Unauthorized construction permissions obtained through fraudulent documentation are null and void, reinforcing the principle that land designated for educational purposes cannot be unlawfully converted for private use.

ORDER :

Since the issues that arise in the above Public Interest Litigation and Writ Petitions are integrally one and the same, these matters are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The Writ Petition (Public Interest Litigation) has been instituted challenging the alleged inaction on the part of the respondents in failing to prevent the unauthorized constructions being raised contrary to the house permissions dated 29.06.2022 by respondent No.7 without obtaining the Gram Panchayat’s permission and by relying upon fake house permissions dated 29.06.2022 bearing H.No.1-3/A and 1-3/A1 to 5, by trespassing into Government land/School playground situated in Sy.Nos.638/A/1, 638/A/2 and 638/AA, admeasuring Ac.2.11 gts, at Muthyampet Village, Domakonda Mandal, Kamareddy District, which is stated to have been donated by late K. Venkataram Reddy and M. Anjaiah much earlier.

3. For the sake of convenience, the petitioners i.e., Smt. K.Venkatalaxmi and Sri Kurra Anjaiah in W.P.(PIL) No.17 of 2023 are referred to as ‘petitioners’.

4. Respondent No.7 in W.P.(PIL) No.17 of 2023 and the petitioner in W.P.No.43169 of 2022 and W.P.No.4900 of 2023 being one and the same, is referred to as ‘respondent No.7’ for the sake of convenience of the case.

5. Heard Sri K.Ravi Mahender, learned counsel for the petitioners in W.P.(PIL) No.17 of 2023; Sri Mohd. Omerullah Shareef, learned counsel representing Sri Asadulla Shareef, learned counsel for respondent No.7 in W.P.(PIL).No.17 of 2023 i.e., the petitioners in W.P.Nos.43169 of 2022 and 4900 of 2023; Smt. Shazia Parveen, learned Government Pleader appearing for Panchayat Raj Department; Sri K.Pradeep Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for Gram Panchayat in W.P.Nos.43169 of 2022 and 4900 of 2023 and W.P.(PIL).No.17 of 2023 and Sri Muralidhar Reddy Katram, learned Government Pleader appearing for Revenue Department in W.P.Nos.4900 of 2023 and W.P.(PIL).No.17 of 2023 and perused the record.

Chronology of litigations

6. W.P.No.43169 of 2022 is filed by respondent No.7 in W.P.(PIL) No.17 of 2023 questioning the action of the 4th respondent–Gram Panchayat, Muthyampet, in revoking the house construction permissions vide resolution dated 04.11.2022 earlier granted to her in Sy.No.638 of Muthyampet Village.

7. W.P.No.34686 of 2022 is filed by one M Sirish Goud i.e., Upa- Sarpanch of Muthyampeta Gram Panchayat, questioning the action of the 4^th respondent in issuing a notice vide letter B2/1110/2022 dated 25.08.2022 in Form-IV scheduling a meeting on 13.09.2022 for moving a No-Confidence Motion.

8. W.P.No.4900 of 2023 is filed by respondent No.7 in W.P.(PIL) No.17 of 2023 questioning the action of the official respondents, particularly respondent Nos. 6 and 10, in allegedly interfering in civil dispute by issuing resolutions dated 24.01.2023 and 27.01.2023, and notice dated 10.02.2023, directing the respondent No.7 to stop the construction.

9. W.P.(PIL) No.17 of 2023 is filed by villagers and stakeholders of the Government/Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS), Muthyampet i.e., one Smt. K. Venkatalaxmi and Sri Kurra Anjaiah (petitioners) questioning the inaction of the official respondents (respondent Nos.1 to 6) in preventing and stopping the alleged unauthorized construction by the 7th respondent i.e. petitioner in W.P.No.43169 of 2022 and W.P.No.4900 of 2023, by trespassing into and encroaching upon Governm