High Court · 2025

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2. The District Collector, Hyderabad District. ' I3ffi i"?:'i: ?f Ellxf "J r"."# [:il+ j:fl 4. The State of Telanoana,.R.p Aomrntstration, Secretariat, furit OrnO, ff liOtrIiJO]. t Iffi t ly it, U :"#: "? f:l"i 5llf.:,.ffi3:ys#:ipa I co rporatio n, Rep bv rts com missio ner, o/o l?3i:351:nt citv Planner (rown Prannins), circre 10, south Zone, GHMC, rown Plannins section, circre 'ro, south Zone, GHrvc, ' I?:"?j;"r?:f 8. The Deputy Commissioner, Circle 10, South Zone, GHMC, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition Under Articre 226 0f the constitution of rndia praying that in the circumstanoes stated in the affidavit fired therewith, the High court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or directions more particurarry issue a writ of Mandamus decraring the Notice No Lr.No. ,4/RWACp/c ir-10tGHMCt2024 Dated 21-11-2024 received on 22-11-2024 as iregar, Arbitrary, void, inoperative and in violation of Article 14 l\rticle 21'Article 300-A of Constitution of lrrrlia and in "i or'"",,1'"t <f natural justice and GHtvlc Act and corrseqrentlv this ffi;; Honble Court mav be; I eased to direct the Respondents more parti:ularly the Respondent No 3 anj 7 to follow the provisions of Right to Falr (3c'nlpensation and Transparency in L- r rd Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlemt"rt Act 2013 and award Compensat cn to the Petitioner for Acquisition of propr"rt"' learing No 19-4_274t1ot3n , in S u 'ey No 259/1 , admeas uring 67.47 Sq. yardr.' situated at Mir Alam Filter, l"4air f(oad' Tadban' Hyderabad' T'S ' as per th') Act before acquiring the pro:er:y ilnd consequentially to pass an interim dire:1 on thereby directing the Respon'J:nts not to acquire petitioners property llear ng No 19-4- 274r1Vt3t1,. in Sr rvey t'ro 259/1 ' admeasuring 67.47 sq. yards, si'uated at Mir o,". i,*r, Mai. Ror,j, Tadban, Hyderabad, T.S., for road wid(,)ring without awarding comPerlsatic r ' I.A.N O:1 O F 202t\ petition urder Section 151 cpc praying that in the circumstzrnces stated in the affidavit fi ed ir support of the petition' the High Courl mery " :1"1t"-:.,'" pass an interin dire ction thereby directing the Respondents nc to acqutre petitioners prol;erlY bearing No 19-4-274t1)l3tf in Strrre"' No 25911' admeasuring 67 4;'rlq Yards' situated at Mir Alam Filter' Mair [:lc'ad' Tadban' Hyderabad, T.S., fc'r road widening' without awarding compens:rtion' pending disposal of the irbo've 'vrit petition' l.A.NO :2 OF 201t4 Between: 2 1 The Grearer r_1 /,jerabad Municipar corporation, Rep by rts c;r:r,rrnissioner, o/o fowei fanl E'rrrrd HYderabad ' The Assi ;tarr1 i ity Planner (Town Planning)' Circle 10' Sourh 'ik'ne' GHMC' Hyderab;ld. The Office of -irwn Planning Section' Circle 10' South Zor-rer (i;11[r'4C' Hyderab rd. The Deputy C r"nmissioner, Circle 10' South Zone' GHMC' HyC':rabad' 3 4 Nos'5 to 8 AND .....PETlTlONERS/RESPONDENT l I I i I t I I : i I I I '1. Mohammed_Abdul Khadeer, S/o Late Moham v"u,.", oc" ri,i"l,i." J, Ri; i i _;; td. F#; S{: f Ai, ff T:l fi ,;otp".ol3l * ., .....RESPONDENT No. IMRIT PETTTIONER ' 3::,.:,t:Ii,it#f,i,Yi;lr}."3.iilJts Principarsecretary, Revenue Deparrment, 3. The District Collector, Hyderabad District. 4. The Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisitior c"m;E;'i;[blio, nyo.rroad, Terarisana. t), GHMC, 6th Ftoor, Ivrunicipar

5. The State of Telanqana, Rep by its principal Secretary, Municioal Admtnistration. sdreta;iai, i;rilk6"rr,i,' ijiiolriIro. .....RESPONDENT Nos.2 to S/RESpONDENT Nos.1 to 4 Petition Under section 151 cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to vacate the interim orders dt. 28.11.2024 in r.A.No.1 0f 2024 in w.p.No. 33382 0f 2024 and dismiss the writ petition as there are no merits in the writ petition. Counsel for the petitioner : SRI MUSTAFA BASITH Counsel forthe Respondent Nos.1 & 2 : AGp FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent Nos.3 to 8 : SRI RAPARTHY VENKATESH The Court made the following ORDER l i I I l --i HOI{'BLE SRIJUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN W.P. No.33382 OF 2024 ORDER Hearl lVlr Vustafa Basith, leamed counSel lbr the pt:tit ioner, leamed Ass t.Go' ,r .l)leader for revenue and Sri Raparthy Yenk a.esh, leamed starrding r ounsel appearing lor respondent Nos.3 to E

2. Tlre petrtioner herein is claiming that he is tht: ab;olute owner and possessor of a house bearing H.No. 19-4-27.+ll0t3ll. admeasurinq ltr'7 sq.yards in Sy.No.259ll near Mjr Alam Filter main road. I.[1'clt'rabad( for shorl, 'subject house'), on the str ength of a registered slie deed bearing document No.265 ol 1()!t3, dated

09.03.1993 Thrr:r. the petitioner is claiming that he,s th; abvrlute owner and l)ossesjor ofthe subject house and he is in posscss c.n of the said prcpcrt!. He has been paying properly tax to resp,ond,:nts Corporatior J \\'hilt: tlie matter stood thus, 8th respondent l'ras s ;ued notice datecl .t-1 .1lr.2024 stating that GHMC has prol'roseC the widening c f lc,r rl fiom Miralam Tank to Zoo park sit.;ar eC at Tadbunm Bahadurpura, IJyderabad. H.No.l9-4-2i,l,tl),'3 1, Fr 2 Miralam Tank, Hyderabad along with ten other properties (total I I properties) are affected in the said road widening program to the extent of 67.47 sq.yards. 6th respondent had addressed a letter dated 14.06.2024 to 3d respondent with a requelt to send the land acquisition proposals under Sections 146 and r47 of HMC Act,

1955. Vide letter dated 09.11.2024,3.d respondent informed grh respondent that the subject house of the petitioner is falling under the nature of land 'Road-G, and further 3.d respondent has issued letter dated l4.ll.2oT4 with a request to grh respondent to take up acquisition of the petitioner,s property as per G.O.Ms.No.275, MA&IID (GHMC-II) Deparrmenr, d.ated, 27.10.2017. Thus, 8rh respondent informed the petitioner that since the road effected portion is 67.47 sq.yards in H.No.19_4_274llol3l1, Miralam Tank, Hyderabad is falling under ,Road-G,. As per survey report dated

09.11.2024, it is clear that the petitioner has encroached ,Road_G, area which is a govemment land and therefore he is not entitled for any compensation for the road effected portion. grh respondent has further informed the petitioner that his claim of ownership over the 'Road-G' area at the premises of H.No.19_4_274/10/311, Miralam 3 Tank, Hyderabad b1' virtue of registered sale deed No 265 o[ 993' dated 09.03 199'.' and the same is against the encroachtrtenl of .Road-G.. ,[.he.r.t,1bre, 8.h respondent directed the petiticln,:t to surrender/hlrnd cr er possessio n of 6T '47 sq'yards fronr thc sr'rtiect house within s'tlen (7) days' Challenging the said nor'jcr:' the petitioner lrled tlr': present writ petition'

4. R:sp':r tler-rt Nos'5 to 8 filed counter contendin'c tlrat the aforesaid t:l-1ec1ed area of 67.41 sq.yards is encroachcrl Ir1 the petitioner. Tlrt:r: [ore, they have removed the encroachmerlts in the subject propert) along with the adjoining other prop3flt€s on ol' lh,: road 28.1 1 .201'1. I-lr':,r have already taken possesstott eflected lrorlicr of the subject property along w'ith lht other propefiles ln 1,r oof of the same, they have filed photog'rapll; rvitl-r regald to eni:'rrached ProPeftY Therefore, the Petiti'rrrer s not entitled fi,r a:r compensatlon

5. .'\:, ler G.O'Ms'No'275' MAfrD Gltl\4c No 2 Departtrr:n.r. Jaled 27 '10'2017' respondent-Corllorati'ltl is not tiable to ra)' c cmpensation in respect of land value to thD prlitioner respect of encloachreats of lor roatl e.i't cted Portion 1n 1 4 Government land and Corporation is required to pay structure value in respect of the portion of the property eff-ected in the road widening programme. In the present case, structure value for the structures effected in the road widening programme is Rs.l7.9l6l_ + l00yo solitarium i.e. Rs.35,832 l- (Rs.17,916/_ x 2). Therefore, respondent officials have already initiated the process for payment of the said amount. The petitioner hled the present writ petition with a mala fide intention for wrongful gain. Therefore, they sought to dismiss the writ perition.

6. As discussed supra, the petitioner is claiming right over the subject house consisting of 167 sq.yards under registered sale deed No.265 of 1993, dated 09.03.1993. Respondenr Nos.5 to g dispossessed them from the said propefty and demolished to the extent of 67.47 sq.yards. According to respondent Nos.5 to g, petitioner encroached public road. They have only demolished the encroached area. They have not demolished or dispossessed the petitioner from his subject house. The tota[ extent of the subject house of the petitioner is admeasurin g 167 sq.yads. Survey was 5 also cot'ri ucte,( i' Therefore, the petitioner is entitleil lc r only structure valu ()

7. 'l-hLr:r. there is dispute with regard to thc der.rrolLtion of Structurein,lr.:cllectedarea.Therefore.respontJunt\r.8has directed ro flt)ilsure the extent of the house of the f'etitioler as mentiorecl ir the schedule of the aforesaid registered sirlc deed No.265 cI-1()!I. ctated 09 03'1993'Ltberty is granted to -esplndent Nos.3 arrd ti ;o take the assistance of revenuc' authorit es for measurirg r'h: subject property lf the allegaticm nu de b1" the petitione r tha' .he respondent Nos'4 to 8 dispossessed rhc l'elitioner fiom th,: srrtj:ct house admeasuring 67'47 sq lards our. of 167 sq.yards i-r fir.rnd to be cor-rect, they shalt pay colnpelrsation to the petitiou,rr herr e in in accordance with the procedure laiil do"ln under Iaw. If the c<'tttention of respondent Nos'4 to 8 tl-rat thcrr lreve only demolishcct lLe encroached area and that the petitiorl'r rs entitled 1br onlr stl ll I .ure value, they shali pay the same in accord a rce rvith Iaw (i.().11s.No.275 MAI-ID' GHMC DepaflLrL--rrt' dated

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8. In view of the above discussion, this writ petition is disposed of. Respondent No.g is directed to measure the extent of the house of the petitioner i.e. H.No.l 9_4_274/l()/3/1, near Mir Alam Filter main road, Hyderabad as mentioned in the schedule of the registered sale deed No.265 of l993,dated 09.03.19 93. Liberty is granted to respondent Nos.3 and g to take the assistance of revenue authorities for measuring the said property. If the allegation made by the petitioner that the respondent Nos.4 to g dispossessed the petitioner fi.om the aforesaid subject house and demolished to the extent of 67 .47 sq.yards out of l67sq.yards, they shall pay compensation to the petitioner herein in accordance with the procedure laid down under law. If the contention of rcspondent Nos.4 to 8 that they have only demolished the encroached area and that the petitioner is entitled for only structure value , they shall pay the same in accorda ce with law G.O.Ms.No.275 MALID. GHMC Department, 21 .10.201'l to the petitioner herein within four (4) weeks. However, they shall complete the said exercise within a period of four (4) weeks tlom the date of receipt of a copy of this order. In the circumstances ofthe case, there is no order as to costs -t !i 7 I Conse luer(l r' pending miscellaneous stand ciosed petitions' if arr-'" r'hail LTRUE coPYl As$srq''rsrDriilisfl"+llt \ , \ 'gr..r,,r* orr,"t* To sec)llariat' Tanl'rt'und' State *'-^ D'in..iral 3't:t;retary' Revenue Depadment' " ; tt$$ il:l' *iitr'ii.l:*q,*^qiu:: : :::::,H::::: ^ ii:l,I'J'i:; i ;i:.;'iljrHHHl,]o,o *,","'o,r corporat o' r/o Lower (rown Prannins)' circre 10 Sotth Zrne' GHMC' : mkf..:il;j;+'""'ffj'*' " IigAA:: 1r r own Planning section' circle 10' south Zone' {iHMc' ' '.'JH;;;- :Il,""?i!i'i1'=iffi'J[liiaR[?:'lidfS:[1:iil""$]!;?[.liil!3:;" l, lE 11, i li*i;l am'i 0?"1't^+Er-%l?ll""l o' u .' r l2TwoCDColes SA GJP t,l HIGH COUR.T DATED:25n21"2025 ORDER WP.No.33382 of 2024 (o c 1* ES =:s, 'c c \ . \\.o;'\ (-\\ 0 3 ,tljrL ;1fi;5 :t :l O6: Sn,\ir -{:C {t,,, / I , DISPOSING OF THE W.P WITHOUT COSTS' s) r N I ,'( ^\; \\'' \>, <'. /