DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E v. VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION NO

3. Thathireddy Sailaja, S/o. T. Srinivasa Reddy Aged about 55 years, Occ. Household R/o. Konne Village, Bachannapeta Mandal, Jangaon District

4. T. Rama Krishna Reddy, S/o. Late T. Venkata Ram Reddy Aged about 55 years, Occ. Agriculture Rl/o. Konnd Village, Bachannapeta Mandal, Jangaon District

5. Thathireddy Ravali, D/o. T. Ramakrishna Reddy Aged about 25 years, Occ. Student Rl,to. Nagireddypally Village, Bacharinapeta Mandal, Jangaon District 6. Thathireddy Balamani, W/o. T. Ramakrishna Reddy Aged about 45 years, Occ. Housewife Fl/o. Nagireddypally Village, Bachannapeta Mandal, Jangaon District

7. Thathireddy Rajesh Reddy, S/o. T. Ramakrishna Reddy Aged about 25 years, Occ. Business Rl/o. Nagireddypally Village, Bachannapeta Mandal, Jangaon District ...PET'r.NERS AND 1 2 3 4 E b The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, BRK Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, BRK Bhavan, Saifabad, .Hyderabad The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Government of Telangana, Nampally, Hyderabad The District Collector (Revenue), Jangaon District The District Agricultural Officer, Jangaon District TheTahsildar,BachanriapetaMandal,JangaonDistnct .,.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 mentioning in Dharani Portal that there is a court stay / injunction or court order under transaction status in the Dharani Portal in respect of petitioners respective lands and stopping the benefit of Rythu Bandhu from, the ye: 2022, without there being any court stay' / injunction or court order in resl .) lt of the petitioners respective lands, without issuing any prior notice, is ille :.;l and arbitrary and violation of principles of natural justice and atso in violal :rr of Articles 14 and 300-4 of Constitution of lndia and consequently direct the ::;pondents to remove the mentionrng of court stay or injunction order under the readrng of transaction status in the Dharani Portal and release the financial assis rrrr;e to the petitioners for an amount of Rs.5,000/- per Acre for two seasons in thr vear under the Rythu bandhu scheme lA NO: 1 OF 2022 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the c :,umstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Cor - rnay be pteased to direct the respondents forthwith to release the financ rl assistance to the petitioners for an arnount @ Rs.5,000/- per Acre for karif ar i rabi seasons for the year, 2022 and so on under Rythu bandhu scheme, pendir r clisposal of the Writ Petition and to pass Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI K. RAMCHANDRA REDD., Counsel for Respondent Nos. 'l & 3 to 6: GP FOR REVENLTE: Counsel for Respondent No. 2: GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following: ORDER .!a*- 7 THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.349O9 OF2022 ORDER: The prcsen[ writ petition is filed by the petilioners for the following relie f : ".. . .to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents mentioning in Dharani Portal that "there is a court stay/ injunction or court order" under transaction status in the Onarani Portal in respcct of petitioners respective lands and stopping the benefit of Rythu Bandhu from the year 2022 without ttreii Ueing any court stay/injunction or court order in rcspect of the pctitioners respective lands, without issuing any prior notice, is iilegal and arbitrary and violation of principles of natural justicc and also in violation of Articles 14 and 3OO-A ot Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to remove the mentioning of Court stay or injunction order under the heading of transaction status in the Dharani Portal and release the hnancial assislance to the petitioners for an amount of Rs.S,OOO/- per acre for two seasons in the year under the Rythu Bandhu scheme...."

2. Heard Sri K.Ramchandra Reddy, learned counsel for thc petitioners and Sri Sahas Reddy, learned Assistant Government Pleader representing learned Government Pleader for Revenue None appeared for the Govcrnment Pleader for Forest Department.

3. The present Writ Petition is filed challenging the action of the Respondents in wrongly marking the petitioners' respective lands in the Dharani Portal as having a "court stay/ injunction or court order" under the transaction status, without any such actual order existing. Page 2 of { 'l'his has led r.o the petitioners being denied th lrenefit of the lvthu Bandhu Schcrnc sincc the year 2022, without an rric,r rrotice, u'it ich is zrrbitran,, illeqa I , a ncl violative of Articles l Constittrtiorr ,rl Ir.rdia. The Petitioners collectiv anrl 3OO A o[ the i ou n and possess approximatr:h. Ac.63.00 guntas of agricultural l: rd si(uated in Konne and Nagirerld,r pally villages of Bachannapet Mar Jrrl, ,_langaon District, .ls pcr revcnue n:cords and Dharani portal cn r-ics, u,hcre thcy are recorded as lau.ful o\4,ncrs. The Rythu Bandhu I .heme, introduced in 2O 18 by thr: ('ovcrnmcnt of Telzrngana, providc: ?s.S,00O/ per acre pcr seasoll irs investment support to farmers. TI pet.itioners rer:eived this ber-refit unlil 2O2 1. Since 2022, the Dharani I ,-lal falsely reflccts a Court stay / injr rnction on the petitioners, lands, \\ thout citing an1, case number, order. or date. In reality, O.S.No.912 ol 02l, a partition suit, filed b1' thc sistr:r of thc 1st petitioner before th Iuruor. Civil ..luclge, .Jangaon is perLding vi,hercin, no interim stay or injunclion has been gran ted in Lhat c:rse or in IA No. 1422 /2021. Thc :le si>ondents, ercting q'ithoul authoritv or justihcation, have relied on -Lis unsubstantizrted entn' to stop R'/thu Bandhu benehts to the petiti r-ers. l.his is a clear violation of duc process, as no notice was issuecl rd no actual Court order exists. A rcpresenration dated 19.O7 .2022 r, a s submitted to the District Collt:ctor/ 3rd re spondent action has bct n taken so far. hightighting tl s illegality, bur no Under these ( rournstances, it is ---.ffiE,r I*\&a ' r,1. Pagc 3 of4 submitted that the Petitioners having left with no other alternative remedy fi1ed the present writ petition

4. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Governmcnt Plcader for Revenue submitted that the pe[itioners have not filed any application or representation before the respondents to enable them to examine and verify whether any Court order exists' Without taking such steps, the petitioners have directly approached this Court by hling the presenl writ petition. Therefore, it is submitted that the petitioners may be directed to file an appropriate application before the respondents, in accordance with law, and upon such application' the respondents would consider the same on its own merits'

5. Having heard the rival contentions advanced on both sides anduponperusalofthematerialavailableonrecord,thisCourtdeems it appropriate to grant liberty to the petitioners to file an appropriate application before the respondents, in accordance with the provisions of the prevailing Bhubharathi Act, within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Upon receipt of such application' the respondents shall examine the same in accordance with law and the applicable procedure, and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible, preferably within twelve (12) weeks thereafter' Page 4 of4

6. WiLh the above observations, this u,r petrtion is disposed of. No costs. Interlocutory applications, if an-v ',:nding, shall stand closed SI] '. P. PONNA KRISHNA Ar;srqrANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY/I bECT|ON OFFTCER I The PrincipqlSg.clgtaV, Revenue Department, StaL, . Telangana Secretariat, BRK Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad The Principal S ecretary, Ag_riculture D6partment, Stater r:f Telangana Secretariat, BRK Bhavan, Saifabad, .Hyderabad The Chief Commissioner of Land Admihiskation, Govt..rrment of Telangana, Nampally, Hyde:rabad The District Collector (Revenue), Jangaon District The District Agriculturai Officer, Jangaon District The Tahsildar. [3achanriapeta Mandal, Jangaon Distri( One CC to Sri Kandi Ramchandra Reddy A-"dvocate fC Two CCs to GP For Revenue .High Couit for the Sta'te of Ti:langana. [OUT] ' Two CCs to GP For Forests, High-Court for the State oi I'elanga"na. [OUTI Two CD Copies )lJCl To,

4. 5 6 7. 8. 9. 10 MBC 4L -l.-'--- HIGH COURT DATI: D: 0210912025 t., . 15 i:il ?sfi ORDER WP.No "1i4909 ot 2022 DISPOSING OF THE V1IFIIT PETITION WIT LIOUT COSTS q "L,h \s \\