The Supreme Court on Friday (August 14, 2026) refused to interfere with the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing a case against Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Minister P. Narayana in connection with alleged irregularities in the land pooling scheme in capital Amaravati.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. The FIR was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act on March 12, 2021, following a complaint by then MLA Alla Rama Krishna Reddy over the land pooling scheme announced as per a 2016 government order.
Mohana said it is not inclined to interfere with the High Court order and clarified that the outcome of the petition will not have bearing on other cases, which should be adjudicated on its own merits.
Under the land pooling scheme, the Andhra Pradesh government acquired agricultural land from farmers for the development of Amaravati, the capital city, in return for developed residential and commercial plots. 28,181 landowners across 25 villages had contributed 35,215 acres of private agricultural land for the development of Amaravati, according to the records.
