K. Satyanarayana v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Buffer zone encroachment; Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC); Town Planning Officer Zone-V, Division No. 55; Zonal Commissioner and Assistant City Planner Zone-IV, Gnanapuram; Tahsildar, Nad Kotha Road, Gopalapatnam Mandal; private respondent K. Soury, Gopalapatnam Cooperative Housing Society; Ganganna Nagar, Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam; writ petitions closed on submissions without adjudication; liberty to submit revised building plan excluding buffer zone; further action only per due process of law; written instructions of Assistant City Planner Zone-V placed on record; cause-title amendment order dated 27.06.2023 in I.A. No. 2 of 2022; Justice Harinath.N; disposed 02.09.2025; no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions closed on recorded submissions. Clarifications issued: petitioners not to encroach on the buffer zone; respondents to follow due process of law for any further action against the petitioners; petitioners at liberty to submit revised building plans without encroaching upon or occupying the buffer zone, to be duly considered by the respondents in accordance with law. No order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed.