WP/37298/2015 of P. Krishna Rao Vs Union of India on 19 April 2026

APHC010434092015

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

AT AMARAVATI

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF APRIL

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND

WRIT PETITION NO: 37298/2015

Between:

1. P. KRISHNA RAO, S/O LATE P. RAMARAO AGED 54 YEARS, 0CC:

BUSINESS R/O VIZIANAGARAM

...PETITIONER

AND

1. UNION OF INDIA, RAILWAY BOARD, MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

NEW DELHI, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN

2. EAST COAST RAILWAY WALTAIR, REP. BY ITS GENERAL

MANAGER

3. DIVISIONAL RAILWAY MANAGER ENGINEERING EAST, COAST

RAILWAY, VISAKHAPATNAM

4. ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL ENGINEER, EAST COAST RAILWAY, VIZIANAGARAM PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ASSISTANT ENGINEER

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY, VIZIANAGARAM

5. S E RAILWAY LABOUR CONTRACT SOCIETY LIMITED, REGD. NO.

1413, VIZIANAGARAM, REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT

...RESPONDENT(S):

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the official respondents in demolishing the temporary sheds and resorting to dispossess the petitioner from the temporary shed admeasuring 15 feet x 20 feet situated in the Railway Shopping Complex, Vizianagaram and also the inaction of the official respondents in considering the representation of the petitioner dt. 20.10.2015

and disposing of the same same as being illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the principles of natural justice and violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith restore possession of the land from which the petitioner was dispossessed on 19.10.2015 and pay damages of the two tin sheds demolished and pass such other order or orders may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deems fit just and proper in the circumstances of the case.

in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from the temporary shed existing on the land admeasuring 15 feet x 20 feet situated in Railway Shopping Complex, Vizianagaram, without following due process of law, pending disposal of the above writ petition and pass such other order or orders may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the petitioner to amend the cause title in the writ petition and in all the petitions and dockets to the following effect: B.Ramakrishna, S/o. B.

Satyanarayana, aged 54 years, Occ: business, r/o Vizianagaram in place of P.

Krishna Rao s/o Late P. Rama Rao, aged 54 years, Occ: business r/o Vizianagaram and to pass in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. M KARUNA SAGAR

Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. VENNA HEMANTH KUMAR(CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COUNSEL)

The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND

WRIT PETITION No.37298 of 2015