IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3397]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO SECOND APPEAL NO: 431/2025 Between:

J Pradeep Kumar Reddy ...APPELLANT AND Palle Subba Reddy ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant:

1. SHAIK MD UMAR ABDULLAH Counsel for the Respondent:

1. S LAKSHMINARAYANA REDDY The Court made the following:

Reserved on 17.03.2026 Pronounced on 24.03.22002266: APHC:23962 Uploaded on 24.03.2026 HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO SECOND APPEAL No.431 of 2025

JUDGMENT:

This second appeal is filed aggrieved against the Judgment and decree dated 16.04.2025, in A.S.No.87 of 2023, on the file of the IV Additional District Judge, Kadapa, confirming the Judgment and decree dated 09.11.2023, in O.S.No.415 of 2018, on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Kadapa.

2. The appellant herein is the defendant and the respondent herein is the plaintiff in O.S.No.415 of 2018.

3. The plaintiff initiated action in O.S.No.415 of 2018 on the file of the on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Kadapa, with a prayer for recovery of