History

The District Court, West Godavari was established in the year 1926. The District has 47 number of Courts, i.e., 11 District Courts, 9 Senior Civil Judge Courts and 27 Junior Civil Judge Courts.

The following is the list of District and Sessions Judges who have acted as such from the year 1926.

S.No

Name

Period

1.

Sri Mr.Carganvan I.C.S

1926

2.

Sri S.Raghava Iyyangar

1927

3.

Sri N.Balaramdas Pantulu

1928 to 1932

4.

Sri A.V.Ratnavelu pillai

1933

5.

Sri T.Venkateswararao Pantulu

1933

6.

Sri T.R.narsimha Murthi Sastri

1933

7.

Sri T.N.Krishna Murthy Vijapayar

1934 to 1935

8.

Sri R.Rangaswamy Iyyangar

1936

9.

Sri S.G.Srinivasa Achary

1936

10.

Sri C.R.Krishna Rao

1937

11.

Sri R.Rangaswamy Iyyangar

1936

12.

Sri S.v.chary

1936

13.

Sri Md.Zahiruddin

1939

14.

Sri N.S.Narasdimha Chariar

1939

15.

Sri Md.Zahiruddin

1940

16.

Sri Ramalingam I.C.S.

1941

17.

Sri W.Chakrapani Naidu

1941

18.

Sri N.D.Krishna Rao I.C.S

1942

19.

Sri K.N.Kumaraswamy Ayyar

1943

20.

Sri Syed Kadir Mohammed Mainarsaheb

1943

21.

Sri K.S.Venkataraman M.A.I.C.S

1944

22.

Sri I.D.Ramayya

1945 to 1946

23.

Sri G.krishna Moose

1947

24.

Sri M.Ramachandra Naidu

1948

25.

Sri C.Satyanarayan Chowdary

1948

26.

Sri C.D.Tulasiram Mudaliar

1949

27.

Sri S.Varadaraj Iyyengar

1950

28.

Sri P.S.Chandrasekhara Iyar

1950

29.

Sri S.Narasimhulu

1951

30.

Sri R.Raja Gopal Iyyer

1951

31.

Sri K.B.Krishna Rao Naidu

1952 to 1954

32.

Sri G.Nagireddy

1954 to 1956

33.

Sri P.Mohan Rao

1957 to 1958

34.

Sri Rama Murthi

1959 to 1961

35.

Sri Nandagiri Venkatarao

1962 to 1964

36.

Sri B.R.Chalapati Rao

1965

37.

Sri K.Appala Narasayya

1966 to 1968

38.

Sri C.V.Avadhani

1968

39.

Sri C.Gurumurthy

1968 to 1969

40.

Sri J.Narsinga Rao

1970 to 1971

41.

Sri M.S.Sarma

1971

42.

Sri G.ramanjaneyudu

1971 to 1974

43.

Sri P.V.Ranga Reddy

1974 to 1976

44.

Sri C.N.narsimha Rao

1976 to 1977

45.

Sri B.Rama Rao

1977 to 1980

46.

Sri K.Sri Ranganayakulu

1980 to 1983

47.

Sri A.Venkureddy

1983 to 1986

48.

Sri S.Jayarama Reddy

1986 to 1988

49.

Sri K.Ranga Rao

1988 to 1991

50.

Sri B.Venkateswara Rao

1991 to 1994

51.

Sri T.Ranga Rao

1994 to 1976

52.

Sri K.Veerapu Naidu

1996 to 1997

53.

Sri G.Jai Sree

1997 to 2000

54.

Sri M.Vijaya Bhaskera Reddy

2000

55.

Sri R.Kanta Rao

2000 to 2003

56.

Sri K.Sanjeevarao Naidu

2003 to 2006

57.

Sri K.V.Giridharan

04.05.2006 to 31.07.2009

58.

Sri T.Bhaktavasalam

01.08.2009 to 26.04.2010

59.

Sri D.Tarakaram

30.04.2010 to 15.12.2010

60.

Sri P.Ramesh Babu

23.12.2010 to 31.08.2013

61.

Smt D.Leelavathi

18.09.2013 to 30.11.2015

62.

Sri Nunsavath Tukaramji

25.02.2016 to 06.03.2017

63.

Smt. GandhamSunitha

09.03.2017 to 16.12.2019

64.

Sri. Erugula Bhima Rao

30.06.2020 to 16.04.2022

65.

Sri C. Purushotham Kumar

20.04.2022 to till date