Three-capitals petitions infructuous now that Amaravati is Andhra’s capital by law, High Court says
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has declared over 120 petitions against the state's 'three-capitals' plan as infructuous. This follows the formal legislative designation of Amaravati as the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh.
Why it matters
This legal development marks a significant resolution to a long-standing political and administrative dispute regarding the state's capital city infrastructure.
More than 120 writ petitions filed against the “three capitals” plan for Andhra Pradesh have become infructuous, the Andhra Pradesh High Court said on Friday (September 25, 2026), now that Parliament has written Amaravati into the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, as the State’s sole capital.
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Lisa Gill said that the grant of legal sanctity to Amaravati as the sole capital through the amendment to the Act rendered the batch of petitions, which came up for hearing on Friday, infructuous.
The Chief Justice said cases that might still be pending would be examined on November 20, taking note of the likelihood of the appeals filed in the Supreme Court against the High Court’s Amaravati judgment of March 3, 2022, being heard on November 29, 2026.
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