High Court · 2025

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 toto issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, to declare the action of Respondents No.2 to 4 in rejecting the Petitioners mutation Application No.2500003948 in respect of agricultural land to an extent of Ac 0-20 gts in Sy.No.584/UU, situated at Duddeda Village' Kondapak Mandal, Siddipet District, without assigning any reasons, as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of principles of natural justice, in violation Article 300-4 of Constitution of lndia, against the provisions of ROR Act and against all settled principal of law and set aside the same and consequently direct the respondents to mutate the name of the petitioner in all revenue record and to issue e pass book in favour of the petitioner, in respect of agricultural land to an extent of Ac 0- 20 gts in Sy No.5B4/UU, situated at Duddeda Village, Koncacak Mandal, Siddipet District. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that rn the c ircumstances stated in the affidavit filed rn support of the petition, the Hrgh Co rrt may be pleased to direct the respondents to mutate the name of the petitione r in all revenue record and to issue e pass book in favour of the petitioner, in respect of agricultural land to an extent of Ac.0-20 gts in Sy.No 584llJU, situatec at Duddeda Village, Kondapak Mandal. Siddrpet Drstrrct pendrng disposal of the rnain Writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI AKKAM ESHWAR Counsel for the Respondents No.1to4: SRI L.RAVINDER, p.cp FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER @,@ ,r' 'i -l THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.34984 of 2025 ORDER: This Wr-it Petition, under Article 226 of thc Constitution ol trtdia, is filed seeking the follou'ing relief ". .. to i-s.strr: a Wit, ()rder or Direction, tnore pttrlicularlg orrc irt the nature of Wnt of Mandarnus, to cler:ktre tLu' ctt'tiort o I Respottdents N o.2 to 'l ctctictrt o.f Reslron.lerrr.s No.2 tO 4 it rejecfittg the l)etitioners mutotiort A14..licattort N<t.2.5OOO03948 in respect of ttgticultural lantl to atL extent o.f Ac.0-20 9ts in SU.No.584/ 6, situated at Duddeda Village, Kondapak Ivlartdal, Sirldipet Dtstrict, uitltout o.ssigning attA reosolls, as itlegal, arbitro4l. irt uiolatiort of pirtciples of natural justice, irt uktlatiu't Arlicle 3OO-A of Constitution of India, agotrtst thc 7-rtouisiorts of ROI? Act and agairtst all settlecl prircipal oJ' lruu rurd sel a-side the sarne and consequently direct the resporrdc:nts to ttlutote t.he narne of tlrc petitioncr itt oll reuenue record ttnd to issue e pass book in fauour ol' tlrc petitiorter, tt respect of agicultural land to on extent of Ac.0-2O gts irz Sy.I{o.584/d' situated Qt Duclclecla Vitlctgr:, Kortdapcrk Mandal, Siddipet Distict and to pass.... "

2. Heard Sri Akkam Eshu'ar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Governmcnt Pleader for Revenue, for thc respondents and perused the record. Pagc 2 o[7

3. Learned counsel appearing for thc petitl()ncr u.ould submit that originall-), thc ltrother of thc pctiL:o rcr namely late Kontham Mallaiah l)Llt chased iln agricultur rl larrd to arr cxte nt of Ar:.0.20 gulttils IN Sr'.No.584/6, r;ituated aI Duddeda Village, Kor.rdapak Mandal, Sicldirct t)istrict, through a re gislered sale deed bcaring documc.rrt No. 1 137 ol 1979, dated 06.06.1979. In pnrslrant to tl'r. arb,rve sale der:d, Konth:rm Mallaiah narme \\iils mLlt.tlc(i rn all tl're re\:cnue rec()rds ernd tl-re revcnuc olficials also issuecl pattedar passbook and title deed ir-r l-ris iavor- r-. Iiontharn Mallaiah died on 13.O5.20 I 5. During hLs lifetime, he exccuted an unregistered sale deed dated I.'.09.-2O10 on Rs.l0O/- stamp paper beqLreathing the cntirc I r-f,1)ert-\, to ar-r extent of Acs.0.20 guntas in favour of the 1>eii[ior-rr:r. The said will deed was also attcsted b-v the pctitioner.'s elder sister namely Smt. Jakkula Amruthamma and lLnother near re lative, Sri I(or-rtham Narsaiah. The said r.vill J:ecl satisficd the ingredients of Section 63 oi the Indian Srrcccssion Acr, 1925 Ery"/ \ ,'/ Page 3 ol 7

4. After knou'ir-rg about the will deed executed by her deceased brother, the petitioner laken possession of the said property and cr-tltivatittg the same by ratsing crops fronl timc to time and shc is in pc-ttceful possession and cnjoymcnt of the same evetl as orl date Thereafter, tl-rc petitioner approached the reven ue authorities for mutation oi the subject propert)' in her fzn'our under Dharani Portal on 2g.O3.2025 and also rtnder Bhr'r Bharati uide dated 01.O5.2025. The pctitioner aiso macle subsequent application enclosing all rclcvant docttmcnts during Revenue Sadassulu on 18.06.2025 lr'ith a requcst to mutate her uame in the revenuc relcords tlnd also to issuc pattedar passbook in her favour. In pursuant to the abovc appllcation, respondent No 4

5. sought legal opinion from the government pleader and the government pleader issueci letter uitle Lr'No'2 /April12025 ' dated 11.O4.2025 and therebv ciarified and opined that the mutation can be affected on the basis of the unregistered will deed in respect of the subject property' There is no dispute about the execution of will deed and entitiement of the I)agc -l ol 7 petltloner ov(:r the subject propertv under the s Lrd \\ ill decd. The petitioner's sister arso gave arfidavit statins r irat she hzrcr no objcctior-r in mr,rt:rtitrg thc narnc of the pr.1r r,lte r. as pcl- rvill dced. 'lhe petitione. also obtai,ed firrril' rnember certilicate dalcd 23.04.2016 ftom respondent Nc.-1.

6. Respondent No.3 issuccl noricc dated 19 1/.2O25 and calle d objections if an-v uide Noticc N<t I),, 1(t7 /2025- RS25OO5161.5S. Further, the notice ,,vas clisl:iiLrerl in tlre notice boar<l of gr.ampanchavt Durddcda \,rllaile artrl Tahsildar officc Konderpaka. In pursuanL to tlre itbrrve saicl notice no ob.jections rn.ere rcceived by thc rcs r,rr.rclct-rts till date. In pursuant to the above notice of Reverr _i,. Divisional OITiccr dated 79.O7.2.025 thc pctitioner alsr I{ot issucrl General Notir:e which u.as publisl-rcd in Ecnarlrr \er.r,sperper. on 15.O9.2025. The petitioncr is undcr imprt:s ;ion i hat tl_rc respondents would mutate the uame of the p,.titior.ier arncl sharll issue e pattedar passbook in her favour-. S lrrprisingl,v, the said application was rejected by respondenf \o.3 r.r.ithout assigning an_v reason or passing any orders d sclosing tltc I'agc 5 of 7 reasons for such rejection. The mutation applicatioll IS rejected by the Revenue Divisional Officer

7. The petitioner approachecl respondent No.3 alter rejection of the above applicatiolr and requested to furnish the reasons but not drsclosed an)Ithing thcrefore the petitioner was constrained to ma}<e an application under RTI on 27 .09.2025. ln pursuaut to the allove applicalion, respondent No.3 issued infortn:rtion uide l,eLLer dated

08.10.2025 and stated as per the report o[ Girdharvar there is no physical possession availablc, l-retlcc ma-Y bc rejected.

8. Section 7 of tl'rc Telangana tshu-Bharati Act, 2025 deals with mutation in casc of q'ill alrd sttcccssion Undcr the proviso no order refusing to makc an amcndment in record of rights shall be passed unlcss the person malcing such apptication has been giver-r an olrportunitv of making a representation in that behalf. It is aiso very clear from Section 7(4) that every order passed under this Section shall be communicated to the persons concerned. But no such order was communicated and no opportunit-v was given trefore passing the rejection order. That vierving from many I'i)ge 6 of 7 angle s thc impugned rejection order is liable to br: sr:t aside. Thcr-e is no pror.isior-r to speal< etbout the physir_'rr1 po:;session of ti'rr: lterson clairning undct' the Will, there[or-, .tjr.t ting rtn the ground ol-r-ro phvsical possession is not at ir 1 sustarinable ancl liablc to bc set aside n,ith a consequenti;.r. rlirr.ctior-r to mutilte the name of the petrtioncr in all revcllllc rccords er:rd to issue pattcd:rr passbook elsc tl-re petitioncr .r.orrlr I bc put to irr-cparablc loss ar-rd injurics. hence, thr. l)t-es(.nt \\ nt peti1ion.

9. Learnerl Assistant Government Pleerdcr fot- I?ericnuc would sultmit that the case of t}-re pctitic)r le.r- is r..rncler consideration. Thc respondent-authori ties u.ill r.onsirler ancl pass appropr-ialc ordcrs in accordancc rvith lat i0. In thc ligl-rt of the aforesaid facts and circ unrs,ances ol thc case and upon perusing the material availa r e ort recorcl, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing thr: respondcnts atrthorities to consider the case of the pctitiorrer and pass appropriate orders, strictly in accordance u.ith liLw b1-putting thc pe titioner on notice and affording her an opportunity of hearing. The entire exercise shall be r:c,m1;leted as Pa!,e 7 ol-7 expeditiously as possible and as per the procedure laid down under 1a$,. There shall be no order as to costs As a sequel, mtsccllaneolrs petitiorls, il anv, pendit.rg, shall stand dismissed //TRUE COPY' SD/.MOHD. ISMAIL DEPUTY RE6ISTRAR 2.') r<) SECTId(OFFICER To,

1. The Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Dr. B R. Ambedkar Bhavan, Secretariat, Telangana State, Hyderabad.

2. The Drstrict Collector, Siddipet District 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gajwel Drvisron, Siddrpet District. 4. The Tahsildar, Kondapak ttrlandal. Siddipet District 5. One CC to SRI AKKAM ESHWAR, Advocate IOPUC] 6. Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE, High Court for the State of Telangana 7 Two CD Copies. & BSK S HIGH COURT DATED:18t1112025 \ t ..-: a.1i U a .// <( si{ i 7 NllI ?UT )r s..')l c L' :7 ORDER WP.No.34984 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS I I I I i i I I i L LI