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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C'V 00 TITlo N No: 1670 WRIT PE F2025 BHASKAR REDDY "r"5**:1il1fr 509201 :ir9if ,'u,il";.,[?i?5il'5Hilffi];'3f ed 44 Years', Nagarkurnoot Occ. Dist. ..,PETtTIONER AND ,-na, Rep. by its prl Secretary, Revenue Depadment ' U"",:t3F"t"lr13i33'o 2. The District Corr""to']"r'f "g'rkurnool 3. The Revenu" ol'ltionarJtticer' Achampet Division' Nagarkurnool District District Office at Nagarkurnool' Ranga Reddy District
4. TheTahsild ar'PadaraMandal' ...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 to issue a Writ' Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents 2 to 4 in not considering the F Line apptication No DER02250 114gg34 vide Receipt No AA 37 O36O72d ated 13 03 2025 in conduct the survey and fix up the boundaries of the petitioner agricultural lands situated in Sy No 322lU (Ac 3'2900 gts) and Sy No.42614A/3 (Ac 1 1800 gts) situated at Vankeshwaram village Padara Mandal' Nawrkurnool Dist total extent of Ac 5'0700 gts situated at Vankeshwaram village' Padara Mandal, NagarkJrnool Dist 509201 is illegal' arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and also violative of Articles 14' 19' 21 and 300-A of Constitution of lndia and consequently to direct the respondents 2 to 4 to conduct the survey and fixed the boundaries of the petitioner agricultural lands basing on the F Line applir;alio,1 f{e dared 13 03 20,;;;;";,r::;,T0114ss34 vide Receipt No AA 37036072 IA NO:1OF2020 petjtion und:)r [;r]( c rcurns,a,,ces s,a,ed in court may t'e pleased to t' and fixed 'he Iroundaries of (Ac 3 2966r gts) and sy ffiT:,;:JI; i.lrri":[T:J::lT]11'''he o to conduct tn" t"'J'nn the petitioner agr cr it, ,,, 'o No. 426/AAi3 (Ar: . , u,, ''no' Nagarkurnool Dist s:)920lgts) Mern jai virage, padara No. DER0225 01j,19).:i,t pendins disposat o., ," ,n#ifllffit t"o 'n u",,,*"*"'2/u " r totar extent o" o'oo ,tJ1lil,::111';:;,'::i#1:1"i ' lagarkurnool Dist by considering the f Line, application *" AA 37036072 O'r"a rs o: zo2s, situated situated Counsel for the petition.,r ; SRI LAVUDYA CHARAN RAJ COUNSEI fOr thE RESP.CTTTIENtS NO.1tO4: SRI L.RAVINDER, AGP FOR R EVENUE The Court made ther f,rllc wing: ORDER tsI ry t1, ,,/ HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C'V'BHASI{AR REDDY WRIT PETITIoN No. 1670o of 2025 ORDER: This writ petition is fi1ecl declaring 'the action of the respondentsinnotconsideringtheF-Lineapplication,dated I3.O3.2O25 submitted by the petitioner seeking for conducting survey and demarcatton of the land to an extent of Ac 3 2900 guntas in Sy.No 322/U and Ac'1 18OO guntas in Sy'No'a26/AA/3' total extent of Ac'S 0700 guntas' situated at Vankesh*'aram Village, Padara Mandal' Nagarkurnool District' as iilegal' arbitrary and violative of the Articles 14' 15' 21 and 3OO-A of the Constitution of India and for other appropriate reliefs' It is stated that the petitioner is the pattadar and possessor 2. of the agriculture land to an extent of Ac 3'2900 guntas in Sy.No.322/U and Ac'1 18OO guntas in Sy No 426lAA/3' total extent of Ac.5.07OO guntas' situated at Vankeshwaram Village' Padara Mandal, Nagarkurnool District' lt is further stated that the name of the petitioner u'as reflected in all the revenue records as pattadar and the revenue authorities also issued e-pattadar pass book bearing No'TO31 LOO3|O34 uide Khata No 2O66 under the provisions ofthe Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act,2O2O. It is further stated that due to abnormal increase of the : 2 respondcr.l petition :r h. r{ land Jr ri,.r, disturb n rr i )tne of the ncighbouring land I r r: boundaries of the subje ct CVBR, J Wo 16700 2025 o\\rnt: -s f ave started lanc :rr d a,; such, the submitted F_Line application, datec 13 03.2O25 to )1, r.-1, by paying requisite lee to colldu,:L st rrvcv ol the Thc gric.,.lt ce of the recelving the said F_Lir.re a pplication, re not conducting s un, t1- and frxation subject I I ,:r zrnd fix the boundaries petitionc r is .lrat even after the resp,tr dr:t r authoritics a of the brtrL;-cr r les. Cr,.11- 6 -- :cl the submissions of the lear_ne.d c.runr.;el lor the petitioncr i rtrl ear-ned Assistant Government plt:adrr.ib appearing; tt 1he respondents and with their conilenr petition i_( cr 5 1 ,)s,.6 of at the admission stage. Revenue this u.rit
4. Leat.n'rl c ounsel for the pctitioner has sr1llrri11s<l that in terms of trc ;ircular issued by thc Commrssiollcr, Suney, Settlemenls r tc Lancl Recorcls, the respondents a.c trouncl to consider thr rr:prication within 45 days from tire dirt,r of the applicalion :, jirr collccting necessary charges.
5. Sri l,.Ila.,.nder, learned Assistant Govcrnrnent ple,.r<1cr for Revenue er;r1' --r: r i r-rg lbr the responcients has submrtrcd . hat the respondent at I t lorities \Mill consider the atbres.:ric1 tr Line application sr.li)]r'itted by the petitioner by followin g dtLe p occdr-rre 3 CVBR, J Wp-16700 2025 laid down under law and conduct survey anrl demarcale the subject land bY hxing boundaries It is settled law that the Survey Department has the 6. authority to conduct survey and demarcate lands in accordance with the Provlslons of the Telangana Land Revenue Act, 1317 Fasli (Act No. VIII of 1317 Fasli)' the Telangana Survev and Boundaries Act, 1923, and the Rules framed thereunder' The Government has issr-red various circulars specifying the condition s for conducting surveys, particularly F-Line (field measurement) surveys' Individuals requesting such surveys are required to submit speciirc documents, and if the conditions stipulated in the circulars are fulrrlled, the survey and boundary fixation may be conducted rhe Commissioner, Survey' Settlements and Land Records' exercising powers under the Telangana Survey and Bounrlaries Act' 1923' time vide issued relevant circulars from Rc.No.N 1/6543/99, dated 25.O7.2OO1, Rc.No.N1/ l4O8/O7, dated dated 18.05 2010 Rc.No.N2/ 174ll2O1O' 13.07.2OO7, and stipulating the conditions for conducting survey ol private lands and as Per the said circulars' if the Petitioner fuifils all the it is an obligation for the conditions of the said circular' respondents to coniluct survey within the time specified in the said circulars I I t 1
7. Irt vit.,, appropr.i. to t I No.4 t.) dispose of this of the aforesaid CVBR, J \\y;_16700 2025 discussion, Lltis Ccru -t deems it writ petition dire c,ing r_espondent cl ) r sider the petitioner,s F-Line appiic ation utde 1n al jc,lr:lanCe with No.TTDlit.t(.r.2 2 -O 1 I 49g 34, dated 13.03.202S, the pror.is olt; of the Telangana Survey and Bo.:nd,rricr.; Act, and als,r ir- er.ms ol the circular instructions issu ed bv the 1923 Commis:;iortr: conducti t;. applicatior- ; i Irom thr: r I conducterl Survey, Settlements and Land l?cc rrcls measuremenL s - rr.ev on field f -ortr Limc to time, within a period of lb r-u- t of leceipt o[ a copy of this orcler. ij. r.r, i applic a tior rs (F-Line (4) weeks t alr'eady
8. Witlr There sha l It,: irbove observations, this Writ petition is rii,.;poscd of. )( ,t I order as to costs.
9. As rl .r,l-rel, shall s tanc r r,s:d the miscellaneous petitions penc inq, if any, t I To, //TRUE COPY// SD/.A. SRINIVAIIiA REDDY A SI TANT R[:GISTRAR \ ECTIOI.I OFFICER The Prl Secreta y Ilevenue Department Secretariat, State' of I elarrgana, Hyderabad The Revenue D v|l; c,nal officer, Achampet Division, Nagarkurrrool l)lstrict The Tahsildar, []a,l rra [\4andal, Ranga Reddy District The Tahsildar, [:alara lVandal, Ranga Reddy District One CC to SFtl L-lJ/JDYA CHARAN RAJ, Advocate lOPUCl Two CCs to (;F F : tl REVENUE, High Court for the State of Telanrlana. Two CD Copies
1. 2 3 4 5 o 7 4,, BSK { t HIGH COL'fiT DATED:18/106/2025 ORDER WP.No.167t00 of 2025 ' -.t: 2,'-; \t I '' .s 7,i /c { c 2 .i ,lt 1l'/ ,.02j I r,.. - \<' -r. /,, .+/ri C) o + \ I I I I I I I ! DISPOSINCi .0F THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT CCSTS ,/o //t Je