The necessity of adhering to natural justice principles before proceeding with property demolition orders.

lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANE}ELRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (SPECIAL ORIGIN_SL JURISDICTION) 7~

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:PRESENT:

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD wR[T PETITION Nis: 15225 OF 2025 /

Betwee n :

1. Chintalapudi Sarada, W/o C.Srinivasulu, Aged 45 years, R/o Door No.

5-493, Puttaparthi Road, Koth,aGheruVu Village and . Mandal, Sri Satya Sai District. :` `..i f'`.-!.i:-,I

2. Pathipati Hemavathi, W/a latail|`S~FTankar, Aged 69 years, R/o Door No.

15-121, Penugonda Road, Ko±hac-heruvu Village and MandaI, Sri Satya > -\ i Sai District.

3. Gowrammagari Sai Ramana,~ `gfe-Venkatesu, Aged 53 years, R/o Door No. 7-56, Penugonda Road,J' k©~thacheruvu village and . Mandal, Sri Satya Sai District.

4. Gollapalli Easwaramma, W/G late GollapaIIi Ramesh, Aged 58 years, R/o Door No.15-115, Puttapdfthi Road, Kothacheruvu village and .

Mandal7 Sri Satya Sai District® I '': J-I E=i .... Petitioner I- 5:,rfe:rfuTB| I

1. The State Of Andhra Prad6Sh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary;

panchayatraj Department, Segre€rarjat; Velagapudi, Amaravati.

2. The District Collector, Sri Satyalz §ai District, puttaparthi.

3. The District Panchayat Offic6lr, c`S:5-+r;i-§atya Sai District, Puttaparthi.

4. The Tahsildar, Kothache#'u Mandal, Kothacheruvu, Sri Satya Sai Disrict.

5. Kothacheruvu Grampanchav'al`,r--Rep. by its Panchayat Secretary, Kothacheruvu Village and M-andai, Sri Satya Sai District l|..Respondents ,7{2 i| ,.-.!J.` :

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L*+` +J Petition under Article 226 of the'`q,-9rlStitutiOn Of India is filed praying that in the cI'rCumStanCeS Stated in the`a'ff.i^d-aVit fI'led thereWith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, orde+,I,I:`.6.i::.`.'':direction one in the nature of writ of I--i-ir.: ,~|

mandamus declaring the action of ;iri'j3{:'``-:`~;6`spondent authorities particularly the 't`{`:i,, 5th respondent Gram Panchayat ;in `Ji'§'Suling proceedings urgent Notice in i '.

Rc.No. 31/2025, dated-. 03.06.2025'-.I('§6'rved on the petitI'OnerS On 09.06.2025 `'`.

and 10.06.2025) directing demol`iii6+]hr. 8f the residential houses and shop rooms of the petitioners Door N6si:.'~:I"15-120,15-121, 7-56 and 15-115 of Kothacheruvu Village, Kothacheruy¥.<`G'r,ampanchayat and MandaI, Sri Sa{ya ;.-,._,-;, i ...:.`!J.-i..

Sai District as highly arbitrary, il[egai,l'-ri`ull and void and against the principles of natural justice and vio[ative of fun'd:affi¥5ntal rights apart from Article 300-A o- the constitution of India and to §6t`':L:5'±*i`d'6` `the same and consequently direct the respondent authorities not 'to .deri:o`lish the petitioners bui]dl-ngs in the •~-?

above said door numbers. --;!`'`,'``~:''| `` i-`+I '5 I.t I:.; \

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petition under section 15+`-''`of`';~-CPC is filed praying that in the Circumstances stated in the affidaviit-' filed-in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay of alI`fdr`rt`h6r proceedl-ngs including demolition of petitionersJ building in Door Nos.;``'-`*t5i*1€2o,15-121, 7-56 and 15-115 of . e.`,` ` \. ,.-

Kothacheruvu Village, Kothachefu-¢~ri£-ieil`f`a'-inpanchayat and MandaI, Sri Satya §ai District pursuant to the proceediril-ff*6;,v:in Rc.No.31/2025, dated 03.06.2025, . |`

pending disposal of WP 15225 of 20Z5,, ton the file of the High Court.

The petition coming on for hea-rrng, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof an-c!. upon hearing the arguments of SRI r BALAJI MEDAMALLI Advocate for -t`h`e¢ Petitioners, GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV for the Responal-e!:'i++I--Mos.1 to 3, GP FOR REVENUE for Respondent No.4, Sri M.Sudheer Sfai`idihg Counsel for respondent no.5, and the court made the following. + I-+I-3-1 :'r _ _I+_--J. C -\l--`

7' ORDER `. .S~--

{fHeard Sri Balaji Medama!iiFt Lcl. Counsel for the Petitioners. Sr