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2025 Supreme(Online)(AP) 9726
HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J
Sontem Manjula – Appellant
Versus
The State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
Writ Petition No: 15243 of 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: V R Reddy Kovvuri
For the Respondents: GP For Revenue
Legal rights to land ownership must be grounded in proper documentation, and requests for amendments require clear legal support.
Headnote:(A) Constitution of India - Article 226 - Writ of Mandamus sought regarding revenue records and land shares - Petitioners contended that revenue records are valid and request for a Pattadar pass book by a respondent should be disregarded due to prior modifications. Court acknowledged that the earlier civil suit for partition was dismissed and emphasized the importance of established legal principles in dealings with land rights. (Paras 4 and 7)
(B) When seeking a writ of mandamus, a petitioner must show a clear and established right against the party being challenged. The court clarified that an individual’s legal rights concerning property must be validated by proper documentation.
Facts of the case:
The petitioners, asserting ownership over specific land parcels, challenged an action taken by a respondent seeking rights over their shares without legal basis as asserted through previous documents.
Findings of Court:
The court directed the 4th respondent not to take any actions regarding the disputed revenue entries until further orders to maintain status quo.
Issues: The key issue was whether the respondent’s request for land documentation was supported by adequate legal grounds or violated the petitioners' established rights.
Ratio Decidendi: The court reinforced that rights in land must adhere to legal procedures and historical documentation for claims or changes in ownership.
Result: The proceedings concerning revenue modifications were stayed pending further proceedings.
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[N THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AIV[ARAVAT,I (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION)
THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF JUN TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMA WRIT PETITION NO: 15243 OF 2025 Between :
1. Sontem Manjula, W/o. Prabhkar Reddy Aged about 51 years, Occ House Wife, R/o. Flat No.305, Cross Wind Apartment, Tirupathi Rural Tirupathi District.
2. Sontem Prabhkar Reddy, S/o. Subba Reddy Aged about 59 years, Occ Dputy Executive Engineer R/o.Flat No.305, Cross Wind Apartment, Tirupathi R`uraI Tirupathi District.
.3. Sontem Rama Narayana Redcly, S/o. Subba Reddy Aged about 66 years, Occ Retd. Employee R/o.D.No.3-246, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana State ~
4. Govinda Bala Subba Reddy, S/o. Venkata Narayana Reddy Aged about 68 years, Occ Retd. ^Lecturer R/o.D.No.1/797-13-1, Dwaraka Nagar, YerramukkapaIIi, Kadapa, Y.S.R District.
5. S.Sudha Rani, C/o.Rama Narayana Reddy Aged about 56 years, Occ House Wife, R/o.D.No.1-65, Road NO.7, Kakatiya Hills, Begumpet, Madhapur, Hyderabad Telangana State.
6. AJayakumar Janardhan, Raju, S/o.Janardhan Raju Aged about 28 years, Occ Contractor R/o.`PIot-31, GurukuI Road, Ward-7/C Gandhidham, Gujarath-370201 I.. Petitioners AND \.a r, 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its principal secretary Revenue Departmen{1 _Secretariat BuildI-ngS Velagapudi, Amaravathl', Guntur District.
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2. The DistrI-Ct Collector, Ainhamayya District, Rayachoty, 3. The Revenue_ DI-ViSiOnaI Officer, Rayachoty Revenue DI-VI'SiOn Annamayya District.
4. The Tahsildar, Ramapuram MandaI, Annamayya District.
5. A.Vedavathi, w/o. Reddappa Reddy, Aged about 54 years, Occ House Wife, R/o. BasireqdigaripaIIe Village, Ramapuram MandaI Annamayya District.
.u Respondents petition under Article -226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the cl'rcumstances stated in the-affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or directI-On more particularly one in the natinre' of writ of Mandamus declarI-ng the Notice in Ref.No.B/158/2025, dated 20.05.2025 issued by the respondent No.4 statI'ng that, the respondent No.5 'subml-tted representation requesting to I-SSue Pattadar pass Bor6k and Title Deeds in her favour for 1/3rd share of the land i.e., in an extent of Ac.1 {63 cents in sy.No.472/1, Ac.1.59 cents in sy.No.472/2, Ac.0.43 cents jn sy.No.472/3, Ac.0.45 cents in Sy.No.473, Ac 3.21 cents I'n Sy.No.474;3 and Ac.2.61 cents in sy.No.475 of Bandapalli village, Ramapuram 'Mandal, Annamayya District, by deletI'ng the revenue records mutated. and updated I-n favour Of the Petitioner No.1 and in favour of the petitl-oner No.2 and thereby calling upon us to appear in person before him for hearI'ng, -eVenafter, bringing to his notice that, both the manual revenue reco,rds and the online revenue records were mutated and updated in their favour, as long back as in the year, 2004 and the Civil suit in o.s.No.47 of 2012 on the file of Hon7ble Senlor Cl-v" Judge, _"_-.i_.L=
Rayachoty filed by i,he, respo`.ndent No.5 for partition was dismissed for :i-. .``.'-
default vide orders, dated. 30.O1.2015, that too without referring any provision of law, as arb.i_tr.,ary, `illegaI, contrary to the provisions of the A.R i-,`. i. . I.I ;
Rights in Land and the Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 and the Rules ...i. _-*.. \
made thereunder and also the vy6Il established legal principles apart from being violative of the fundamental and the ConstitutI'Onal rights guaranteed to them under Articles,14,19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of lndI'a and consequently set asI-de the Same.
lANO: 1 OF2025 Petition under.sectib`h,I 15--1.. CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed`+ 'in'.su_Pport of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of.all 'furth6re proceedings in pursuance of the Notice in Ref.No.B/158/2025, da,ted, 2,0.`05.2025 issued by the respondent No.4, Pending disposal of wp 15243 of 2025, on the file of the High Court.
