CW-2024-0035Palnadu, Andhra PradeshJudgment 4 April 2024

Piduguralla Resident & Ors. v. The Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur & Ors.

remove/replace final sentence; respondents' counters (denial + police-department ownership claim) are recorded and rejected for want of material. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 4 April 2024 in Writ Petition No. 19858 of 2013, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: K. Manmadha Rao, J.) returned findings adverse to the Inspector, Piduguralla Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.8 lakh (Rs 2,75,000).

Register number
AP 39 CW 0040
Case reference
Writ Petition No. 19858 of 2013 / APHC010522062013
Court and date
Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: K. Manmadha Rao, J.), 4 April 2024
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector, Piduguralla Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, it is observed that, the respondents without following due process of law, have high handedly demolished the houses of the petitioners is declared as illegal and arbitrary.” (at para 12)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.8 lakh (Rs 2,75,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment dated 4 April 2024 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, it is observed that, the respondents without following due process of law, have high handedly demolished the houses of the petitioners is declared as illegal and arbitrary.” (para 12)

Institutional response

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4 Apr 2024

Order issued

Concluded
Andhra Pradesh High Court External · Binding

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 275,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: APHC010522062013
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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