The High Court · 2025

R/o 17-4- 190, Shaik Faiz Kaman, Yakutpura, Hyderabad. Petitioners No. 1 to 9 rep by their GPA holder Sri D. Hari Prasad, S/o Late D_ Satyanarayana, aged 55 years, Occ.Business Ri/o H.No.4-1-103/9, Flat No.503, Bhavani Nagar, Uppal, Hyderabad 500039 ...PETITIONERS ANO 1 2 3 4 The State of Telangana, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. District Collector, Ranga Reddy District The Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad Revenue Divisional Officer, Kandukur Division, Ranga Reddy District.

5. The Tahsildar Balapur, lvlandal, Balapur, Ranga Reddy I istrir;t ...RESPONOENTS Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lnd: praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the 1gh Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order/s more particularly one in lre nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the in action of the 4th responder t in considering the Representation of the Petitioners dt. 29.7 .2025 as iller; rl and arbitrary by conducting due enquiry consequently direct the 4th Responrl rnt to forthwith issue ORCs in favour of the Petitioners in respect of land in Sy.Nc r 289. 281 , 282, 283, 284 and 290 totally admeasuring 74 acres 34 guntas sitL rted at t\tlamidipally Village, Balapur I\,4andal, Ranga Reddy District in pursL i nce of the Form I submitted by the petitioners before the 4th respondent. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the c,. rumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Cou - may be pleased to direct the Respondents to consider the Representation dati) I 2S) 7.2025 to issue ORCs in the name of the petitioners with regard to land in I I Ncs 289, 281 , 282, 283, 284 & 290 totally admeasuring 74 a$es 34 guntas s 1 rated at [t/lamidipally Village, Balapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District rn pursuan( < of Form-l submitted by the Petitioners. Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI VEDULA SRINIVAS, SENI( R COUNSEL REPRESENTING SRI VEDULA C - ITRALEKHA Counsel for the Respondents: SRI L. RAVINDER, AGP FOF REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER ./. IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.38349 of2o25 Date: 12.t2.2025 Between: Lateefunnisa Begum and eight others And Petitioners The State of Telangana, Rep. by its PrinciPal Secretarv, Revenue DePartment, Secretariat, H1'derabad and four others ORDER . . Re spondents This Writ Petition is fited praying this Court to declare the action of resPondent No 4 in not considering the Petitioners' as itlegal and arbitrary and representatlon, dated 29.07.2O2t consequently, prayed to direct respondent No 4 to conduct enqulry and issue Occupancy Rights Certi{icate (ORC) in favour of the petitioners in respect of the land admeasuring Acs'74'34 guntas in Sy.Nos.289,28l,282,28g,284and290ofMamidipallyVillage' Balapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District (hereinafter referred to as 'the subject land") in pursuance of Form-I submitted by the petitioners and for other appropriate reliefs' I i { \ 2 t:\'\. J \\lr 333.19 1015 \

2. Hearcl Sri Vedula Srinivas, lcarned Sr nior Counst:l representing Ms.Vedula Cl-ritralekha. lcarned . r rnsr:l for thc petitioners and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistir r t Government Plcader ibr Revenue appearing for the respondenl:; and ,"vith LheLr conscnt, this Writ Pelition is bcing taken ult for lisposzLl a1 thc admission stage.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would i rbmit lha{ Lhc pctitioners ar( the absolute owners and possessor: of the subject land having sttcceeded to the same from the origin .1 pattadar and possessor, bl, name late Hashim Hussain Khan. i L u hosc favour inam u.as granted and his name was retlccte d in Ldangal pa hani for the year 1!)54 and pahanies for thc years 1973 974 ancl I999

2000. Lcarned Senior Counsel would further ; rbrnit that thc predecessors of the petitioners, who u,ere the legal reirs ol late Mir Hashim Hussain Khan, had filed declarations ur( er Section 8 of the A.P. (Ceiling of Agricultural Holding) Act, Ll)'3 for the said lands. Learned Senior Counsel would further s;r rmil that, arfter conducting enquiry, verifying of records and basin i on tl-re report of the Tahsildar concerned, the Land Reforms 'l'r ibunal-Revenue Divisional Officer, East Division, Hyderabad, r,lr 1 r order, dated

27.10.1976. had computed the above said lands roldrng that the .=..,ry ,l EVV. J Wp*i8319 1015 same has been in personal occupation o[ the legal heirs of the original inamdar and thc subject l.rnd rvas allotted to the legal heirs and successors o[ the deceased inamdar as per the succession as well as Muntakab. lrarned Senior Counsel would further submit that, in vreu' of abolition of the A-P (T A ) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955, all the Inam lands vested in the State, the petitioners, who are in possession ol [he Inam land, have made a representation, dated 29 -O7 -2O2r for grant of ORC belore respondent No.4 and acting on the said representation, respondent No.4, uide Lr.No.J 13495 12025, dated 30.07 2025, directed respondent No.5 to conduct a detailed enquiry and submit a preliminary enquiry report along rvith record enquiry i e , panchanama. The grievancc of the petitioners is tl-rat the official respondents have neither considered the representation nor rejected the same even after lapsc o[ more than four months'

4. Sri L.Ravinder, learne d Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents, has not disputed the submission of the representation and it is stated that, if the representation submitted by the petitioners fulhls all the the respondent authorities would requirements under 1aw, consider the same. I ( 4 F\'\'. .l \\'p i3 3.19 2015

5. In vieu ol the above submissions, this Court. , i thorrt making any observattoirs on the merits and dernerits of lh, :asc. rle ems it appropriate ro dispose of the writ petition (lirecrr No.4 to exarnine thc case of the petitioners it rg rt:spondcn t acloptrng the procedurc contcrnplaled under lau,and by issuing r rtict: to all the stakeholders and affording an opportunily of heari I if the said reprr:sentation complies with all the requi lau', consider the same and pass a reasoned ,-r., 1to them and emcnts under er stric [l_r. in acr-ordanr:e '"vith law and communicate a cop), of r I , saicl order tr.r the petitioners as expeditiously as possible. 6 Accordir.rgll,, this Writ petition is disposcd oi. i.herr: shall btr no order as to costs Miscellancous petitions, if any pending in rh:s Writ pctition, shall stand closed SD/.I' PONNA KRISHNA ASSIJ IANT REGISTRAR \ To //TRUE COPY// IiECTION OFFICER

1. Revenue Divisional Officer, Kandukur Division, Ranga Re ,r dy District. 2. One CC to Ms. VEDULA CHITRALEKHA, Advocate [Opt] )l 3. Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court for the St I e of Telangana at Hyderabad. [OUT]

4. Two CD Copies MP BS \y I ) IIIGH COURT DATH D:1211212025 Ei11 f.ok , ,.+ . .,. r 22 L=;. tnq .' I + ORDER WP.No.38349 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE WF IIT PETITION WITI- OUT COSTS