Nukala Sriram v. the State of Ap
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging registration of documents over land in R.S.No.180/2 of Machavaram village, Machilipatnam Mandal, Krishna District; petitioners Nukala Sriram and Nukala Srikrishna; respondents include the State of AP (Stamps and Registration), District Registrar and Sub Registrar Machilipatnam, and nineteen private parties; relief sought was a mandamus declaring the registrations illegal and stopping further registrations; interim applications IA No.1/2019 (stop registrations) and IA No.2/2019 (consider representation dated 03.01.2019); matter reported settled out of court by Ms.G.Jahnavi for petitioners; dismissed as infructuous on 02.04.2026 by Justice Sumathi Jagadam; no costs; miscellaneous applications closed; no precedent discussed and no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Since the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication (the matter having been settled out of court as reported by petitioners' counsel), the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous, with no order as to costs.