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

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/189028730/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0035)

**Record:** CW-2024-0035 (compiler id CWC-1126); case GAP3-18-002
**Title:** Piduguralla Resident & Ors. v. The Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur & Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: K. Manmadha Rao
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 19858 of 2013 / APHC010522062013
**Judgment:** 2024-04-04 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-01-01 (2013)
**Place:** Palnadu, Andhra Pradesh (district at time: Guntur); city town: Piduguralla; police station or unit: Piduguralla Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Piduguralla Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Piduguralla resident (11 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.8 lakh (Rs 2,75,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/189028730/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=404202016000&Title=SHAIK-JAMAL-Vs.-COLLECTOR-AND-DISTRICT-MAGISTRATE)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 12
**display title redacted:** Piduguralla Resident & Ors. v. The Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur & Ors.
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-04-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Andhra Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 275,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'APHC010522062013', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/189028730/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=404202016000&Title=SHAIK-JAMAL-Vs.-COLLECTOR-AND-DISTRICT-MAGISTRATE', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** AP HC judgment verified; police demolition declared illegal with Rs.25,000 compensation per petitioner (adverse_finding_compensation).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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