The High Court · 2025

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 4th Respondent in re.lecting the F-Line Application of the Petitioner d1.03.02.2024 vide its Endorsement d1.20.01 .2025 for survey of the petitioner's land in Sy.No.154lAA admeasuring Ac.3.21 gts situated at Kardanur Village, Patancheru Mandal, Sangareddy District on the ground that adjacent survey number was demarcated by the Higher Survey Authority without assigning any valid reasons as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary to the provisions of ROR Act and the Circulars issued by the 2nd respondent from time to time and consequently direct the Respondent Nos.2 to 6 more particularly Respondent Nos.4 to 6 to demarcate and fix the boundaries to the petitioner's land Sy.No.154/AA admeasuring Ac.3.111 gts situated at Kardanur Village, Patancheru Mandal, Sangareddy Distri(1 by considering the T.S. Online l:-LineApplication Transaction lD Application No.DER02240102439?- on 03.02.2024 without reference to the lmpugned Endorsement of the 4tr respondent dt.20.01 .2025 No.TTDERO22401024392 and lA NO: 1 OF 202s Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circu'nstances stated in the affidavit filed ir support of the petition, the High Court m:ry be pleased to direct the Responde rt Nos.4 to 6 to forthwith consider the T.S. Online F-Line application of the Pe titioner vide Transaction lD. No.TTDER022401024392 and Application No DER)224O1024392 on 03.02.2024 and to concluct survey and demarcation of the r<,titioner's land Sy.No.154/AA admeasuring Ac.3.21 gts situated at Kardanur Vrllage, Patancheru Mandal, Sangareddy [)istrict, pending disposal of the above writ petition Counsel for the Petiti,)ner: SRI. M. JANARDHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondents: SRI L. RAVINDER, AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. BHASKAR REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18816 of 2025 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed prert ing this Court to dcclarc thc action of respondent No.4 in rejecting the F-Line application, dated 03.02.2O24 uide endorsement, dated 2O.01.2025 for conducting survey of the petitioner's land admeasuring Acs.3.2l guntas in Sy.No- 154/AA, situated at l(ardanur Village, Patilncheru Mandal, Sangareclcly District,',r,ithout assign i ng arn' valid reasons, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary to thc circular instructions issued by responclcnt No.2 from time to time and consequently, prayed lbr othcrr a ppropria te re lie fs.

2. It is stated that the petitioner is the owner and possessor o[ the agricultural land admeasuring Acs.3.21 guntas in Sy.No. i 54/AA, situated at Kardanur Vitlage, Patanche ru Mandal, Sangareddy District, having purchased the same through registered sale deed bearing document No.2694 ol 2O23, dated 28.12.2023. It is further stated that the petitioner also purchased the land admeasuring Ac.O.34 guntas in Sy.No.149, situated in the same village through registered sale deed bearing document No.761 of 2023, dated 13.O4.2023. It is l CVBR, J WI, 1lt8l6 202-5 further stated lhat the petitioner and her preclecessor-in- interest irar, e purchascd the subject lands undcr registered sale clceds antl hcir namcs have been depicted in all the revenue records. It i; Iurt.her stated that the name of .the petitioner was incorporate<t in all the revenue records for both tlre cxtents and she was als,r issued pattadar passbook under tht provisions of the Telangarra Rights in Land and Pattaclar Passbook..i Act,2O2O (for short "the Act 9 ol 2O2O"l uide passbook No.TO9 18O1tiCt0o96 (Khata No.3O1). [t is furLher stated that, rvhen the acljacent landlorcls, r,r,ho are real estatc people, have disputed the title and possession of the petitioner and created problems, tL e petitioner had made F-Line applicatron, dated O3.O2.2O24 :;er-'king lor conducting survcy and dema.rcation of the subject lands. The grievance of the pctitionr:r is that respondent ]tlo.4, without assigning an)/ val d reasons, had rejected the sz,Lid F Line application uide Endorscme nt, dated

20.OI.2O2r. Hence, this Writ Petition.

3. Considlr',rd the submissions of thc lcarnecl t:oun:;el for the petitior-rer irn,l Sri L.Ravindcr, learned Assistant Government Pleader lbr Rcvcnue appearing for thc rcspondents and with cvBtt..l Wp lttlil6 1t)15 lht:ir consenl, this t,rit pctition is lakcn up lor dispos:rl irt tl)r' :ldrnrssion str rge.

4. Learned counsel for thc petitioner 'has vehementit contended that, as per thc Circular instructions issued by the Commissioncr, Sunrcy, Settlements and Land Records (lor short "the CSSLR"), the respondcnts art bound to consider the :tpplication rvithin 45 days from the date of the application afler collccting necessary chargcs. It is further submitted that even though the F-Linc appliczrtion was submitted by the petitioner on O4.O3.'2O'24, respondent No.4 had rejected the same on

20.O1.2025, that too, without assigning any valid reasons.

5. Learned Assistant (iovernment Pleader has not disputed that the petitioner had purchased the subject lands under the registered sale deeds and in terms of the Circular instructions issued by the CSSLR, the petitioner is entitled for conducl o[ F - Line Survey within 45 davs. Lcarned Assistant Government Pleader has also not disputed the rejection of the F-Line application uide endorsement, dated 20.O1.2025 stating that the earlier demarcation of the adjacent survey number was done by the Higher Survey Authority. + CVBR, J Wp 18816. 2025

6. As set:n from the record, the petitioner had purchased the subject lan<ls through registered sale decds anrl sh e macle F- Line application for conducting surve-v and demarcation ol the same. ll tL e said F-Lir-re application is complicrl r,r.ith all the requirt:ments governing for conducting Field Measurcrnent Survey, resp'ondent No.4 has to conduct the survey u,ithin 45 days from tl- e date of application. The record fur'-he : discloses that even Ihough thc petitioner madc an a1'rpli:ation on O4.O3.2O24, respondent No.4 had passecl €rn order on 2O.O1.2O25 r'e_jecting the said application on the grounC that earlier the ad-lacent survey number \{,as demarcatr d by the Higher Sur-vey Authoritv. Except stating the sarrl r'lason, no other valid reasons have been stated for reje<:ting the application sttbmitted by the petitioner. Prima facre. it. appcars from the impugned order that, if the earlier sur-vev was conducted by t he Higher Authority, the application ought to have been considered within a rcasonable period ol tim,; and the reasons ought to have been furnished to the petitioner lo enable her to use tht: services of the Higher Authority for conducting survey. Respondent No.4, instead of furnishing t:he reasons soon after recr ipt of the application since it is manclato ry as per the Circular irrstructions issued b1, the CSSLR that the survey j CVBR. J Wp lSli l6 202,r has to be conducted rvithin 45 davs, hers passed the present impugned order nearl-r' aftcr a period ol I O months. Hou,ever, it is fairly stated by the learncd counsel lor the petitioner that, aggrieved by the impugned order, the petitioner had made a representation beflore respondent No.5, hou,ever they came to know that an appeal n,ould lie before rcspondent No.6 in terms of the Circular instructions issued by the CSSLR uide Rc.No.Ni/6543/99, dated 25.O7.2OO1., Rc.No.N1/14O8/ 07, dated 13.07.2OO7, and Rc.No.N2/ 1741l 2010, dated

18.O5.2O 10, and he prayed to permit thc petitioner to file an appeal before respondent No.6.

7. In vieq, of the above, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of this Writ Petition permitting the petitioner to file an appcal before respondent No.6 questioning the impugned endorsement, dated 2O.O 1.2025 made by respondent No.4. In the event of filing such an appeal by the petitioner, respondent No.6 is directed to examine the same, il the said appeal fulfilts all the requirements of thc Circular instructions issued by the CSSLR, after issuing notice to the petitioner and other interested and effected persons and shall conduct survey and (r CVBR, J W1_ln8l6 2025 demarcation of the subject lands rvithin a peri,rd cf two (02) months lrorr lhe date of filing ol thc appcal b-1,* tl-re per iLiot.rer.

8. Wilh th,: above observations, this Wril Pt'titicrl is disposcd oI-. Thcrc shall be no order as to ('osts.

9. As a serlucl, the miscellancous petitions pr:nding, il anv, shall stancl c losed //TRUE COPY' SII/- A. JAYASREE ISTI,NT REGISTRAR \'\ SE:TION OFFICER To, v

1. The Principal S -.cretary Revenue Department Secretariat, T.S;., Hyderabad. 2. The Chief Comrnissioner Land Administration Government of Telangana Nampally, Hyderabad.

3. The District Collector, Sangareddy District, 4. The Tahsildar, Pantancheru Mandal Sangareddy District. 5. The Assistant Director of Survey and Records, Sangareddy, Sangareddy District. District.

6. The Deputy lnsp,ector of Survey and Records, Sangareddy, Sangareddy

7. One CC to SRl. M JANARDHAN RAO Advocate [OPUCI B. Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE ,High Court for the State of -;-elangana at Hyderabad [OUT]

9. Two CD Copies B I\/1 PVL HIGH COUR'T DATED:03101'12025 ORDER WP.No.18816 of 2025 it,r. s l,l ii. o :) 24 EIT rut ? *

5.snr DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSi]'S /1 // o // I /