WA/2014/2004 of Smt. P.R. Usha, Vs Government of Andhra Pradesh, on 22 December 2004

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD

WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBERTWO THOUSAND AND FOUR

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY

and

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY

WRIT APPEAL NO : 2014 of 2004

(Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated01/11/2004 in WP NO : 21605 OF 2002 on the file of the High Court.)

Between:

Smt. P.R. Usha, W/o P.L. Ravinder Naidu,R/o 8-1-136/138/A, Maruthinagar Colony, Shaikpet Village, Hyderabad.

..... APPELLANT

AND

Government of Andhra Pradesh,Rep. by its Principal Secretary,Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad.

Counsel for the Appellant: MR.MOHD.ZIA-UL-HAQ

Counsel for the Respondent : GP FOR ASSIGNMENT

The Court, at the stage of admission, made the following:

....RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice B. Sudershan Reddy)

The impugned order under appeal, in our considered opinion, does not sufferfrom any legal infirmities requiring our interference in exercise of our appellatejurisdiction.

The learned single Judge rightly relied upon the decision rendered by a DivisionBench of this Court in M.RAMMOHAN REDDY Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OFANDHRA PRADESH(Writ Petition No.21395 of 2002, dated 13.11.2003) and,accordingly, held that the policy decision taken by the Government even inrespect of prescription of rates mentioned in Schedule-I, annexed toG.O.Ms.No.455, dated 29.07.2002, does not suffer from any infirmitiesrequiring interference of this Court. Prescription of rates of the lands asmentioned in Schedule-I to the said G.O. is also in the realm of the policydecision. We cannot sit in appeal over such policy decisions of the State inexercise of our judicial review jurisdiction.

The appeal fails and shall accordingly stand dismissed.

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B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.

GS/KSTo

_________________________M. NARAYANA REDDY, J.