The High Court · 2025

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to suspend the operation of order dated 17.12.2025 passed in W.P.No.388'12 of

2025. Counsel for the Appellants: SRI A.SUDARSHAN REDDY, THE ADVOCATE GENERAL Counsel for the Respondent: SRI L.RAVICHANDER, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI NARESH REDDY CHINNOLLA W.A.NO: 1480 OF 2o25 Writ Appeal under clause 15 of the Letters patent lreferred against the Common Order dated 1711212025 in W.P.No 38840 of 2O2S r:n the file of the High Court. Between: 1 2 The State of Telangana, Represented by Chief Secretr: y to Government and Secretary to Government (MA and UD; Dr. B.R. ,,mbedkar Telangana Secretariat Hyderabad. Ih" Greater . Hyderabad lvlunicipal Corporation, lepresented by its Commissioner Hyderabad. ...APPELLTII'ITS/RESPONDENTS AND Jatavath Devender, S/o. Jatawath Somla Agriculture R/o. H. No. 1-60, Harshaguda Aged about 35 years, Occ Maheswaram landal, RR District. ...RESPo',IDENT/PETITIONER lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the ci.r umstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to suspend the operation of order dated 17.12.2025 passed. n W.p.No.3Bg40 of 2025. Counsel for the Appellants: SRI A.SUDARSHAN REDDY, Counsel for the Respondent: SRt J.PRABHAKAR, SENIOR ( )OUNSEL FOR THE ADVOCATE GENERAI- SRI R.V.PAVAN MAITREYI The Court made the following: COMMON JUDGMENT HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT ITYDERABAI) THE HON'BLE JUSTICE MOUSHUMI BIIAT-TACHARYA AND THE HON'BLE JUSTICE GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR WRIT APPEAL NOs.1479 AND 1480.OF 2025 DATEI.19.12.2025 Between WRIT APPEAL NO.1479 OF 2025 The State of Telangana, Represented by its Pr1. Secretary to Government and Secretary to Government (MA and UD), Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad and another And Ponna Venkat Ramana, S/o. P. Sudarshan. Appellants ..Respondent Mr. A. Sudarshan Reddy, the learned Advocate General appearing for the appellants. Mr. L. Ravichander, learned Senior Counsel representing Mr. Naresh Reddy Chinnolla, learned counsel appearing for the respondent in W-A,No.1479 of 2025. Mr. J. Prabhakar, learned Senior Counsel representing Mr. R V Pavan Maitreya, learned counsel appearing for the respondent in W.A.No.t480 of 2025. COMMON JUDGMENT: (Per Hon'ble Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya)

1. The Writ Appeals have been filed challenging a Common Order dated 17.12.2025 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in W.P.Nos.38812, 3a825,38840 and 38895 of 2O25. 2

2. The \lrrit Petitions were fi1ed challengin 3 a Preliminary Gazette Notification dated 09 .12.2025 with 'egard to the Delimitation of Wards in Greater Hyderabad Muni: pal Corporation ('GHMCJ. The essence of the Prellminary Gazgtte tlotifrcation was that the area of the GHMC has been divided in o 30O Election Wards as per the boundary description given by we 7 of a tabuiated statement in the impugned Notihcation. The wri- petitioners also sought for stay of all further proceedings pr rsuant to the Preliminary (\azette Notification for delimitation of ''y'ards in GHMC pending disposal of the Writ Petitlons.

3. The learned Single Judge expressed the vi: u that the writ petitioners had not been provided with sufficient information for raising objections to the Preliminary Gazette Notifi: ition. The lack of informatit>n included figures with respect r the natural boundaries, geographical features, contiguity of th,: area and the population of the Wards as well as auther rticated maps. Accordingly, the learned Single Judge passed the impugned Common Order directing the State respondents 'the appellants herein) to place the Ward-wise population details r rnd the map of the proposed GHMC with 300 Wards in the public domain within 24 hours. The writ petitioners were given libe: y to file their additional objections within two days after the u rformation was J made available to public. The Writ Petitions were made returnable on 05.O1.2026.

4. We have heard the learned Advocate General appearing for the appellants/The State of Telangana and The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and learned Senior Counsel appearing for two of the Writ Petitioners/respondents.

5. We wish to clarify that only two Writ Appeals have been filed from the impugned Common Order.

6. Given the paucity of time in considering the merits of the allegations and counter allegations and upon the submissions made on behalf of the partres, this Court deems it fit to limit the impugned Common Order only to the two Wards which form the subject matter of the present Appeals, namely Ward Nos.1O4 and

134. 7 . The Court is informed that the Writ Petitions were filed at the behest of four individuals from four different Wards. Hence, this Court deems it fit to direct the appellants to publish the information, as directed by the learned Single Judge, within 10:00 A.M. tomorrow i.e., on 2O.L2.2O25. I t 4

8. The two writ petitioners in W.P.Nos.38812 arL,' 3884O of 2025 who are party respondents in the present Appeal sha,ll have 48 hours therea.fter to raise their objections as pe' Rule 8 of The Telangana Municipal Corporations (Delimitation ,r Wards) Rules, t996.

9. We do not want to express any further opinic e on the merits of the matte::s and deem it fit to give full libert g to the learned Single Judge to decide the pending Writ Petitions.

10. Needless to say, this order will be restricted the two Wards mentioned by the learned Advocate General

11. W.A.Nos.1479 and 148O of 2025, along wit L all connected applications, are accordingiy disposed of in terrrr of the above. There shall be no order as to costs. ISD/- B.SATYAVATHI JOINT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// \SECTION OFFICER To Telangana, at Hyderabad. [OUT]

1. Two CCs to THE ADVOCATE GENERAL, High Cottrl f ) the State of 2. One cC to SRt NRnESH REDDY CHINNOLLA, Advoca:e [oPUC] 3. One CC to SRI R.V.PAVAN MAITREYA, Advocate [OFtrC] 4. Two CD Copies PSK. PSK t i E : t1 i, : \ t / 7 CC TODAY HIGH COURT MB,J & GPK,J DATED:1 911212025 COMMON JUDGMENT WA.Nos.1479 AND 1480 ot 2 ,t \ HEI o 1 g [ti, * ilm c,r), + . il6 ' DISPOSING OF THE WRIT APPEALS WITHOUT COSTS * A g\A \tr