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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 interfering with peaceful possession and enjoyment of petitioners lands i.e. an extent Ac.01-00 extent of 00-20 Guntas, extent of 00-10 Guntas, extent of 00-10 Guntas totally admeasuring Ac.02-00 out of Ac. 03-00, in Survey No.51/8 and SZIB, situated rat Bahadurguda Village & Gram Panchayath Shamshabad Mandal Ranga Reddy District, without following due process of law as being illegal, arbitrary and against to principles of natural justice and Art. 300A of the Constitution of lndia, 1950 and consequently direct the 4th respondent not to interfere with preaceful possession and enjoyment of petitioners lands without following due Pt'ocess of law. lA NO: 1 OF 20i!5 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 grant interim directions to the 4th respondent not to interfere with the peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioners lands i.e. an extent Ac.O1-00 extent of OO-2O Guntas, extent of 00-10 Guntas, extent of 00-10 Guntas totally admeasuring Ac 02-00 out of Ac. 03-00, in Survey No.51 18 & 5218, situated at Bahadurguda Vil age and Gram Panchayath Shamshabad Mandal Ranga Reddy District, pending rlisposal of the writ petition. Gounsel for the F etitioner: SRI SHASHIDHAR GURUVULA Counsel for the Fiespondents: SRI L. RAVINDER, AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER :, ":, , +,, $ffi&&il.; .. *.,; -;,. F' IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.3O265 of 2o25 DATE OF ORDER: 11.12.2o.25 Between: Sri L.M.V.V.Hari Prasad and others AND ...Petitioner The State of Telangana, rep. bY its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department Secretariat, HYderabad, and others ..Respondents ORDER: This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief "...pleased to issue en appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly orue in the. nature of Wit of Mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent in interfeirug with peaceful possession and enjoyment of petitioners lands i.e. an extent Ac.)L-OO extent of OO-2O Guntaq--extent of Ac.OO-L) Guntas, extent of OO-1O Page 2 of6 Gu,ztas totally admeasuring Ac.12-OO out of Ac.O3_OO, in su,ueg No.51/8 and s2/8, situated. at Bahadurguda vill,zge and Gram panchayath, shamshabad. Mandal, Rar'.ga Reddy District, without foltouting d.ue process o/ law as being illegal, arbitrary and, against to pritciples of nattLral justice and Art.3o)A of the constitution of Inc)ia, 1950 arud consequently direct the 4th resportdent not to interfere with peacefut possession and enjoyrnent of petitioners lands without foltowing d"ue process of l,w arud to pass..."

2. Heard sri Shashidhar Guruvula, learned counsel for the petitioners and sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Governmr--nt Pleader for Revenue, for the respondents and perused the record.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that the petitioner had purchased the land to an extent of r\c.1.oo guntas in sy.No.sl/B and s2/g, Ac.o.2o guntas, Ar:.0.10 guntas, Ac.O.10 guntas out of Acs.3.oo guntas, total admeasuring Ac.2.ooguntas, situated at Bahadurguca village and Gram panchayath Shamshabad Mandal, Re:nga Reddy District, having acquired the same from their predecessor through a registered sale deed bearing do<:ument No.899 1 of 2oor , dated 26 . L2 .2oor . Page 3 of6 originally the subject lands belongs to one Smt-Lateefunnisa Begum and upon her demise, her successors have filed O.S.No.47BB of 2006 on the file of the learned VIII Junior civil Judge, city civil court, Hyderabad seeking succession. Accordingly, the said Suit was decreed in their favour on 10.11 .2006. As such, they were declared as true successors of Smt.Lateefunnisa Begum. Thereupon, the said successors have executed registered GPA in favour of third parties, from whom the subject land was purchased through registered sale deed.

4. white the things stood, the Tahsildar, Shamshabad Mandal, Ranga Reddy District uide Lr.No.Al l196512000, dated 08.02.2006 addressed a letter to the Assistant Director s and LRS Ranga Reddy District stating that as per the endorsement of the collector Ranga Reddy District dated 26.12.2005 he is enclosing the list o[ occupants in the private lands of Bahdurguda Village and requested to prepare and issue pattedar passbookltitle deed to the Ryot for the patta lands and also requested to update the pahani Page 4 of6 as per the list enclosed and the same was also commurlicatecl to the District Collector Ranga Reddy District and th,: Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division. Thereafter, respondent No.4 uide L.NI.Bl 1604 l2Ol7, dated

23.O9.2(t17 has written to Sub-Registrar, Shamshabad directing respondent No.2 for cancellation of certain registereC sale deeds. Basing on the said letter, Sub- Registrar, Shamshabad has executed cancellation deeds stating that the land in Sy.Nos.28 and 62 were belonging to governm<:nt only and the same is nothing to do with the petitioners lands. The said act was done ',vithout any authority. and behind the back and without any right or title in favour cf the Government. In the counter filed by respondent No.4 in

5. W.P.No.3647B of 2017, it is stated that, it is true that Smt. Latee.iunnisa Begum was pattedar of said land and other lands. The lands to an extent of Acs.650.00 guntas in Sy.Nos.28 and 62 belongs to government as same are ceiling surplus lemds. Later, on 2O.O9.2O25, the pfficials of I Page 5 of6 respondent No.4 visited the subject property stating that the subject lands belong to government. Upon kno'*'ing the said fact, the petitioners approached the office of respondent No'4 and stated that only land in Sy.Nos.2B and 62 are classified as government land and the subject land is a private land and requested not to interfere and dispossess the petitioners from the subject property. But the respondent-authorities are taking steps to dispossess the petitioners from the subject land. The action of the respondent-authorities is highly arbitrary, illegal and violative of principles of natural justice. Hence, the present writ petition'

6. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue would submit that without following due procedure laid down under law, the respondent authorities will not take any action. Hence, seeks to pass appropriate orders' In the light of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of

7. the case and upon perusing the material available on record, this writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent- authorities not to interfere with the peaceful possession of t I Page 6 of6 petitione.rs from the subject property, without following due procedure laid down under law. If the petitioners are found in illegal possession or otherwise, take appropriate action by following the due procedure, strictly in accordance with law. There sh,all be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending, shall stand dismissed. ASSISTANT REGISTRARe 1. The Prircipal secretary, Revenue Department, state of Telangana, SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// \ To Secretarizrt, HYderabad SD/. P. PONNA KRISHNA

2. The Distrir:t Collector, Kongarakalan, lbrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy District' 3. The Reverue Divisional Officer, Rajendra Nagar, Ranga Reddy District' 4. The Tahsildar, Shamshabad, Shamshabad Mandal, Ranga Reddy District' 5. One CC to SRI SHASHIDHAR GURUVULA, Advocate [oPUC] 6. Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High court for the state of Telangana at Hyderabad. [OUTI

7. Two CD CoPies MP/BSK Lw, HIGH C DATED:1 111212025 .) -) ( * 17 t ORDER WP.No.30265 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION T COSTS fv\--1* \_., aPP,