Lanka Venkata Ramana Murthy v. State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P. No.4132/2025, AP High Court, Amaravati, decided 19/03/2025 by Justice Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda; Article 226 mandamus writ; challenge to Tahsildar's enquiry notice Rc.No.04/2024/A dated 03.02.2025 (Sy.No.439/10, Ac.4.50 cents, Gunkalam Village, Vizianagaram Mandal); overlap with sub judice W.P. No.12718 of 2019; Articles 14, 21, 300-A; Section 151 CPC interlocutory applications (IA Nos.1 and 2 of 2025); direction to dispose of representation/explanation - two weeks to file with possession documents, two months for authority's orders in accordance with law; interim no-dispossession protection pending orders; reliance on Supreme Court precedent Government of India v. P. Venkatesh, 2019 (8) SCALE 544 (caution against such easy-disposal directions); disposed without costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of without deciding merits: petitioners to submit representation/explanation (with possession-proof documents) to the Tahsildar's notice dated 03.02.2025 within two weeks; respondent authorities to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within two months thereafter; interim restraint on dispossession of petitioners till then except by due process of law; no costs; pending interlocutory applications closed.