WP/30885/2025 of RUDRAVARAPU GANGADHAR Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH on 2 March 2026

1. RUDRAVARAPU GANGADHAR, S/O R. GOVINDU, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, FLAT NUMBER 404, TOWER C6 , SUPER TECH ECO VILLAGE, -2 GREATER NOIDA WEST, DISTRICT GAUTAM BUDHA NAGAR UTTAR PRADESH- UP 201318,

...PETITIONER AND

1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, LAW DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, A.P.

2. ANDHRA PRADESH STATE LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY APSLSA, REP. BY ITS MEMBER SECRETARY, CITY CIVIL COURT COMPLEX, VIJAYAWADA.

3. DISTRICT LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY, KAKINADA (EAST GODAVARI), REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, DISTRICT COURT COMPLEX, KAKINADA.

4. SMT RUDRAVARAPU LAKSHMI, W/O R. GOVINDU, R/O D.NO. 2- 296, PLOT NO.LO, PHASE-LL,

SKS MEGA TOWNSHIP, GANGANAPALLI, KAKINADA RURAL, EAST GODAVARI.

5. SRI RUDRAVARAPU GOVINDU, S/O NOT KNOWN, R/O D.NO. 2- 296, PLOT NO.LO, PHASE-LL,

SKS MEGA TOWNSHIP,

GANGANAPALLI, KAKINADA RURAL, EAST GODAVARI.

...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 to Issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing the Lok Adalat Award dated 07-11-2020 passed in O.S. No.140/2019, on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Kakinada (recorded in the Lok Adalat), as having been procured by impersonation and fraud and hence a nullity and also declare that the said award does not bind the Petitioner and stands non est, there being no genuine consent of the Petitioner and Pass direct Respondents 2 and 3 (APSLSA/DLSA) to conduct a limited inquiry into the alleged impersonation in the Lok Adalat proceedings and to preserve/produce the original compromise papers, attendance sheets, and identification documents relied upon in the Lok Adalat on 07-11-2020. And pass stay the operation of the Lok Adalat Award dated 07-11-2020 passed in O.S. No. 140/2019, on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Kakinada (recorded in the Lok Adalat), and pass permit the petitioner to withdraw W.P. No. 30885 of 2025 as not pressed, with liberty to work out appropriate remedies in accordance with law, without entering into the merits of the matter, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. V.RAVINDHAR Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. S. LAKSHMINARAYANA REDDY (SC FOR APSLSA)

2. JOSYULA BHASKARA RAO

3. GP FOR LAW LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS The Court made the following:

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND & THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA

I.A.No.1 of 2026 IN/AND W.P.NO.30885 of 2025 COMMON ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Battu Devanand)

I.A.No.1 of 2026 is filed seeking to permit the petitioner to withdraw this Writ Petition with a liberty to work out appropriate remedies in accordance with law.

2. Mr G.V.Sarma, learned counsel appears on behalf of learned counsel for the petitioner on record and sought permission of this Court to withdraw this Writ Petition with a liberty to work out appropriate remedies in accordance with law.

3. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, we are inclined to dismiss the Writ Petition as withdrawn without granting liberty.

4. Accordingly, I.A.No.01 of 2026 is allowed, permitting the petitioner to withdraw this Writ Petition. Consequently, this Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs.

As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND

_____________________________ JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA

Dated: 03.03.2026 TM

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND & THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHENDU SAMANTA

W.P.No.30885 of 2025

Dated: 03.03.2026 TM