Smt. S.Subbamma, v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
DKT patta cancellation; assignment land resumption; non-cultivation within three years of assignment; Inagaluru Village, Srikalahasti Mandal, Chittoor/Tirupati; notice by affixture without personal service; signature on blank sheet; violation of natural justice; APIIC industrial unit land; resumption only on payment of compensation; RFCTLARR Act 2013; Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A; Article 226; Andhra Pradesh High Court, Amaravati; R. Raghunandan Rao, J; 06.02.2026; W.P.No.37624 of 2017 and batch; Y.C. Venkata Subbamma 2021:APHC:16895; B. Mani 2011 (1) ALT 334; G. Munilakshmamma 1999 (1) ALT 617; Mekala Pandu 2004 (2) ALD 451.
What did the court decide?
All the writ petitions disposed of by common order: the orders cancelling the petitioners' DKT pattas and resuming their lands are set aside as violative of law; the Government is at liberty to resume the lands but only on payment of compensation in accordance with LAO-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer v. Mekala Pandu; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed.