WP/12445/2023 of KOPPULA SRINIVASA REDDY Vs THE ANDHRA PRADESH LOKAYUKTHA

HCJ & RCJ W.P.No.12445 of 2023 1 APHC010229362023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3483] (Special Original Jurisdiction) WRIT PETITION NO: 12445/2023 Between: Koppula Srinivasa Reddy and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The Andhra Pradesh Lokayuktha and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. V R REDDY KOVVURI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE 2. NAMBURI SREEMANNARAYANA CORAM: THE CHIEF JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI DATE : 21.03.2025 ORDER (Per Sri Justice Ravi Cheemalapati) Challenge laid in this writ petition is to the orders dated 26.05.2021 passed by respondent no.1-Lokayukta in Complaint No.856/2018 filed by respondent no.5, whereby a direction was given to respondent no.2-District Collector to initiate immediate action to take over the lands, being arbitrary, without power or jurisdiction and contrary to the procedure envisaged under HCJ & RCJ W.P.No.12445 of 2023 2 the Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta Act, 1983 (for short, ‘the Act’) and Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta & Up-Lokayukta Rules, 1984 (for short, ‘the Rules’). 2. Heard Sri V.R.Reddy Kovvuri, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Ghanta Rama Rao, learn