The High Court · 2025

The Station House Officer, Devenpally Police Station Kamareddy District. 4 5. Sri Ch. Narsimha Swamy, s/o not known to petitioner Age Major occ public servant Junior Asst office of Asst Director Survey and land records Kamareddy District,

6. Sri Vemulapally Gopi Chand, sio Subash aged about 42 years, Occ- Business, rlo'1-4-1122, LRS Nagar, Bodhan Town and Mandal Nizamabad District ...RESPONDENTS a 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 to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS Directing the action of 3rd respondent in not issuing certified copy of the representation dated 19-11-2020 in No 45/645/2020 having received application daled 4-12-2025 as being lllegal, Arbitrary, Capricious, Matafide, amounts to dereliction of duties, Contrary to Section 75 of Bharitya Sakshi Adhinyam lA NO: I OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 cpc praying that in the ircumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court r ay be pleased pleased to direct the 2nd and 3rd respondent to conduct enquiry f:.missing of the fire No 45164512020 as crassification, contror and Appear Rures i s weil as G.o. Ms No 680 dated 1 -1 1-2008 Counsel for the petitioner: SRI VISHAL REDDY MUDDAIV SRI M MEHDI HUSSA]N REPRESENTING Co:rl:e,l for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 3: SRI L. RAVTNDE I , AGp FOR REVENUE Counsel forthe Respondent No. 4 ; Gp FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondent Nos. S & 6: ___ The Court made the following: ORDER a IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAI) THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL trIRIT PETITION No.3 9270 of 2o25 Date:22.12.2o25 Between: Mohammed Ghouse Khan And Petitioner The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary of Government, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and five others ORDER: Respondents This Writ Petition is hled praying this Court to declare the action of respondent No.3 in not issuing certihed copy of the representalion, dated 19.11.2O2O in File No.As/6aS/2O2O having received application, dated 04.12.2025, as illegal, arbitrary, capricious, malahde and amounts to dereliction of duties and consequently, prayed for other appropriate reliefs.

2. Heard Sri Vishal Reddy Muddam, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents and with 2 Evv,J \\'p 39270 2025 their consent, this writ petition is being taken u1r for disposal at the admission stage.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would ; lbmit that the petitioner, being the co-sharer of the land admeas rring Acs.9.30 guntas in Sy.No.599 and Acs.5.08 guntas in Sy.ll ,.600, situated at Achempet Village, Nizamsagar Mandal, Ranga teddy District, had filed a suit for partition uide O.S.No.9 of 201 I on the f-rle of the VII Additional District Judge, Bodhan and he said Court aiso granted ad inteim injunction restraining he defendants therein from alienating the suit schedule proper y uide c>rder , dated O3.05.2O19 in I.A.No.lO7 of 2019. Learr :d counsel for the petitioner wouid further submit that respo;r ient No.6 and his associates have made al application, dated

9.ll.2O2O for conducting survey of the subject land by forging t re signature of late Allidad Khal, who was the vendor of responc ent No.6. The petitioner had obtained the copy of the said ap1 lication under the provisions of the Right to Information Act, i 005 (for short a 'the RTI Lct"l uide L.No.A1/155/2021, dated :Z \.Ol.2O2l ar-d thereafter, he lodged a report, dated 08.0. '.2021 before respondent No.4 for taking necessary action and he said report was numbered as Crime No. 101 of 2O21. In orrl :r to prove the 3 E\I/, J Wp 39270_2025 petitioner's case, certified copy of the representation, dated

19.ll.2O2O in Fiie No.AS/ 645 /2O2O is necessary and therefore, the petitioner made a representation, dated 04 .72.2025 requesting to issue certified copy of the representation, dated

19.11.2020 in File No.A5/6a5l2020. The grievance of the petitioner is that, even after receipt of the said representation, respondent authorities neither gave any reply to the petitioner nor provided aly certified copies.

4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents would submit that, as per Section 19 (1) ofthe RTI Act, any person, who does not receive a decision within the time specihed in sub-section (1) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 7, or is aggrieved by a decision of the Central Public Information Officer or State Pubtic Information Ofhcer, as the case may be, may, within thirty days from the expiry of such period or from the receipt of such a - decision, prefer an appeal to such officer, who is senior in rank to the Central , Public Information Oflicer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, in each public authoritv. I I a 4 EVV, J \Yp 39210 2025 x

5. In view of the above submissions and sin,; thc petitioner has an alternative efficacious remedy of appeal under Section 19 (1) of the RTI Act, this Court deems it approp: iate to dispose of this writ petition, granting liberty to the petit :ner to hle an appeal before the appropriate authorit5r.

6. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is disposed r f. There shall be no order as lo costs. As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions p :nding, if any, shall stand closed. SD/.'T SRINIVASA REDDY -.. ASIJ STANT REGISTRAR \\\_\ ---- SECTION OFFICER //TRUE COPY// l.ThePrincipalsecretaryOfGovernmentRevenueD3)artment'Secretariat' 2. ii;; b;;;issionei Survey' iettlement State of Telanllr na At Survey bhavan The State 6fTelangana, Hvderabad 'Si;o; H;uso officirr, Devenpallv Police Station .h Navanouda Hvderabad fh6A;1I Dldtot Su*"v and land records, Kamareddv )istrict Tii; onibCto sni rvt vtenot HussAlN,-Advocate [oPU()' - i"ri" CC. t" ep FOC nEVENUE, High Cou( for thr State of Telangana rOUTI ii""o'icr to GP FoR HoME, High Court for the State c 'Telangana [oUT] Two CD Copies ( mareddv District' To, 3 4 5 6 7 B. PVLw a HIGH COURT DATED:2211212025 ! I ORDER WP.No.39270 of 2025 s. r'-o .s- s \ C) q o u- .li' Nei ,Ht l- 'l DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS a. \r-#. '\dl'r" .i:.&E 1,.