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i4) Mr. Gundepuri Kanakaiah S/o. Kishtaiah, Occ:Cultivation R/o. Japthi Veerappa Gudem, Venkatadri Palem, Nalgonda, Telangaaa -508207. 15) Mrs. Pagilla Kotamma, Wo. Pagilla Saidaiah, Occ:Cultivation FJo. Japthi Veerappa Gudem, Venkatadri Palem, Nalgonda, Telangana -5Og2Oi . 16) Mrs. Shaik Jan Be, Wo. Lal Saheb, Occ:Cultivation FJo. 1-204, Japthi Veerappa Gudem, Venkatadri palem, Nalgonda, Telangana -50g207. 17) Mr. Sigapatla Chennaiah, S/o. Latchaiah, Occ:Cultivation Ruo. Japthi Veerappa Gudem, Venkatadri Palem, Nalgonda, Telangana -5OB2O7 . 18) I\4rs. Gunde o,". gamma, Wo. Kanakaiah, Occ:Cultivation R/o. Japthi Veerappa Gudem, Venkatadri Palem, Nalgonda, Telangana -5O8ZO7 . 4 i s,' 4 19) M. ft'1t,r,>r Nagendar Singh, S c. lir rr ringb. Occ:Cultivation R't,. ) rrabanda, DrlaPudi, Kharl' r :nt. l elangana-507 1 82' 20) \{rs Sih,rik Saidabi, \\io. SlLr iii Imam Saheb, Occ:Cultivation '. R/,r.1 - i9' 5i13. Dondapadu Post, Dc nlra ? r :1u, Nalgonda, 'felatp iLr Lr.-508246. 21) r\t'. iriri Jamuna Bai - 'ff , r l, , iingh. Occ:Cultivarion 1-2 01 ,J rLlrthi VeeraPPa gudem, Venkale c.ri Palem, Venkatadri Palem Na,lgo rd a, T'eiangana 508207 Petitioners t I I AND

1. The Sla er of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Sr:cretany Revenue Department' Secre a, ilt, Hyderabad.

2. The Re 'r'ernue Divisional Officer, Miryalguda Divisio-1, Ni'rlgonda District Nalgo rc ar, Telangana.

3. The Dr; rrct Collector, Miryalguda District, Nalgonda' 4. The lV itir, jal Revenue Officer, IVliryalguda, Nalllond a Dir';trict. ."...RESPONDENTS PetitiortJnlerArticle226oflheConstitutionoflndiaprayingthatinthe circumstances; s.:ir.'erd in the affidavit filed therewith' the Hig'r Court may be oreased to isr,;ue, wirt, order or Direction, more particularr'7 on'in the nature of *rnrun,r.6fclaring the in-action of the respond€'|nt no 3 in not ;;;; considering lho tt:t)resEntation dt 19 03 2025 in respect of i';suance of patta passbooks to '.ht: petitioners as illegal' arbitrary and against the principles of natural justir;e ;lrtrl settled principles of law and conseqrlently direct the respondent lrlo 3 tr> issue patta passbooks to the petitioners herr''in' :.1' # (_ I.A.NO:{ OF 2025 Petition Under Section '151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent No.3 to consider the representation of the petitioners .dated 19.O3.2025 and not to dispossess the petitioners from their respective assigned lands pending disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioners : SRI A.CHANDRAVATHI Counsel for the Respondents : AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following bnoen t HON'I3I,E SRI WSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY IIIRIT PETITION No. 16695 of 2025 ORDER: This r,,rir. petition is filed seeking the follou ing relit I ' . . to issue a Writ, Order or Directior., r'r1( re pa ti rr lar ] one in the nature of Writ of Mandaml s, dr.clarr rg th( ir r(tion of the respondent No.3 in not considerins t:re reI res('n -irtion dt 19.03.2O25 in respect of issuatrce <,f pa .a passlrc<,l.s to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and :rgarr st tht prirrrirles of natural justice and settled principles ol lrrr an(l , crr:irquently direct the respondent No. 3 to rssu: pa ra parislrcc I s to the petitioners herein and pass..."

2. 11 is ," t ated that the petitioners are thc pa t tald 1rs and possessors :f \c.27.5 guntas of lancl in Sy.No.21,l sitliated at Zapt:ecratpe t;udem Village, Nalgonda District. lt is lurther stated tL'a- tl r: predecessors-in-interest of the tfetrtion( rs $.ere assigned tlrc,rLlbresaid Iands as per the policy enunciate,l br. the Governme t n G.O.Ms.No. 1406, dated 2(r.07 195,g and G.O.Ms.l.io I 124, clated 26.03.\959. It is further stirred ._hat the rcvenue arrrlr:rities also issued patta certificarcs n []c ].ear 197Os and I !) l0s and since then they are cultivating the subject land. It s lrrther stated that the names of the lletition( rs u/ere the revenue records and pattztdar par;sbooks rncorpor€ { II t( c and title clellrl.; have been issued in their far, our unrler the provlslon s () the Telangana Rights in Land and F,atladar Passbooks Ar:r, 197 | (for short "the ROR Act, I 97 1,,) i rnd the t & Rules made thereunder. It is further stated that thc petitioners were also receiving various incentives sanctioned by the Government as investment subsidies for cultivation of the subject land. It is further stateC that after repeal and replace of the ROR Act, 1971 with Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 2O2O (for short 'the Act 9 of 2O2O") when e- pattadar passbooks have not been issued in favour of the petitioners to enable them to receive various incentives from the Government, the petitioners have made an application, dated

19.03.2025 to respondent No.3 requesting to issue pattadar passbooks to them but till date, they have not received any response to the said application. Hence, the writ petition.

3. Considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents and with their consent, this writ petition IS being disposed of at the admission stage

4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, for the respondents submitted that Act 9 of 2020 has been repealed and replaced by the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025 (for short "the Bhu Bharati Act") and in terms of the provisions of the Bhu Bharati Act, Rules have been framed commonly called as Telangana Bhu Bharati X,J (Recorcl ol Fllghts in Land) Rules, 2025 (for shorl "1,Lre Bhu Bharati i., lss") uide G.O.Ms.No.39, Rt:ve:-rute (Land AdnrinislrtLtirc-l) Department, dated 14.O4.2O')'5. L:arned Assistan - r i'- \ ( rnment Pleader further submits that, s;it Lce the petitioners :i ve made an application under th,: provis.ons of the Act lt o[ 2(t2O and in view of the replacemerLt of tl-r,: Act 9 of 2O2O \\'itfr llhu Bharati Act, the petitioners are ent Llecl to make a [r.-r;l- appropriate application in Bhu Bha ra ti Portal and if tL e p::rtioners make such application dullr pavr ng the prescribt d le 't , the respondent authorities would cc,nsir Ler the same in rcc ;rdance with law.

5. In v err' of the above submissions, this (lourl, c L'ems it appropri,rt-- tr dispose of this writ petition permrtting the petitione.s 1c make an appropriate online appli,:ati<,n duly enclosinll riL Irc documents including the patta certrlir:ates in the pres,;r.Lr:r:l format in Bhu Bharati Portal. In (he :vent of such applica ion being made by the petitioners ar-rc if the petitione-s r:,r lplied with all the requirements un,ler the provision s :: f the Bhu Bharati Act and the Fluler., made thereunder , rire respondent authorities shall examine the said applicatior irrd consider the case of the peti[iorLers in accordanct v.,th law. If the petitioners have not co-npl:ed u,ith the requ:rt rre rLts of the Bhu Bharati Act and lhe llule s made s thereunder, the respondent authorities shall pass a reasoned orderandCommunicatethesametothcpetitioners.Theentire exercise shall be completed within a period of three (O3) months from the date of filing such application by the petitioners' 6 With the above observations, this Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions pending' if any' shali stand closed //TRUE COPY// SD/.K. SREE RAMA MURTHY DEPUTY REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER To etariat, State of

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1.-D HIGH COURI' DATED:1ilA6i12025 ORDER WP.No.1669li of 2025 DISPOSING I]F THE W.P WITHOUT COSTS. \o cedA Y-k 6r<t':