The High Court · 2025

Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitutron 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 2 to 4 in not Cancellation of mutation of the subject Iand in the sole name of Respondent No.5 i.e., Smt. Pothuganti Ananda as illegal, improper, arbitrary, unco n stitutional, void, and contrary to the provisions of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 and Hindu Succession Act, 1956, consequently to suspend Mutation Proceedings in file bearing No B/1 798/2015, dated. -1 5.03.2016 of 4'h respondent pertaining to land an extent of Ac.5-00 in Survey No.456/44, Situated at Lingareddy Village, Hamlet of Damarllapally. Ranga Reddy Distrlct lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated an the affidavit filed in support of the petition. the High Courl may be pleased to direct the 4th respondent not to entertain any alienations 3ertaining to land an extent of Ac.5-00 in Survey No.456/44, Situated at Lingareddy Village, Hamlet of Damarllapally. Ranga Reddy District, pending disposal of above writ petition and Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI SATYANARAYANA DHARIi'IAPURl Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 4: SRI L. RAVINDER. AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent No.5: ---- The Court made the following: ORDER THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.32244 of 2O25 ORDER: Tl.ris Writ Pctition, uncler Article 226 oi tl-re Constitution ol Inclia, is iiled sccl<ing t[re lo1lou'ing rclicl': ''. . .to i.ssrrr: a Wit Order or Direc:tiort nt()re patlicrtlttrly orrc r the nature of Writ of hlcutdarrurs cleclorirtg tlt: ctctiott of the l?esporLdents 2 to I irt rLot Ccrnc:ellat iotr o.f rnutatiott of the subject Lond in tlrc sole nttrne o.f Reslxtrrclent No.S i e Srnt Pctthuganti Ananda as illegol, ittproper, arbitrarg, urtcortstttutional, uoicl artd cont.rLttlJ to tlrc prouisions of the Telnngcrrtct llights irt Lcutd ctrtcl l'rtttcrdcLr Passboo/ts AcL 1971 curd llirltr Sncces.sior.r Act 1956 consequently to suspend Muttttiort Proc:eecTit-r1s in- file: beaing No. B/ 1798/ 20 I 5, claLed 15.03.2016 of 4tt' respondent pertainitg to land ar7 extent of Acs.5.00 gtutas in Suruey No.456/ 44 Sitttaterl at Litgareddy ViLlage, Hamlet of Darnarllapally, Ranglct Reddg Disttict oncl pass... "

2. Since no :rdverse orders are being passed against respondent No.5 / r-rr-roflicial respondent, the noticc to lrnollicial responclcnt is dispensed witl-r.

3. Heard Sri D. Satl'anarayana, learned counsel for the petitioner rrncl Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Governrnent l'3!'e 2 ot 5 Pleacler lor l?cvenue, for respondent Nos. 1 Lo 4 and perused the record

4. Lcarni rl coLlrlscl erppcaring for the petitior-rer ri'ould subnliL ihat lhe f:rtl-rer of thc pctitioner is the absolLlte o\\'ner ancl pos;scssor of lz rd Lo an cxtcllt ol Acs.S.OO guntas I1t 51,.No.4561-1.1. situatecl at Lingarcdd.r. Vil)trge, Harnlet of Dam:u'llap;Lih. Ranga I?ecldv District. T}'re father of the petitiont:r cliec{ leaving behind the mother of the petitioner, petitioncr. onc unmarried brother, respondent No.5 iur cl fouu- sisters ancl to that extent. the rerrenue authorities also mutated tht' namc of tl-rc mothcr of the pctitioncr in thc rcvenuc rccords and issued pattedar passbook. Afier the demise of Lhc n-rothcr- o[ the petitioncr alrd her unmzrrried brothcr. tlLe pe titioner, hcr sistcrs and rcspor-rdcnt No.5 becarne.loirLt lcgarl hcirs arnd co-o\\-rlers of Lhe subject lancl, eacl-r entitlc-cl t.o an equal urlcii\.ided one sixth share as per Section 15(1)(a) read vr.itl-r Sectron 16 of the Hindu Succcssion Ac1, 1956. Bnt the younger sister of the petitioner i.e.. respondent No.5 got mutated the entire land I'ule -1 ol S on her name il'r the concerncd rcvcnlrc records \\.ithollt the consent of the petitioner and hcr other 4 sistcrs \rith al rr I i1l al'i [] (' :rrrrl 1'r'i.l Lrcl LllL.lrt intcn 1 iO r r.

5. l,earnccl coLlnscl further sLll)mitted that thc petitioncr ancl her other sisters \r,ere 11cvcr issued an\. n()tic( nor affbrclerl .rn ()l)l)ortLlnitv of hc-aring bclore cflecting such rnLltatior), thcrcb-r' rendering tlrc cntire action of thc rcvcnue alrthorities nLlll, void, and nonest in law. Moreover, the clllicial rcsponclc'nts u'ithout issuir-ig :rny noticc to the I)etitioncr ancl other leg:rl hcirs ol'the deceased ancl $'ithout follos,ing due process ol laiv got mLltated the narn-re of respondent No.5 ir-i the revenltc records. As pcr Scction 5( 1 )(b) and (c) ol rhe Telanganar tRights in Land ancl Pattadar Passbooj<s Act, 1971 , s'hich mandate due inquirv zlncl notice to tl-re interested persons beforc any mutation. Rr-rle 23 of the Telangana Rights in Land Rules, 1989, rvhich rcrluired notice to all cla.imants and verification of ownership. The illegal act of respondent No.5 amounts to frar-rd and suppressior-r ol material facts vitiating the mLltation .-I l'aS!-,1 ,,1 5 l)roceedings. Thc petitior-rcr madc repeaLc(l lcprescnt;rtions clated 10 07.2019, iO.08.2O25 and -'.9.O9.20'25 to respond('nl Nos.3 ?tnd 4 seekirrg corrccrtjon of rcvenue records iurcl rcstol'eltion of .loint llarnes, but rto actiun \\'as tzrkcn. FIcrrCr'. thc prc'sent \\'rit petrtion. (). Lcarnccl Assistant (lovc'rnmcnt Plearlc r for Ilcvcnue, seeks to dircct thc pctitioncr to sn[>mit an rrpplication in an appropriirtl' rnodulc of Bl'ru Bl-rarzrti u,ith t lrc resporldent- authorities. upon rcceipt ol the same. l rre respondent authoritics ri'ill consirler and palss :rppropliatc ol'dcrs, t accordarrc:c u ith larv.

7. In thc light ol tl'rc aforcsaid facts and circumstances of the case, t his Writ Pctition is disposccl of, gr;rnting libcrty to the petitioncr to sul;mit :rn appliczrtion 1n alll approprlate module ,r[ []hr-r Bhararti u'itlr the resPondent .ruthoritics. On recei\.inE! srrc['r applir:artion, thc rcsponclcnt :rlrthorities shall considcr tht' samc zrnd pziss arppropriate orrlers, strictly in accordanc(: u'ith lan', b], puttin.g thc 1:etitioner and respondcnt No.5 on notice and aflorrling thcm an I'a!c 5 01 5 oPp ortu 11l tv They shall Pass reasoned ordcr, communicate copy of the said orcler to the petitioner and completc tl-re saicl exercise as expeditior-rslv as possible ancl in accordance with lau'. There sl-rall be no orders as to costs' As a scqttel, miscellaneous petitions, il any' pending' shall stand disrlr isscd. ,TRUE COPY// SD/. A.V.S.PRASAD DEPUTY REGISTRAR 6 SECTION OFFICER To,

1. The Principal Secretary Revenue Department, T.S. Secretariat, The State of Telangana. Hyderabad.

2. The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division, Ranga Reddy District. 4. The Tahsildar, Shabad lVlandal Ranga Reddy District. 5. Pothuganti Ananda, W/o Pothuganti Pandu, Aged about 46 years, Occ. House wife, R/o Linga Reddy guda Village, Shabad fVlandal, Ranga Reddy District.

6. One CC to SRl. SATYANARAYANA DHARIVAPURI Advocate IOPUC] 7. Two CCs to GP FOR REVENLJE ,High Court for the State of Telangana IOUTI B. Two CD Copies P \'I, l lis $> HIGH COURT DATED:2511012025 ORDER WP.No.32244 of 2025 ( /+ .J i ,.rl S Il, ( 31 0[T 2q5 I,ATCH gO ) ,/ DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS $