Penikelapati Anil Kumar, v. K.S.Ravi Kumar
Case brief
What is this about?
AP High Court Amaravati 23.07.2025; writ appeals 487/551/554 of 2024; writ petitions 10079/11189/23605 of 2024; common order; revenue mutation; ryotwari patta; Estate Abolition Act 1948; Settlement Officer Nellore 25.08.1969; Estate Abolition Tribunal; SDA No.21/1981; ROC.A/565/2011; RDO Tirupati order 04.11.2013; Tahsildar order 24.05.2014; RDO order D.Dis.H/2309/2014 dated 09.06.2023 set aside; remand; violation of principles of natural justice; non-hearing of affected parties; Gadde Venkateswara Rao AIR 1966 SC 828; Raj Kumar Soni (2007) 10 SCC 635; distinguished; Sy.No.212/8 and 212/15; Damineedu village Tirupati; pattadar pass books; ROR Acts; A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act 1971; L.G.O.P.No.200 of 2022 Land Grabbing; O.S.No.92 of 2013 dismissed for default; W.P.No.1904 of 2024; Letters Patent clause 15; writ appeals closed infructuous; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Common order disposing of all three writ petitions with directions: (i) the Revenue Divisional Officer's order dated 09.06.2023 set aside and the appeal remanded to the RDO, to be decided only after notice and hearing to all persons who participated in the enquiry culminating in the Tahsildar's order dated 24.05.2014; (ii) RDO's orders subject to the District Judge, Chittoor in L.G.O.P.No.200 of 2022, with parties free to approach civil courts whose decisions would override the RDO's order; (iii) all findings/observations confined to these cases; (iv) as the order dated 09.06.2023 was set aside, the writ appeals became infructuous and were closed; miscellaneous petitions closed; no order as to costs.