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l4.Rayapuram Srinu, S/o.Late Mallaiah, Aged about 33 years, Occ- Labour, Poota tsazaat, Maripeda Bangla Village, Maripeda Mandal, Mahabubabad District. '15. Rayapuram Venkatesh, S/o.Srinu, Aged about 33 years, Occ- pvt. Emolovee. Poola Bazaar, Maripeda Bangla Village, Maripeila M'andal, fUiniOriOi'Oiri District. 'l6.Sultan Raju, Sio.Uppalaiah, Aged about 35 years, Occ- pvt. Emolovee. poola tsazaat, Maripeda Ba ngla Village, Maripeda Mandal, Mahabubab;d bistrict. '17. Bunadri Sudhakar, S/o.Late Yellaiah, Aged about 45 years. Occ_ Labour. lndira Nagar, Maripeda Bangla Village,- Maripeda lVtahOit,'fvf-anib;b;b;ci District l S. Rayapuram Mallesh, S/o.Uppalaiah, E-mployee, lndira Nagar, Mbripeda Mahabubabad District. - Aged Bangla about 40 years, Occ- pvt. Village, Maripeda Mandal, l9.Rayapuram Nagaraju, S/o.Uppalaiah, Aged about 3g years. Occ_ pvt. Emptoyee,. tndira Nagar, Maripeda Bangla Village, lViaripeda Mandal, Mahabubabad District. 2O.Rayapuram Raju, S/o.Saraiah, Aged about 39 years. Occ- Labour_ poota - - l3azaat, Maripeda Bangla Village, Maripeda Mandil, Mahabubabad Diitrici 2l.Rayapuram Suresh, S/o.Saraiah, Aged about 35 years, Occ- pvt. Emolovee. Poola.Bazaar, Maripeda Bangra Vifiage, Maripeda uanoit, uinJo'rio?oi-ci District.

22.Devaruya Nagaraju, S/o.lsthari, Aged about 40 years, Occ- pvt. Emolovee. lndira.Nagar, Maripeda Bangra Viilage, Maripdda ttrtanoit, tvir,Tu,Iuailci District.

23. BunadriAnusha, D/o.Narsimha Rao, Aged about 35 years. occ- House Hord. lndira Nagar, Maripeda Bangla Villag-'e, Maripeda'frlanOat, lrfana-O-uUadai District AND

1. The State of Telangana, Rep.by its principal Secretary, Revenue (Assignment) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad.

2. The District Collector, Mahabubabad District. At Sangareddy. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Thorrur Revenue Division, Mahabubabad District. ...PETITIONERS

4. The Tahsildar, Maripeda, Mahabubabad District. 5. Sri Yadagiri Reddy, S/o.Dayakar Reddy, Aged about 45 years, Occ- Chairman, District Co-operative Bank, MahabubaOad Didtrict. 6. The S.H.O., Police Station, Maripeda V & M, Mahabubabad District. 7. The Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society, (PACS) Mahabubabad Rep by Its Secretary, Mahabubabad,Mahabubabad bistrict. '

8. The Divisional cooperative officer, cooperation Division, Mahabubabad District,Mahabubatiad.

9. The District cooperative officer, cooperation- Department, Mahabubabad District Mahabudabad. RR 7 to 9 impleaded as per C.O. dt. 2911112021 in l.A. No.212021. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS to declare the action of the Respondents in dispossessing the Petitioners from the land in Sy.No.465 to an extent of Ac.00.17 gts., situated at, Maripeda Village and [t/andal, BSNL Telephone Tower, Nearby Pragna School and on the way of Kunya Thanda Mahabubabad Distric't as illegal, arbitrary and null and void and consequently direct the authorities to issue the pattas to the extent of the above land on the name of the Petitioners. lA NO: 1OF 2021 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the atfidavit fited in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the Respondents to consider the representation dated: 08.12.2020 and 09.12.2020 of the Petitioners by protecting their land in Sy.No.465 to an extent of Ac.00.17 gts., situated at, Maripeda Village and Mandal, BSNL Telephone Tower, Nearby Pragna School and on the way of Kunya Thanda Mahabubabad District pending finalization of the writ petition. Counselfor the Petitioners: SRI J. KANAKAIAH Counselfor the Respondent No.I to 4: SMT. S. SRAVANTHI, ASST. GP FOR REVENUE Counse,l for the Respondent No.5 & 7 to 9: - - - - Counselfor the Respondent No.6: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER ,, IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SARATH WRIT PETITION No. 6602 of 2O2l THE 22ND DAY OF DECEMBER 2025 Between: Angadi Upendar and TWenty-Two others .Petitioners AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its principal Secretary, Revenue Assignment Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & (S) others. ORDER: ...Respondents Heard sri J.Kanakaiah, learned senior counsel for the petitio,ners, smt. s.sravanthi, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondent Nos. 1 to 4 and learned Assistant Government pleader for cooperation appearing for respondent Nos.8 and 9. Perused the material on record.

2. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners liled the present Writ Petition seeking to declare the action of the respondents in dispossessing the petitioners from the land in Sy.No.465 to an extent of Ac.0-17 guntas, situated at i :;l ,:i i ':, ,I ,i i I { i , 1 i \ 2 I Maripeda Village and Mandal, Mahabubabad District (for brevity, "subject property"), as illegal and arbitrary.

3. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners further submits that the petitioners belong to the Scheduled Tribe community and do not have permanent houses in the Maripeda Village. They purchased the subject property from the successor of the original assignee, namely Smt. Gugguloth Sonia, S/o.Gugguloth Lalia, under a unregistered sale deed dated 21.11.2013. As per Section 3(5) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition Of Transfers) Act, 1977 (now called "the Telangana Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, lg77l, the petitioners, being tandless poor persons, are eligible for assignment of house site pattas and they have been in possession of the subject property since 2013. The petitioners filed the present Writ Petition when the respondents commenced construction of a Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society (PACS) building by evicting the petitioners from the subject property. Thereafter, the respondents completed the said building within Ac.O-05 guntas of the land, leaving Ac.0-12 guntas available for assignment to the petitioners. The petitioners made a representation dated Og.l2.2O2O to the revenue authorities seeking assignment of the land for their 3 houses. [n spite of the said representation, the respondent authorities have not taken any action to consider the s€une.

4. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners further submits that in spite of lapse of more than four and half years, the respondent authorities have not filed counter for denying the averments made by the petitioners in the writ affidavit. In view of the same, learned senior counsel requested this court to d.irect the respondent authorities to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 09.1 2.2025 for assignment of available t I government land to the petitioners.

5. on the other hand, learned Assistant Government pleader for Revenue and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Cooperative submit that the respondent authorities will consider the representation of the petitioners dated 09.12.2020 in accordance with law in due course and requested this Court to pass appropriate orders.

6. In view of the submissions made by both sides, this writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent Nos.2 to 4 to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 09.12.2020 for assignment of available Government land to the petitioners in Maripeda village and Mandal, Mahabubabad District and pass I i . : : i L i To, 4 (-, appropriate orders thereon in accorda.nce with law within a period of eight (B) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the sarne to the petitioners. There shall be no order as to costs.

7. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petitiorr, shall stand closed. SD/.A.V.S. PRASAD REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// ECTION OFFICER

1. The Principal Secretary, Revenue (Assignment) Department, The State of Telangana, Secretariat, Hyderabad.

2. The DJstrict Collector, Mahabubabad District. At Sangareddy. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Thorrur Revenue Divislon, tvlahabubabad District.

4. The Tahsildar, Maripeda, Mahabubabad District. 5. The S.H.O., Police Station, Maripeda V & M, Mahabubabad District. 6. The Secretary, The Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society, (PACS) tvlahabubabad Mahabubabad, [\Iahabubabad District.

7. The Divisional Cooperative Officer, Cooperation Division, Mahabubabad District, Mahabubabad. District Mahabubabad. B. The District Cooperative Officer, Cooperation- Department, Mahabubabad 9. One CC to SRI J. KANAKAIAH, Advocate [OPUC] 10. Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE, High Court for the State of Telangana. 1 1 . Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE, High Court for the State of Telangana.

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