WP/5528/2018 of J. VENUGOPAL RAO Vs STATE OF A.P. on 28 January 2026

1. J. VENUGOPAL RAO, S/O. MOHAN RAO AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS

2. MADALA PADMA, W/O. SRINIVASA F. AGED 50 YEARS,

3. KURRA RAMADEVI, W/O. KAMALAKAR RAZ. AGED 45 YEARS,

4. NIDAMANURI SIDDULU SAHEB, S/O. HAAN SAHEB AGED 55 YEARS,

5. DAVULURI SRINIVASA RAO,, S/O. VENKATESWARLU, AGED 52 YEARS,

6. JARUGULA MOHAN RAO, S/O. SUBBAIAH, AGED 53 YEARS, (ALL ARE AGRICULTURISTS AND RESIDENTS OF DUDDUKURU VILLAGE, INKOLLU MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT)

...PETITIONER(S) AND

1. STATE OF A P, REVENUE (LAND ACQUISTION) DEPT. REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI AT AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT

2. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, IRRIGATION AND CAD DEPT., REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI AT AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.

3. THE COLLECTOR LAND ACQUISITION, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ONGOLE, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

4. THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR LAND ACQUISITION, P.S. VELIGONDA PROJECT, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

5. THE SPECIAL DEPUTY COLLECTOR LAND ACQUISITION, R.R. UNIT, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

6. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, (IRRIGATION AND C.A.D) PROJECTS, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

7. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER PROJECTS, IRRIGATION AND CAD, CRP DIVISION NO.1,

CONSTRUCTION CIRCLE (GUNDLAKAMMA RESERVOIR PROJECT) , ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH.

8. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, IRRIGATION AND C.A.D, CRP DIVISION-I, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

...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 in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring the impugned Award No. /20- Rc.No.85/2015 dated.12-02-2018 of the 5th Respondent in acquiring the lands of the Petitioners for laying of 18 TE Branch Canal at duddukuru Village, Inkollu Mandal, Prakasam District as illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction and barred by limitation U/sec.25 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, consequently set-a-side the impugned Award No. /20-Rc.No.85/2015 dated.12-02-2018 of the 5th Respondent and to pass stay all further proceedings including the dispossession of the Petitioners from the lands owned and possessed at Duddukuru Village, Inkollu Mandal, Prakasam District pursuant to impugned Award No. /20-Rc.No.85/2015 dated:12-02-2018 of the 5th Respondent pending disposal of the Writ Petition. pending disposal of the above writ petition and to pass vacate the interim orders passed in I.A.No. 01/2018 in W.P.NO. 5528/2017 dated. 06.06.2017 and pass permit the respondents herein to initiate the Land Acquisition Proceedings afresh under Act 30 of 2013 Counsel for the Petitioner(S):

1. D KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION (AP)

2. GP FOR IRRI AND CAD (AP)

The Court made the following ORDER:

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication.

Recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioners, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs.

As a sequel, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed.

__________________________________ JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM Dated: 29.01.2026 KAS

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM

WRIT PETITION NO: 5528/2018

Dated: 29.01.2026 KAS