The High Court · 2025

Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lriliir praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, th: High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particula'y one in the nature of Mandamus, declar ng the action of the Sth respondent in iss u ng Notice vide 1) Rc No.GPl0112022, 2l) Rc No.GP10212022, 3) Rc No.GI']'03/2022 and 4) Rc No.GP10412022 dated 09.05.2022 issued by the 5th respor d:nt by cancelling the Assessment No-.;. UC|RJl04l2022, UClRJl05l2022, ltclRJ106l2022 and UCIRJ/0312022 of the petitioners house property without g ving any notice and opportunity and without conducting any inquiry, straight aw:y issued the impugned notices dated OglO5l2022 is highly illegal, arbitrary and a!iainst the principles of natural justice and also violative of Articles 14, 19,21 and l0l-A of Constitution of lndia and against the The Telangana Panchayathiraj Act, 2:1 3 by setting aside the Notices dated 09/05/2022 and consequently direct the stlr r3spondent to restore the assessments numbers of the petitioners in the grarr p anchayat records by receiving the propr:rty tax in the interest of justrce and to p:rss such other order or orders as this Hon'ble court may deem fit and proper in th -- circumstances of the CASE IA NO: 1 OF 2023 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the ( rrlumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Cc rrr may be pleased to SUSPSEND the operation of the Notices vide R,; No.GP/01/2022, Rc No.GP /021 2022, Rc No.GP/0312022 and Rc No.GP/04/11 )'.t2 dated-.491A5 12022 issued by the 5th respondent by cancelling the Assessmer I Nos.. \ICIRJ/O 4t2022, UClRJl05l2022, UC|RJlOGl2022 and UC/RJ/O312022, pencirr; disposal of the main writ petition lA NO: 3 OF 2024 in Between: WRIT PETITION NO: 24180 OF 202a

1. Medi Upendramma, W/o late Mallesh, aged 53 y(,ars, Occ: Government Employee, R/o H.No 10-1-108, Ramanjaneya Colony )hunchupally Mandal, Bhadradri-Kothagudem District. 2. Jilla Satyanarayana, S/o Nagaiah, aged 53 years, Occ rrivate Employee, R/o H.NO. 10-4-36/1 , Ex-l\4ilatary Colony, Chunchuprrill [t/andal, Bhadradri- Kothagudem District. 3. Kalavala Aruna, W/o Venkateswarlu, aged 37 7e ars, Occ: Business, Fl/o. H.No.10-1-108, Ramanjaneya Colony, ChunchL p:lly Mandal, Bhadradri Kothagudem District .PETITIONER Nos.1-3/PROPOSED R.l:l;PONDENT NOS.8-10 G a ..qEe.ryF4// |"' .;:/ a/

4. tvledi Amala, W/o Sravan Kumar, Aged 34 years, Occ: Private Employe H"o.tbtiog, Ramanjaneya Colony GP, Chunchupally Mandal, Bhadra Kothagudem District RR 6 and 7 are impleaded as per Court Order dt 1910912024 in I A NO' 112024 e, rlo Petitioner No.4/ ResPondent No.7 AND 2 1 Smt. Ramisetti Mallika Rani, W/o. Ramesh, aged 38 years, Occ house wife nlo. ff f.to. 104-32t2 (UC/RJ/03/2022) Ex-servicemen Colony, Ramanjaneya Colony, Chunchupally mandalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem District Md. Shafi, S/o. Abdul Rahman, aged 52 years Occ. Business, Fl/o H No- 10- 4 -32t2 (UCtRJlO4l2O22) Ex-servicem6n Colony, Ramanjaneya Colony, Chunchupally mandalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem District Khan Afroz Begarn, W/o. Md. Shafi, aged 47 yea$, occ Business Rl/o H No I o- q -iiB (U:ClRJtoSl2o22) Ex-servicemen' colony, Ramanjaneva colony, Chunchupally mandalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem District Smt.Shaik lv'lumtaz, W/o. Ameer Jhani, aged 45 years, Occ house wife Rl/o H f.lo. f O-+-aZlZ (UC|RJ|OOl2O22) Ex-servic-eme1 Co]gny, Ramanjaneya Colony, Chunchupally mandalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem District 4 3 ...RESPONDENT NOS.1-4MRIT PETITIONER NOS.1.4 5 6 7 8 The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department Secretariat, Hyderabad The District collector (Panchayat Ra1 wing), Bhadradri Kothagudem district at Kothagudem The District Panchayat officer, Kothagudem, Bhadradri Kothagudem district The [t/andal Panchayat Officer, Chunchupally Mandalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem district Ramanianeva Colonv Grampanchayat, Ramanjaneya Colony, Chunchupally minOaienaOradri K5thagudem distiict Rep by its Panchayath Secretary 10.Amroii Lavanva, W/o Rama Rao' aged 50 years, Occ Business FJo H' No- 10- " +-S072, E*-Miiiiary Colony Ramanialneya Cblony GP, Chunchupally lVlandal Bhadradn Kothagudem Distnct- I ...RESPONDENTS 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 vacate the interim orders dated 31-08-2023, passed in l.A.No. 1 of 2023 in W.P.No.24'180 of 2003 pending disposal of main writ petition Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl. P V KRISHNAMACHARY CounselfortheRespondentNos.'lto4:GPFORPANCHAYATRAJRURAL DEV Counsel for the Proposed Respondents: SRI PULLA RAO YELLANKI 'Ysr t'( /.' ,r)I Counsel for the Respondent No.5: SRI KISHORE RAO PLI.;l(URU (SC FOR TS ZILLA PARISHADS) The Court made the following: ORDER iJ '/ THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE T.MADHAVI DEVI ORDER: w.P.NO. 24L80 0F 2023 In tl'ris n,rrr. pt:1.ition, lhc pcririoncrs are challenging thc action ol thc rr:sportrlr.n Ls in r., rncclling the Asscssment Nos.UC/RJ/o4 I 2022, UC I t<,1 I oj I 202,2, UC/ RJ I 06 I 2022 a-rrd. UC/RJ lO?'/2022 ol the peLitiorrcrs house propcrLies without giving an1'notice .rncl also rr..ithout givir-rg any opportunity to the pctitioncrs as illcgal, arbitrar_v anrl [o pass such other order or urders irr Ihr inlcr( st ofjusricc.

2. Learned courrsel for thr: pctitioners submitted that the petitioncrs havc paid the scnrrct: charges under the subject rcceipts :u'rcl without giving al1 nLrlicc and without giving any opportnnity, the samc have been cancelled.

3. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the rcspondcnt No_5 fras filt:d :r c_.o,rrrti:r allldarrit stating that the amounts havc been rcceivcd to1ards servicc charges, but on receipt oi the compl:rinl, from onc l_:rvanya i.e., respondent No.7 l'rcrein, thr: reccipts havc Lrccrr cancellecl. He lurther submitted thaL thesc arc only use r- chargcs for t hc clcvelopment of the arca and not Lourards house assessment Lax. , I c

4. Learned counsel appearing for the r-:srlondent No 7 is also hearcl, rvho submilled lhat the pctilion r; s are not thc owners of the properties and bt' such rcceipt: lhev cannot r'taim (,\\ nel'ship ovcr tlrc pli,lj, ri I s.

5. Il.rving regard to the rival coutcll irns :rtrcl Lhe nratcrial on record, this Court, r'i[hout going inr.r Lhe merits of the issuc, lincls that thc respondcnt No.5 l.t;'ts ' '' t'ivcd t:et-tain amounts tolyards sel,ice chargcs and nccdless ,r jr:1, ti.iat t''lon- payment of selvicc chargcs rr-right deprive th cerLarn tacilitics. In such cl rcLlmstanrlcs, it tr -r:qtriretl that lctltioncrs of principles of natural justice irc lo[]on'ed bclirrl ''rttr:clling sucl'r receipts ancl therefore, cancellaLion orders of l[l I asscssmcnt numbers of the petitioners is se[ asidc :rn c1 Lhc s porldcnt No 5 is directcd to issue noticcs 1o lLIl thr: collccrl^1(l! l:rr'1ics bc{irre passing arLl' orclers and 1I-tcrcalter take actior: ill ilt:corclancc u,ith law.

6. Accordingly, tl-re u'rit petition is dis rlsecl ol. 'lherc shall be no ordcr as to cosLs.

7. Miscellaneous pctitions, il an1', penr i rg irr rhis rn'ril petition, shall stand closed. SD/. A SRINIVASA REDDY 4\srlirANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// I SECTION OFFICER To, '1 . The Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department {i -'<:retariat' Hyderabad 2- The District Collector (Panchayat Raj wing), Bhadrad'i F othagudem district at Kothagudem I I ,,1,--:\xr* + .l/ \ \ L.''t:.,,r,_ .. 3 The District Panchayat officer, Kothagudem, Bhadradri Kothagudem district 4. The lt/andal Panchayat Officer, Chunchupally I\,4andalam, Bhadradri notnagu0em dtstrict

5. One CC to SRt. p V KRTSHNATVACHARY Advocate tOpUCl 6. one cc to sRr KrsHoRE RAo pusKURU (sc FoR TS zrLLA PARTSHADS) loPUCl . One CC to SRI PULLA RAO YELLANK| Advocate IOPUCI . Two CCs to GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV ,High Courl for the State of Telangana. [OUT] . Two CD Copies 7 8 I KKS GJP 6 e r-]' o,' o r { HIGH COURT DATED:1710712025 ! ORDER WP.No.24180 of 2023 . ..; jr;-- i'i.; i. :i,. \., \ r -: ii -- ., ir{ -':\ 13 8[r 20?5 -- t., '.':t .,t.-',"' - r" \-:-a:::-.--" '! ) DISPOSING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS ?t^ 1 D Fr({!1J - . :l : I 1 !