IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE and HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.15506 of 2008 Between: N. Krishna Veni, W/o. Munuswamy Setty, Chillakur Gram Panchayat, Chillakur Mandal, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District, Nellore. 2 The District Panchayat Officer, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District, Nellore. 3 The Regional Deputy Director of Town and Country Planning, Guntur, Guntur District. 4 The District Town and Country Planning Officer, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District, Nellore. 5 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gudur, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District. 6 The Sub Registrar, Gudur, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District. 7 The Gram Panchayat, Rep. by its Panchayat Secretary, Chillakoor Gram Panchayat, Chillakur Village and Mandal, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District. 8 Smt. Ch. Neeraj, W/o. Pattabhirami Reddy, Aged not Known to the Petitioner. Chillakur Gram Panchayat, Chillakur Village and Mandal, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents authorities with regard to sanctioning of layouts in Sy.No. 146/9, 146/13, 157/B1B, 161/D, 157/B1B2 in an extent of Ac. 0.60 Ac. 1.30 cents, Ac. 0.83 cents, Ac. 1.21 cents, Ac. 0.82 cents respectively situated at Chillakur Village and Mandal, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District without technical sanction and without valid conversion of change in land use by further declaring the impugned action as illegal, arbitrary and violative of provisions contained in A.P. Gram Panchayat Layouts Rules, 2002 and A.P. Change in land in Use Act, 2006 and also violative of Rights guaranteed under Article 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, 1950 Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.MALLIK Counsel for Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: Order: (Per R. Subhash Reddy, J) This writ petition is ﬁled in public interest, by a Ward Member of Chillakur Gram Panchayat, Chillakur Mandal, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District, seeking Mandamus, to declare the action of the respondents in sanctioning layouts with regard to the lands covered by Sy.Nos.146/9, 146/13, 157/B1B, 161/D, 157/B1, B2 in an extent of Ac.0.60 cents, Ac.1.30 cents, Ac.0.83 cents, Ac.1.21 cents, Ac.0.82 cents respectively, situated at Chillakur Village and Mandal, Sri Potti Sreeramulu Nellore District, as arbitrary and illegal. It is the grievance of the petitioner that though permission sought by respondent No.8 for grant of layouts is rejected by the competent authority, respondent No.7, Grampanchayat has granted layouts under the provisions of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, illegally. It is alleged that respondent No.8 has not obtained any orders from the competent authority for the purpose of change of usage of land as required under A.P. Change in Land Use Act, 2006. We have heard learned counsel for respondent No.7 and also the learned Government Pleaders for Revenue and Panchayat Raj & Rural Development. During the course of arguments, it is submitted by learned counsel for respondent No.7-Gram Panchayat that nobody has approached respondent No.7-Gram Panchayat for grant of layouts with regard to the lands in question under the provisions of the A.P. Gram Panchayat Layouts Rules, 2002. The petitioner has also not ﬁled any material to show that respondent No.7-Gram Panchayat has granted layouts contrary to the rules. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel for respondent No.7-Gram Panchayat that no application is ﬁled for grant of layouts with regard to the lands in question, we dispose of the writ petition placing on record the said statement of the learned counsel for respondent No.7-Gram Panchayat. ________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. September 2, 2008 MRR