Smt. Peddapatla Aruna v. 1- The State of Telangana

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI ANIL, REP. FOR SRI CHANDRASEKHAR REDD'l, GOPIREDDY Counsel for the Respondents: SRI L.RAVINDER, AGP FOtl 1EVENYE The Court made the following: ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAI WRIT PETITION No.242 46 of2O24 ORDER: This Writ Petition is f-rled with the following prayer:- "to issue a-n appropriate Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the in action of the respondents herein parlicularly respondent Nos.2 to 5 herein despite received the applicaLion dated 13.08.2024 including online application uide Dharani Ref. Nos.C 12400032947 , C|24OOO32945 and C|24OOO32943 dated 26.08.2024 [rom the petitioner, still respondents herein neither included the agriculture land an extent of Acs.3.OO guntas which was wrongly entered/added in Sy.No.248 at Keroor Village, Vatpally Mandal, Sangareddy District in block list nor added the above mentioned agriculture land in the prohibited properties list in Dharani website arrd same has been illegai, arbitrary, unjust arrd it s nothing but misuse of their official powers and a_lso pecuniary advantage by abusing their positions as public servants and it is violation of Articles 19, 2l atd 3OOA of the ConstituLion of India and also its contral/ to T.G. Pattadar Passbook Act and its Rules and consequently direct the respondents herein particularly respondent Nos.2 to 5 herein forthwith add and include the agriculture land in the prohibited properties list in Dharani Website in respect of land an extent of Acs.3.OO guntas in respect of Sy.No.248 at Keroor Village, Vatpally Manda.l, Sangareddy District by considering the pelitioner detailed application dated 13.08.2024 including online application vide Dharani Ref Nos. C 12400032947 C|24OOO32945 and C|24OOO32943 d,ated 26.08 .2024 and pass..." i i t--\ *6a \ 2 EVV, J wp 2a246 2024

2. Heard Sri Anil, learned counsel rr:Jr esenting Sri Chandrasekhar Reddy Gopireddy, learned corr .sel for the petitioner and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistar l Government Pieader for Revenue appearing for the respondents r nd with their consent, this Writ Petition is being taken up for I sposal at the admission stage.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would s,-r rmit that the petitioner is the owner and possessor of the lan J admeasuring Acs.2.O2 guntas in Sy.No.248 of Keroor Revenue Vi lage, Vatpally Mandal, Sangareddy District. Learned counsel fo- thc petitioner would further submit that the name of the petition,r was mutated in the revenue records and she was also issued patt Ldar passbook bearing No.T0925O19O47O uide Khata No.9O8. It rs furl her stated that the petitioner's father-in-law by name P.Durga ah Goud was the owner and possessor of the land admeasur ng Acs.16. 17 guntas in Sy.No.248 of Keroor Village and as tr 3r the family settlement said land was divided among the famjl. members and the husband of the petitioner has got the land r an extent of Ac.O.395O guntas. It is further stated that som( wrong entries were made in the revenue records at the time o land records updating program. Therefore, the petitioner made a : eprcsentation, 3 EVV, J Wp 24246 _2024 dated 23.03.2022 reqoesting to rectify the wrong entries by deleting the excess land and acting on the said representation, respondent No.3 wrote a letter, dated 29.09.2022 to respondent No.5 to conduct a detailed enquiry, who in turn conducted enquiry and submitted a detailed report, dated 25.10 .2022 stating that Acs.3.00 guntas of land was found in excess and the sarne was entered online wrongly as there is no physical land available. Basing on the report, respondent No.3 uide his Lr.No.D 1/ 3026/2022, dated 29.08.2023, directed respondent No.S to deiete the excess land to an extent of Acs.3.O0 guntas which was wrongly entered/added in Sy.No.248 of Keroor Village. As respondent No.5 did not take any appropriate steps, the petitioner was constrained to approach this Court by hling W.P.No.2385 of 2024 and this Court by an order, dated 31.O 1.2024 granted the following interim order:- "Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. There shall be inteim direction to respondent No.S- TaLsildar, VatpalLg Mandal, to implement the direction of respondent No.3 - The District Collector, Ranga Reddg Dbtict, uide Lr.No.Dl/ 3026/2022 doted 29.O8.2022 tuithin a period of four (4) uteeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Post on 15.04.2024." *:l 4 EVV, J wp 2a246 _2024 4 . As the respondent Nos.4 and 5 flouted ttrr said interim order, the petitioner also filed Contempt Case ll, .741 of 2024 before this Court, wherein this Court ordererl notice to the rbspondents therein and the said Contempt Case i; pending. It is further stated that though the land admeasuring ,\ :s.3.00 guntas o[ land is not in existence physically except on pa]n rs, some third parties in collusion with the respondents are tryinr1 to alienate the said land in favour of third parties. It is further st:t d that initially the respondents added the said land in the li:,t o[ prohibited properties and recently, at the instance of some th ir C parties, they are trying to remove the said land from the lir; of prohibited properties, therefore, the petitioner made applicatior s uide Dharani Ref.Nos. C124OOO32947, C124OOO32945 and )724OOO32943 dated 26.08.2O24, requesting to add/include tht: : ubject Iand in the list of prohibited properties/ block list, Learner ;ounsel for the petitioner would further submit that even after re,: ipt of the said applications, the respondent authorities did not con ;ider the same, therefore, he prays to pass appropriate orders.

5. Sri L.Ravinder, iearned Assistant Governrt nt Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents has no disputed the submission of the online applications and it is sta ed that, if the 5 EVV, J Wp_24246 _2024 applications submitted by the petitioner fulfil all the requirements under law, the respondent authorities would consider the same.

6. In view of the above submissions, this Court, without going into merits of the case, deems it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondent authorities to conduct enquiry on the petitioner's applications uide Dharani Ref. Nos. C124OOO32947, C124OOO32945 and C|24OOO32943 dated

26.08.2024 by issuing notice to all the stakeholders and affording an opportunity of hearing to them and if the petitioner fulfils all the requirements under the provisions of the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025, shall consider the same and pass a reasoned order strictly in accordance with iaw and communicate a copy of the said order to the pelitioner as expeditiously as possible. 7 . With the above observations and direction, this Writ Petition is disposed of. There shali be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed. //TRUE COPY/' SD/.A. SR]NIVASA REDDY ASSTSTANFEGTSTRAR ; K;;;;,:;; The Principal Secretary Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, Tetansaria seir"triiii]iivj!rJ'o"oi'i,"t" of Tetansana. I[::,fJ H: S: ffi :?:fre;, Tj, " to Government, Revenue Department, o Ad m i n i st ra t i o n, re I a n s a n a S ta te, N a m p a I I y ^ Ii:irBi:IS: collector, sansareddv District, orrice at sansareddy Town and To, 1 2 J 7

4. The Revenue Divisional .9tf':pt,.And-o!g Qiv1s1on, Offi ;e at Jogipet Viilage, / / Andole Mandal, Sangareddy District502270,.TG

5. The Tahsildar, Vatpally Mandal, Vatpally Town anrl t\rlandal, Sangareddy District - 502001, TG.

6. One CC to SRI CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY GOPTREI) )Y, Advocare tOpUCI 7. fwo CCs to_GP FOR REVENUE, High Court for the itate of Telangana at Hyderabad [OUT]

8. Two CD CoPies BSR BS N. HIGH COURT DATED: 2611112025 ORDER WP.No.24246 ot 2024 i .; rr;:s- q ( 2 2 i t ;J5 I'i !. \l !, ,j --.2'- I I I DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS \\ I \1/ !!rti ':Y r.ltr j: ..: :.-$t#