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APHC010016972025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA [3328]
PRADESH
AT AMARAVATI
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY ,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JANUARY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA
PRASAD
WRIT PETITION NO: 1143/2025
Between:
1. CHALLA VENKATA SUBBAMMA, , W/O LATE CHALLA PULLAIAH,
AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS,R/O.D.NO. 1-97, G KOTTALA, GUNTAKAL
(RURAL), ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT, A.P.
...PETITIONER
AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, ANDHRA PRADESH
REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY REVENUE
DEPARTMENT, A.P, SECRETARIAT, AMARAVATHI.
2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT,
ANANTHAPUR
3. THE JOINT COLLECTOR, ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT, ANANTHAPUR
4. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICERRDO, GUNTAKAL REVENUE
DIVISION GUNTAKAL, ANANTHAPUR DISTRICT, A.P
5. THE TAHSILDAR, GUNTAKAL MANDAL, GUNTAKAL, ANANTHAPUR
DISTRICT, A.P
...RESPONDENT(S):
Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. CKR ASSOCIATES
Counsel for the Respondent(S):
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1. GP FOR REVENUE
The Court made the following ORAL ORDER:
Heard Sri K. Chethan, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of M/. CKR
Associates, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and Sri Arjun Chowdary,
learned Asst. Government Pleader for Revenue.
2. Learned Asst. Government Pleader has submitted the Written
Instructions, dated: 19.01.2025 furnished by the Tahilsdar, Guntakal Mandal
along with the Village Record. Copy of it has been served on the learned
Counsel for the Writ Petitioner and the same is taken on record.
3. The Written Instructions would raise two issues, which are as
follows:
(i) That the subject land falls under the Guntakal Municipality.
(ii) That the subject land is uncultivable and therefore, the
Pattadar Pass Books cannot be issued.
4. This Court has noticed that the Writ Petitioner has made Form-6A
Application way back on 29.04.2021. This Court, without going into merits
and demerits of the contents of the Written Instructions, is of the opinion that
the Official Respondents have certainly caused inordinate delay in considering
the Form-6A Application of the Writ Petitioner, since the same has been
pending from 29.04.2021. If there are any legal and technical objections on
the part of the Official Respondents for not granting the necessary relief to the
Writ Petitioner, the same could have been conveyed to the Writ Petitioner
within the reasonable time, but keeping the Application of the year 2021
pending till date is certainly an act of gross dereliction of duty on the part of
the Official Respondents.
5. In this view of the matter, this Court is inclined to dispose of this
Writ Petition at the admission stage, without going into merit by issuing the
following directions:
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(i) The District Collector, Anantapur District
(Respondent No.2) is directed to enquire into the
matter and fix the responsibility on the concerned
Officials, who are responsible for causing inordinate
delay in responding to the Application made by the
Writ Petitioner and initiate Departmental Proceedings
for gross dereliction of duty that tantamounts to
‘Malice in Law’. In any case, this whole exercise shall
be completed by the District Collector within four (04)
weeks from today.
(ii) The Application submitted by the Writ Petitioner
shall be disposed of within a period of four weeks
from today by passing a Speaking Order in
accordance with law and communicate such Order to
the Writ Petitioner forthwith.
6. With these observations and directions, this Writ Petition stands
disposed of. No order as to costs.
7. Interlocutory Applications, if any, stand closed in terms of this order.
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GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J
Dt: 23.01.2025
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HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD
WRIT PETITION No.1143 OF 2025
Dt.23.01.2025
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