2026 Supreme(Online)(AP) 13717
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3330]
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
APHC010700642022
WRIT PETITION NO: 1713/2023
Between:
1. E RI VIJAY BHASKAR RAO, S/O. SUBBA RAO, R/O. DOOR NO- 5-19, GIRI NAGAR COLONY, PORUMAMILLA, RANGA SAMUDRAM VILLAGE, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, PIN- 516293 ...PETITIONER
AND
1. T HE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT
2. T HE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, CUDDAPAH, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT
3. T HE TAHSILDAR, PORUMAMILLA, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT
4. D UDYALA ALLURAIAH, S/O. NARAYANA, R/O. PORUMAMILLA VILLAGE AND MANDAL, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH
5. G AJULAPALLI LAKSHMI DEVI, W/O. VENKATA SUBBAIAH, 3/1, MAIN BAZAAR, ONIPENTA VILLAGE, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, PIN- 516173 ...RESPONDENT(S):
Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. HARANADHA RAJU KATTA
Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. GP FOR REVENUE
2. L J VEERA REDDY
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO
MONDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO
Date: 16.03.2026
CMK
Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, questioning the action of the respondents 1 to 3 herein mutate the names by way of on line and issued the Pattadar Pass Books to the 4th and 5th respondents (i.e. Ac.1.43 cents to the 4th respondent vide survey No.479/2B and Ac.1.96 cents vide survey No.479/2A) for an extent of Ac.3.39 Cents situated at Rangasamudram Village, Porumamilla Mandal, Cuddapah District, is bad illegal, arbitrary, against the Principle of Natural Justice and violation of Articles 14 and 200-A of the Constitution of India, and direct the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of land admeasuring in interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of land admeasuring Ac.3.43 Cents Agricultural land in survey No- 479/2 situated at Girl Nagar Colony, Rangasamudaram Village, Porumamilla Mandalam, and Cuddapah District of the petitioner without following due process of law and pass
IA NO: 1 OF 2023
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of land admeasuring Ac.3.43 Cents Agricultural land in survey No- 479/2 situated at Giri Nagar Colony, Rangasamudaram Village, Porumamilla Mandalam, and Cuddapah District of the petitioner without following due process of law, and pass
The Court made the following:
ORDER:
The present Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:
“..issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, questioning the action of the respondents 1 to 3 herein mutate the names by way of on line and issued the Pattadar Pass Books to the 4th and 5th respondents (i.e. Ac.1.43 cents to the 4th respondent vide survey No.479/2B and Ac.1.96 cents vide survey No.479/2A) for an extent of Ac.3.39 Cents situated at Rangasamudram Village, Porumamilla Mandal, Cuddapah District, is bad illegal, arbitrary, against the Principle of Natural Justice and violation of Articles 14 and 200-A of the Constitution of India, and direct the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of land admeasuring in interfering with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of land admeasuring Ac.3.43 Cents Agricultural land in survey No- 479/2 situated at Girl Nagar Colony, Rangasamudaram Village, Porumamilla Mandalam, and Cuddapah District of the petitioner without following due process of law and pass...”
Feeling aggrieved by the action of the respondent Nos. 1 to 3 in mutating the name of the respondent Nos.4 & 5 in respect of the land in Sy.No.479/2B to an extent of Ac.1.43 cents in favour of the respondent No.4 and an extent of Ac.1.96 cents in Sy.No.479/2A in the name of respondent No.5, total to an extent of Ac.3.39 cents situated at Rangasamudram Village of Porumamilla Mandal, Kadapa District, in the revenue records was challenged in the present Writ Petition.
The writ petitioner’s contention is that a D-Form was given in the name of the petitioner’s mother for the land in Sy. No.479/2B, to an extent of Ac.1-43 cents and the land to an extent of Ac.1.96 cents in Sy. No. 479/2A vide patta document No. 843 / 1388; thereafter, pattadar passbook was issued and the name of petitioner was recorded in the revenue records. Subsequently the 3rd respondent-Tahsildar in collusion, has mutated the name of the 4th respondent to extent of Ac.1.43 cents in Sy. No.479/2B and an extent of Ac. 1.96 cents in Sy. No. 479/2A in the name of 5th respondent in the revenue records, consequently issued pattadar passbooks to the unofficial respondents without issu