e.50 Years, Occ: Agriculture Rl/o v. 1. The State of Telangana

cancellation of allotment of the agriculture land in favour of the sth Respondent in Sy.No.93/4 to an extent of Ac.0.12 gts and to an extent of Ac.02.28 gts in Sy.No.94/4 total to an extent of Ac.03.00 gts situated at Chinnaguduru Village and Mandal, Mahabubabad District under Land Purchase Scheme for Schedule Caste Community, is illegal, arbitrary, principle of violation of natural justice and contrary to the G.O.Ms.No.1 dated 26.07.2014 and consequently direct the respondents to cancel the allotment granted in favour of thr: 5th Respondent and consider the application made by the petitioner for allotmenl ,f agriculture land by duly considering the representations made by the petitioner d rted 30.06.2025 and 21 .08.2025. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the ci I umstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Courl may be pleased to direct the Respondents to cancel the allotment granted ir favour of the Sth Respondent under Land Purchase Scheme for Schedul,; Caste Community, during pending disposal of the Writ Petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI YADAIAH BODDUPALLY Counsel for the Respondents Nos.1 to 4: SRI L.RAVINDEFI, AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel forthe Respondent No.5: - - - The Court made the following: ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.36262 of 2o25 ORDER: This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief: ". ..to issue on Order, Direction or Wit, more partianlarly a Wit of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not taking ang action pursuant to the representation made bg the petitioner dated 30.06.2025 and 21.O8.2O25 and proceedings issued bg the 4th Respondent dated 14.08.2O25 for cancellation of aLlotment of the ogianlture land in fauour of the Stt' respondent in SU.No.93/4, to on extent of Ac.0.12 gts and to an extent of Acs.2.28 gts in Sg.No.94/4, total to an extent of Acs.3.00 gts situated at Chinnagudunt Village ond Manda| Mahabubabad Distict under Land htrchase Scheme for Schedule Caste Communitg, is illegal, arbitrary, principle of uiolation of natural justice and contrary to the G.O.Ms.No.1, dated 26.O7.2O14 and consequentlg direct the respondents to cancel the allotment granted in fauour of the $n respondent and consider the application made by the petitioner for allotmeni of agriculture land bg dulg consideing the representotions made by the petitioner dated 30.06.2025 and 21.O8.2O25 and pass..."

2. Heard Sri Yadaiah Boddupally, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri L. Ravinder, Iearned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, for respondents Nos.1 to 4 and perused the record. a 2

3. Learned counsel appearing for the pet:t ioner would submit that the Government of Telalgana l-Ias issued G.O.Ms.No. 1, dated 26.O7 .2014 introducing Lrr rd Purchase Scheme Purchasing and assigning of Acs.3 ( 0 guntas of agricultural land to the ..voken of "Bhoomil:-ri Nirupeda Dalita Vyavasaya Aadharitha Kutumbalu" rnder Land Purchase Scheme for Schedule Caste Comrr unities and suggested certain reforms for better imple r': .entation of scheme duly announcing that the Land PurcL ase Scheme is flagship programme of the Government thr rughout the State. Since then, the government of 'l:langana 1S implementing the scheme by duly rr,r eiving the applications from the eligible landless p() )r: persons. Respondent No.2 has to identify laldless Sche< uled Castes households by verifying all the land records md identify the poorest of the poor among them as per - IRP Survey data which will be validated and finalize < . As per G.O.Ms.No. 1, dated 26.O7.2014 the wife of S(: household shall be given patta by the district administr; tion for the above scheme and the essential requirement ur der the G.O 3 is that the beneficiar5z on whose name the patta is to be granted should be a SC person. 4 . The wife of the petitioner has submitted an application in the yex, 2074 along with the others for allotment of the agricultural land under the said scheme. Respondent No.2 issued allotment orders to some landless poor persons including respondent No.5. But respondent No.S does not belong to Schedule Caste Community she belongs to BC-Mangali. Upon knowing the said fact, the petitioner submitted representations dated 30.06.2O25 and 2I .O8.2O25 to the respondent-authorities and requested them to conduct enquiry and take appropriate legal action against respondent No.5 for misleading the authorities and also requested them to cancel the allotment granted in favour of respondent No.5.

5. Basing upon the representations submitted by the petitioner, respondent No.4/Tahsildar directed Mandal Girdawar to conduct detailed enquiry and thereafter respondent No.4 has issued letter uide Rc.No.B/482 l2O2S, !-I \ \I 4 dated 14.08.2O25 stating that respondent N<.5 belonging to BC-Manga-li Community and they have all:.t.ed the land to an extent of Ac.O.12 guntas in Sy.No.93/'l and Ac.2.28 guntas Sy.No.9a/4, total to an extcnl of Acs.3.00 guntas, situated at Chinnaguduru. Despite t re same, the respondent-authorities are not taking anJ action for cancellation of allotment. Hence, the present \ /rit petition

6. Learned Assistant Government Pleaclel for Revenue would submit that upon receiving the rr'1 resentations submitted by the petitioner, the responder t-authorities had made detailed enquiry and it is found tl-ra: respondent No.S belongs to BC-Mangala Community an I she is not eligible for the said scheme. But, the respondent- authorities are not vested r'vith the powers of c:r .ncellation of any allotment. Hence, seeks to pass appropria :e orders.

7. Having considered the rival submissionr; made by' the a parties, and without making any observat ons on the merits and demerits of the case, this Cor rt deems it appropriate to dispose of the present writ petition by 5 granting liberty to the petitioner to work out the remedies as available under the law.

8. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. To, //TRUE COPY// SD/-M. OSMAN ALI BAIG ASSISTANT REGISTRAR G SECTION OFFICER

1. T.he Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad.

2. The District Collector, Mahabubabad, Mahabubabad District. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Thorur, Mahabubabad District. 4. The Tahsildar, Chinnaguduru Mandal, Mahabubabad District. 5. One CC to SRI YADAIAH BODDUPALLY, Advocate tOpUCl 6. Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad . [OUl

7. Two CD Copies PMK LS a HIGH COURT DATED:2711112025 ORDER WP.No.36262 ot 2025 t 1 : SI4 -(+ o 0 7 , iii il]26 \'--t_ .-t7 .\ ,', ;/ .:/ a DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS I