Cherukuneedi Sravan Kumar, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
APHC010668432025; WP(PIL) No. 229 of 2025; High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati; decided 10-12-2025; Coram: Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Challa Gunaranjan; Petitioner: Cherukuneedi Sravan Kumar; Respondents: State of Andhra Pradesh and others (incl. Commissioner of Fisheries as R-3). PIL alleging encroachment by private entities on Fisheries Department land and official inaction; petition disposed with direction to Commissioner of Fisheries to consider representation and take appropriate action after complying with principles of natural justice; no costs. Keywords: fisheries land, encroachment, PIL, natural justice, Commissioner of Fisheries.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.3, the Commissioner of Fisheries, to consider the representation and take appropriate action after complying with the principles of natural justice; no order as to costs; miscellaneous applications pending, if any, stand closed.