Pathalapalli Varalakshmi v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Article 226 writ petition seeking protection against threatened dispossession of a Tahsildar-certified residential house at Kothakakinada, Kakinada (Urban) under the guise of road-widening without notice or enquiry; alternative-site allotment after earlier road-widening acquisition; threatened APEPDCL electricity disconnection (Service No. 1454423303052937) during pendency; Kakinada Municipal Corporation's no-interference undertaking subject to due process; Section 151 CPC interlocutory applications (IA Nos. 1/2024, 1-3/2025) including impleadment of APEPDCL engineer and cause-title amendment; writ petition disposed of with the clarification that dispossession is impermissible except by due process of law; miscellaneous petitions closed; no costs. Relevant to: municipal road-widening evictions, due process requirement before dispossession, interim protection in writ proceedings.