permission or sanctioned plan from the 7^th respondent – Gram Panchayat is contrary to law. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the unofficial Respondent Nos.9 to 11 are trying to make construction not only the land held by them to an extent of Ac.0.06 cents but by occupying road margin / public road of the Gram Panchayat Chintaparthi Village, for which the petitioners approached official respondents by submitting representation on 12.11.2018 for appropriate action against illegal construction of the unofficial respondents and also encroaching the land of the road margin by the unofficial respondents. Even after receipt of the representation, respondent authorities neither considered the representation nor stopped the illegal construction of the unofficial respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the 7^th respondent –Gram Panchayat issued notices dated 13.11.2018 and also 23.02.2019 stating that the 9^th respondent herein directed to submit link documents for consideration of the application for approval / sanction plan to the respondents and also directed to stop the construction till conducting survey and issuance of sanction plan. The petitioners also submitted action taken report of the Mandal Engineering Officer, wherein it is stated that one Sri K. Chinnarami Reddy making construction by encroaching one feet for one column footing all other column and laid footing work adjacent to CC road. He further submits that even though notices were issued by the Gram Panchayat, no action was initiated. Hence the writ petition.

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3. On the other hand, learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for Respondent Nos.2 and 4 filed counter-affidavit on behalf of Respondent No.4, wherein it is stated as under:

“3. In reply to Paras 3 and 4 of the affidavit, it is submitted that the other purchasers of the above land have raised residential houses in the above site and the mother of the respondents 10 & 11 and grandmother of the 9^th respondent has also raised a residential house in a portion of the land purchased by them. As the above land is a purchased land in an open auction conducted by the District Board. The purchasers yield unfettered rights over the same and Gram Panchayat has no power to lay a road in the land purchased through auction. The widow of the purchaser is at liberty to execute a Will in favour of her grandson (9^th respondent) over the above property and petitioner cannot raise any objection in the matter.

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Soon after the execution of the impugned Will the 9^th respondent has pulled down his old structure and intended to raise a new structure in the area purchased by his grandfather in an auction conducted by the District Board. I also submit that the petitioners have not raised any objection over the houses constructed by the other purchasers and filed this petition before this Hon'ble High Court at a time when the 9th respondent started construction on unsustainable grounds. The other contentions raised by the petitioner in these paras are all baseless and untenable and aimed at distorting the attention of this Hon'ble High Court.

4. In reply to Paras 5 and 6 of the affidavit, it is submitted that the contention of the petitioners that the disputed pr