IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH & THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION Nos.17911 of 2006 & 2248 of 2008 WRIT PETITION No.17911 of 2006 Between: 1 Edamakanti Subba Reddy S/o.Pichi Reddy r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam Rural 2 Kall Satyanarayana S/o. late Kalla Pydithalli r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam Rural 3 Kalla Mahalkshmi W/o.Satyanarayana r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam 4 Tammineni Jagan Mohan Rao S/o.Late Akkanna r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam 5 Smt.Chetupalli Lakshmi W/o.Ch.Rama Rao r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam 6 Smt.Manda Sujatha W/o.Surya Chandra Sekhar r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam 7 Smt.Yenuthala Appala Narasamma W/o.Late Satyam Naidu r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam 8 Vinnakota Subba Rao S/o.Late Satya Rao r/o.Sundernagar, Visakhapatnam 9 Nallaparaju Kumara Buchi S/o.Late Venkatapati Raju R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 10 Smt.Nallaparaju Venkata Lakshmi W/o.S.N.K.B.V.Raju R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 11 Smt.Ambatipudi Suvatsala W/o.Late Bhaskara Rao R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 12 Sankarabukta Sanyasi S/o.Late Tavitayya R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 13 Beera Jacob S/o.Late Venkanna R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 14 Bochha Appa Rao S/o.Pentayya R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 15 Sunkara Adi Lakshmi W/o.Satyanarayana R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 16 Pasumarthy Sriram Prasad S/o.Srinivasa Murthy R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 17 Kanakala Guru Naidu S/o.Suryanarayana R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 18 Sunkurubhukta satyam S/o.Guuuappa R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 19 Karubhukta Sanyasi Rao S/o.Narayana R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 20 Beri Satyanarayana S/o.Late Sanyasi naidu R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 21 Beri Ramana S/o.Late Sanyasi Naidu R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 22 Boni Venkata Ravi S/o.Surya Rao R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 23 Vasamsetty Venugopal S/o.late Mnageswara Rao R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 24 Makey Shadrak S/o.Manyam R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 25 Smt.Chintalapudi Hymavathi W/o.Sangameswara Rao R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 26 Janaparthy Samudram S/o.Sanyasi Naidu R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 27 Bavdaru Achhayya Dora S/o.Rama Murthy R/oSundernagar Visakhapatnam 28 Kella Ramu S/o.Veerraju R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 29 Pediredla Appa Rao S/o.Late Veranna R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 30 Smt.Dasari Rajeswari W/o.Eswarana Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 31 Smt.Kalla Imavati W/o.Eswar Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 32 M.Narasimha Swamy S/o.Late Subba Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 33 Y.V.N.Bangaru Raju & Y.Satyanarayana S/o.Narasimha Murthy R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 34 Smt.Bonda Laxmi W/o.Sanjeeva Rao R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 35 Smt.Lukalapur laxmi W/o.krishna Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 36 Kanuru Laxmana Rao S/o.Late Appalaswamy R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 37 Beera Joseph S/o.Venkanna R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 38 Smt.Nalli Amaravati W/o.Trimurthy R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 39 Annepu Appalaswamy S/o.Late Appalanarsmihan R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 40 Muni Chandrasekhar S/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 41 Muni Srinivasa Raju S/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 42 Muni Venkatasiva Prasad S/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 43 Smt.Muni Pyditalli W/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 44 Boni Sanyasi Naidu S/o.Tata R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 45 Devadula Murali Bhaskar S/o.Satyanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 46 Smt.Gouripattapu Laxmiparvati W/o.Gurumurthy R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 47 Smt.M.Ratna Kumari W/o.Venkata Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 48 Korada Sankara Rao S/o.Subba Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 49 T.V.Suryanarayana S/o.Satyanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 50 Tamada Sanameswara Rao S/o.Late Veerabrhadram R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 51 Gangula Ananda Babu s/o.late Suri Babu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 52 Namala Pentayya S/o.Late Suri Babu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 53 Yeribotu Adinarayana S/o.Late Narayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 54 Rachiraju Ravi Kumar S/o.Venkateswarlu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 55 Ch.Satyanaryana S/o.Late Aanumanna R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 56 Kuppa Appa Rao S/o.Parasuramudu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 57 Grandhi Gurumurthy s/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 58 Grandhi Venkatanagesh s/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 59 Smt.Malisetty Nagamani W/o.Gopalaswamy R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 60 Smt.Ganja Suryakantam W/o.Late Sesha Rao R/o.Indiranagar Visakhapatnam 61 Smt.Kolli Sugunavati W/o.Krishna Murthy Naidu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 62 Bali Sanyasi Appala Sarath Kumar S/o.nagabhushana Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 63 Bai Sankara Rao S/o.Sanyasi Naidu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 64 Kanakala Appala Naidu S/o.Padmanabha Swamy R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 65 Boddu Appala Naidu S/o.Late Pentayya R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 66 Gangula Krishna Babu S/o.Late Suri Babu R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 67 Akula Krishnaveni S/o.Chandrasekhar R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 68 Gouripattapu Satyanarayana W/o.Satyanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 69 Dondaparthy China Rao S/o.Late Satyam R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 70 Gadu Venkata Laxmi W/o.Suri Babu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 71 B.Dharma Rao S/o.Ananda Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 72 B.Vishnu S/o.Ananda Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 73 Karubhukta Sanyasi Naidu S/o.Appala Naidu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 74 Kolli Francis S/o.Late Israil R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 75 Smt.Jeeripotula Bhagya Laxmi W/o.Late Sudhakar R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 76 Gangula Ananda Babu S/o.Late Suri Babu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 77 Smt.Buddharaju Laxmi W/o.Sambamurthy Raju R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 78 Tumbali Venkata Rao S/o.Kesava RAo R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 79 Dasari Nageswar Rao S/o.Late Lachhanna R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 80 Smt.Tumbali gouri Parvati W/o.Siddheswar Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 81 Smt.Grandi Srinivasa Kumari W/o.Venkata Nagesh R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 82 Smt.Dommeti Pankajam W/o.Sainadh R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 83 Kanakala Krishna S/o.Late Tatayyalu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 84 Kanakala Rambabu S/o.Late Tatayyalu R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 85 Balivada Srinivasa Narsimhan S/o.B.B.S.V.Rama Rao R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 86 Kanakala Pydi Naidu S/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 87 Kanakala Appala Naidu S/o.Suryanarayana R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 88 A.Laxmana Sarma S/o.A.Laxmana Murthy R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 89 Swamy Parananda Bharati S/o.Late Swamy Gnanananda Bharati R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 90 Sunkara Suramma W/o.Late Pydanna R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 91 Karri Varahalu S/o.Satyam R/o.Sundernagar Visakhapatnam 92 Ravupalli Lalthi Rani W/o.R.Manoj Kumar R/o.Adarshnagar Visakhapatnam 93 Jami Dhana Raju S/o.Late Satyanarayana R/o.sundernagar Visakhapatnam 94 Smt.Kattumuri Rama Lakshmi W/o.Govinda Rao R/o.sundernagar Visakhapatnam 95 Borapu Jaya Laxmi W/o.Appa Rao R/o.sundernagar Visakhapatnam 96 Dokara Appayyamma W/o.Late Narayana R/o.sundernagar Visakhapatnam 97 Dokara Srinivasa Rao S/o.Late Narayana R/o.sundernagar Visakhapatnam 98 Anakapalli Suri babu S/o.Chinnodu R/o.sundernagar Visakhapatnam 99 Smt.Sammeta Vara Lakshmi W/o.Venkateswara Rao Door No.4-155, Sundernagar Visakhapatnam-040 ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Special Court under A.P.Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam 3 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam Rural Visakhapatnam District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue any writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the occupations of the petitioners in terms of G.O.Ms.No.331 dated 21.4.1991 of the Government of Andhra Pradesh and in terms of the judgment dated 15.9.93 in LGC 15/89 and batcg on the file of Special court under A.P.Land Grabbing (Prohibition)Act,1980 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK} WRIT PETITION No.2248 of 2008 Between: 1 Jagarlapati Srihari S/o.Late Subramanyam R/o. 3-222, Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad. 2 Maddila Tati Naidu S/o. Satyanarayana R/o. 4-194, Sundar Nagar, Hyderabad. 3 Smt. Urmiti Varalaxmi W/o. Eswara Rao R/o. Plot No. 146, Sunder Nagar, Hyderabad. 4 Smt. Kolaka Kausalya Devi W/o. Late Krishna Murthy Dora R/o. 4-236/1, Sundar Nagar, Hyderabad. 5 Sri Mallati Sridhar S/o. Sriramulu R/o. 4-254, Sundar Nagar, Hyderabad. 6 SriPotumahanty Jagadeshwara Rao S/o. Narasimha Murthy R/o. 4-74, Sundar Nagar, Hyderabad. 7 Smt.Nazma Aktar S/o. M.A. Aleem R/o.D.No. 4-193, Sunder Nagar, Hyderabad. 8 Smt. Mavuru Satyavati W/o.Seshagiri Rao R/o. D.No. 4-260, Sunder Nagar, Hyderabad. 9 Sri M.V. Baba S/o. Seshagiri Rao R/o. D.No. 4-260/1 Sunder Nagar, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Hyderabad. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam. 3 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Visakhapatnam Rural Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue any writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to regularize the Occupations of the petitioners in terms of the Judgment dt. 15-9-93 in LGC 15/89 and batch on the file of Special Court under A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1980 by extending the benefits of the decision of this court dt. 2-7-2007 in WP No. 8500 of 2007 since they are also similarly situated and pass other relief or reliefs as this Honourable Court may deem fit just and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI} THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH & THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION Nos.17911 of 2006 & 2248 of 2008 COMMON ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) As the common issue is involved in both the writ petitions, both the writ petitions are being disposed of by this common order. The case of the petitioners is that the State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam filed LGC.Nos.15/1989, 17/1989 and 60/1989 on the file of the Special Court under A.P.Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, at Hyderabad against various persons, alleging that they have encroached the land of the Government, situated at Chinagadili, Visakhapatnam Mandal and the Special Court allowed the said land grabbing cases, by a common order dated 15.09.1993, holding that the respondents have encroached upon the Government land, and accordingly, issued several directions under Parts-I, II and III. It is further stated that the said order of the Special Court has become final. It is stated that the petitioners are not parties to the said land grabbing cases. But it is stated that similarly situated persons earlier filed writ petitions seeking similar relief that was granted in the said land grabbing cases and one of such writ petitions is W.P.32065/1998, which was disposed of by this Court by order dated 04.04.2006 as under: ”Obviously the writ petitioners were not parties to the earlier proceedings, whereunder pursuant to the directions given by the Special Court, the possession of some of the occupants was regularized by the Government. In that view of the matter, it is open to them to file the necessary representations before the Government seeking regularization in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1601, dated 29.08.2005 on or before 20.07.2006. In which event, it is for the appropriate authority to consider the same and pass appropriate orders within three weeks from the date of the said representations. The Writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs.” It is stated that the petitioners are similarly situated persons and this Court also in the similar circumstances, disposed of another W.P.8500/2007 by order dated 02.07.2007, following the earlier order passed in W.P.1428/2000, dated 13.06.2006, directing the Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam to accept the amounts payable for regularization of their encroachment along with interest at 12% per annum, within a period of three months from the date of the order. When these two writ petitions have been filed, to verify whether the petitioners are the encroachers or not and whether they are in possession or not, this Court by order dated 11.08.2008 appointed Sri P.S.P.Suresh Kumar, as Advocate-Commissioner to visit the place in question and to ascertain as to whether the petitioners are actually in occupation of the land, or if any other persons other than the petitioners are in possession of the land and what is the nature and physical features of the said land, and what is the position as on date and whether any constructions are going on or not and file report to that effect. Pursuant to the said order, the Advocate-Commissioner filed a report, stating that the possession of the petitioners Nos.22, 40, 41, 43, 45, 54, 57, 58, 59, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87 and 90 in WP.17911/2006 and Petitioner No.9 in WP.2248/2008, as mentioned in Statement-A, is doubtful. The possession of the petitioners Nos.4, 5, 6, 30, 34, 35, 38, 39, 51, 55, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 78, 80, 88, 95, 96, and 97 in WP.17911/2006 and Petitioner No.5 in WP.2248/2008, as mentioned in Statement-C, is not traceable and they are not turned up for participation in the enquiry and therefore, they are not entitled for any relief. In so far as possession of the petitioners Nos.24, 37, 42, 43 and 89 in WP.17911/2006, as mentioned in Statement-B are concerned, they were in possession and institutions are existing in the land. In so far as petitioner No.65 in WP.17911/2006, as mentioned in Statement-E is concerned, he has already paid the amount, payable for regularization of his possession. The remaining petitioners in both the writ petitioners, other than the petitioners as mentioned in Statements-A, B & C, are found in possession with valid documents. Having regard to the aforesaid facts of the case and report of the Advocate Commissioner, the Writ Petitions are liable to be disposed of, and they are disposed of, as follows: The petitioners are not parties to the LGC Nos.15, 17 and 60 of 1989, whereunder, pursuant to the directions given by the Special Court, the possession of some of the occupants was regularized by the Government. In that view of the matter, it is open for the petitioners mentioned in the Statement Nos.B, D & E to file necessary representations before the Government, seeking regularization, in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1601, dated 29.08.2005, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and on filing such representations, it is open for the respondents to pass appropriate orders thereon, within three weeks therefrom, and if the respondents consider that the petitioners are entitled for regularization, they are at liberty to collect interest at 12% p.a. on the amount payable by the petitioners, from the date of the order in LGC.15/1989 till the date of payment. No order as to costs. __________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J ______________________ K.C.BHANU,J Dated: 01.12.2008 Dsr ..... 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