WP/34277/2026 of Sudamalla Krishna Vs The State of Telangana on 9 October 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

FRIDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.VIJAYSEN REDDY

WRIT PETITION NO:34277 OF 2026

Between:

AND

Sudamalla Krishna, S/o. Rajaiah, Age. 44, Occ. Business, Rl/o. H.No 21-'198'

Majid Wada, Mancherial, Mancherial-District.

...PETITIONER

1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Departmeht, Secretariat, Hyderabad'

T.S,

2. The Mancherial Municipal corporation, Rep. by its commissioner, Mancherial Town and Mandal, Mancherial District.

3. The Sanitary lnspector (Sanitation Department), Mancherial Municipal Corporation, Mancherial District.

.,.RESPONDENTS

l.A. NO: 1OF 2026

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 a writ, order or direction, More particularly one in the nature of wRlT OF

MANDAMUS declaring action of the Respondent No. 2 in seizing Tractor bearing registration number TS 19 T 6693 belonging to petitioner on 17109/2026 without co-nducting any enquiry as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, without jurisdiction.

contrary to law and violative of Articles 14,21 and 300-4 of the constitution of lndia, and consequently direct the Respondent No2 to release Tractor bearing registration number TS 19 T 6693 belonging to petitioner.

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 direct the Respondent No.2 to release Tractor bearrng registration number TS 19 T 6693

belonging to petitioner.

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI ANUGANTI PRANEETH

Counsel for the Respondent No. 1: GP FOR MCPL ADMN AND URBAN DEV

Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 and 3: SRI PUTTA KRISHNA REODY S.C.

FOR MUNICIPALITY

The Court made the following: ORDER

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B. VIJAYSEN REDDY

WRIT PETITION No.34277 of 2026

(CNR No,HBHCO1O7O4852026)

Dated: 09.10.2026

Between

Sudamalla Krishna

...PETITIONER

And

The State of Telangana,

Rep. by its Principal Secretary,

Municipal Administration and

Urban Development Department,

Secretariat, Hyderabad and others

.RDER:

"'RESPoNDENTS

Heard Mr. A. Praneeth, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Putta Krishna Reddy, learned standing counsel for respondents No.2 and 3.

2.

Learned standing counsel submitted, on the basis of written instructions, that the petitioner was granted permission for collecting Solid Waste from private hospitals, hotels, tiffin centres etc. vide 26.04.2018 and 04.08.2018. Show cause notice dated

23.O9.2026 was issued to the petitioner wherein it is stated that on L6.09.2026, during inspection, it was found that the Tractor No.TS

19 T 6693 of the petitioner was involved in collection of syringes, needles, cotton waste, saline bottles and hospital waste and illegally dumping in Naspur Municipal Dumping Yard. As the activities of the petitioner were posing threat to environment and public in general, -

action was initiated against the petitioner and the vehicle of the petitioner was seized. Later, the Municipal Council passed resolution No. 127 dated 08.10.2026 cancelling the permission granted to the petitioner. Copy of the resolution is served on the learned counsel for the petitioner.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the vehicle was seized without following due process of law and the provisions of the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019, do not empower the respondent authorities to seize the vehicle of the petitioner.

4.

The aforesaid submission is not rebutted by the learned standing counsel for the petltioner.

5.

In the circumstances, the writ petition is allowed with a direction to the respondent No.2 to release the Tractor No.TS 19 T

6693 to the petitioner. However, the respondents No.2 and 3 are at liberty to take action against the petitioner if there is any violation of the contract or the provisions of the Telangana Municipalities Act,

2019.

The miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as costs.

To,

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SD/. REKHA RANI. B

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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OFFICER

The Principar secretarv. Municipar Administration and Urban Deveropment Department. Secretariai, State of Tetangani. ivo"*[ro, r s The commissioner, Mancheriar Municipar corporation, Mancheriar rown and Mandal, Mancherial District.

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DATED: 0911012026