Telangana High Court
WP/33141/2026 of Sri Annapureddy Bhaskar Reddy Vs The State of Telangana on 1 October 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION NO: 33 141 0F 2026 Between: 1. Sri Annapureddy Bhaskar Reddy, S/o: Sri Annapureddy
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK
WRIT PETITION NO: 33 141 0F 2026
Between:
1. Sri Annapureddy Bhaskar Reddy, S/o: Sri Annapureddy Narayana Reddy'
ngeOabout4lYears,Occ.Business,Fl/oHNo4-3,KismathpurVillage'
Gandipet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District.
2. Sri Annapureddy Anil Reddy, S/o: Sri Annapureddy Keshava Reddy'.Aged about 44 Years, Occ. Software Engineer, Fl/o Villa No 25' Door No 4- istatzs, Giridhari Villa onyx, Kismathpur Village, Gandipet Mandat, Ranga Reddy District.
3. Areypally Jaipal Reddy, S/o: Late Sri Narayana Reddy, Aged about 58 Years'
Occ. Business, Fl/o H.No.B-4-5 4415916, Erragadda, Natraj nagar' Hyderabad'
4. Puchala Padmanabha Reddy, S/o: Puchala Shekar Reddy, Aged about 56
Years, Occ. Business, Fyo H.No.+-gt/2A, Plot No 60, Laxminagar colony'
Hydershakote Village, Gandipet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District'
5. Padigepati Venkateswar Reddy, S/o: Venkat Reddy, Aged about 63 Years'
occ.- dusiness, Rl/o H.No.4_5_14gtAl2l3, Attapur Village, Rajendranagar, Ranga Reddy District.
6. Puram Srinivasulu, S/o: Puram Thirupathaiah, Aged about 52 Y9ar9'
occ. Business, Fl/o H.No 6-28 N/P, Srinivas nagar Colony, Hydershakote Village, Gandipet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District'
7- Puram Vamshi, S/o: Puram Srinivasulu, Aged about 24 Years' Occ' Business'
Fl/o H.No 6-28 N/P, Srinivas nagar colony, Hydershakote Village' Gandipet Mandal, Ranga ReddY District.
8' Puchala Mamatha, W/o: Puchala Padmanabha Reddy, Aged about 49 Years, occ. Housewife' Fl/o H.No 4.91/2A, Plot No. 60, Laxmi nagar colony, Hydershakote Village, Gandipet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District'
9. Thatha Seshagiri Rao, S/o Ranganadham, Aged about 44 Years' Occ'
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Business, Ryo i.tlo 23-1-109, Gandhi Road, Ongole, Prakasam District'
10.CH. Venkata Ramana Naidu, S/o CH Nagaiah, Aged about 77 Years'. Occ Business, Rl/o H.No 8-27, Chappidi Vandla Palli, Reddivari Palle' Cuddapah District.
AND
11. Podamekala Shobhaani, W/o Podamekala Subrahmanyam, Aged about 45
Years, Occ. Housewife, R/o H.No 25-29118138,2nd floor, Sri sai nagar colony, RC Puram, Beeramguda, Sanga Reddy.
'l2.Supriya Chilakapati, Wo Ch. Sekhara Babu, Aged about 31 years, Occ.
Housewife, R/o H.No 8-70, Madhura nagar colony, Rai Durgam, Golconda, Hyderabad.
13. \/. Kranthi, W/o V. Praveen Kumar,Aged about 43 years, Occ. Business, F/o Flat No. 104, Plot No's 5 and 6, Sri Venkateshwara colony, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District.
14. K.unchala Srinivas, S/o K. Narsimha, Aged about 54 years, Occ. Business, Rio Plot No. A-39. Radha Realty, Kismathpur Viilage, Gandipet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District
...PETITIONERS
1. The State of Telangana, Rep by its principal Secretary, Stamps and Registration Department, Secretariat Building, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Bhavan, Hyderabad.
2. The Commissioner, And lnspector General of Stamps and Registration, Mozam jahi Market Hyderabad.
3. The Sub-Registrar, Rajendra nagar Mandal, Rajendra nagar, Ranga Reddy District.
..,RESPONDENTS
Petition under Arlicle 226 of the constitution of lndia praying that in the clrcumstances 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, declare the action of the 3rd respondent in not receiving the documents for registratton and release vide plot bearing No,s. 4, 4A, S, 6, 11, 14, 17lPart (Southern part), 25, 26,27,28, 32, 33,38, 56, 57lpart (Northern part), 57lPart (southern Part) and 58 of the petitioners in sy.No. 521 ,s22,523 and s24
(52111, 52211, 52311 and 52411 ) situated at Budvet Vit tage, GHMC Rajendranagar Circle, Ranga Reddy District, which is illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the provisions of Registration Act-1908, Violation of Article 300-4 of Constitution of lndia.
l.A. NO: 1 OF 2026
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 respondenl No. 3 to receive the documents for registration and release vide plot bearing No's. 4, 44, 5,6, 11, 14, 17lPart (Southern part), 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 38, 56, 57lPar1 (Northern Part), S7lPart (Southern Part) and 58 of the petitioners in Sy.No. 521,522,523 and 524 (52111,52211, 52311 and 52411) situated at Budvel Village, GHMC Rajendranagar Circle, Ranga Reddy District.
Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI PRAVEEN KUMAR VEERJALA
Counsel for the Respondents: MS. S. SRAVANTHI, AGP FOR STAMPS AND REGISTRATION
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 PULLA KARTHIK
WRIT PETITION No.3314L OF 2026
CNR No. HBHCO 10681432026
lsr ocToBER,2026.
Between:
Annapureddl' Bhaskar Reddy & (13) others.
. . . Petitioners
AND
The State of Telangana
Rep. by rts Principal Secretary,
Starnps and Registration Department.
Secretariat, H1'derabad and (2) ol.hers
Respondents
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ORDER
With the consent of both parties, this Writ Petition is taken up [or disposal at the admission stage
2. This writ petition is filed declaring of the 3.a respondent in not receiving the documents for registration and releasing in respect of p1o1 bearing Nos.4. 4,A, 5, 6, 1 1, l,+, 17 lPart (Southern part), 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 38, 511, 57 lParL (Northern Partl, 57 lPart (Southern Part) and 58 ol the petitioners in Sr,.Nos.52 1, 522, 523 and 524, J22 I l, 521,t 1, 523 I 1 and 524 I I situated ar Budvel Village, GHMC .1
Rajendranagar Circle, Ranga Reddy District as arbitrary and il1egal.
3. Heard Sri Praveen Kumar Veerjala' learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms S'sravanthi' iearned Assistant GovernmentPleaderappearingfortherespondentsand perused the record'
4. During the course of arguments' learned counsel for the petltloners has confined his. PraYer and submits that respondent No.3 is refusing to register the document presented by the petitioners in respect of sgbject property' Therefore' the learned counsel prays this Court to issue suitable directions to the resPondents'
Learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that the official respondents will follow the procedure contemplated under SectionTl ofthe Registration Act' 1908' Section 71 of the Registration Act' 1908 reads as follows: Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded - Every Sub-Registra-r refusing to register a document' except on the ground that the property to which it relates is not situated r"'ithin his sub-district shall
!!!E!E-lcF!!tFz make an order of refusal and recorded his reasons for such order in his Book No.2, and endorse the words "registration refused" on the document; and, on application made by any person executing or claiming under the document, shall, without payment ald unnecessary delay, give him a copy of the reasons so recorded.
(2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a document so endorsed unless and until, under the provisions hereinafter contained, the document is d irec ted to be registered. 7 . In view of the above submissions coupled with the provisron under Section 71 of tlie Registration Act, 190g, this Writ. Petition is disposed of directing rhe Regisrering Authorily to receive and process the documents sought to bc presented by the peritioners in respect of the subject property, subject to the petitioners complving u'ith thc provisions of the Registration Act, 1908 as well as the Indian Stamp Act, 1g99. It w-il1 be open to the Registering Authority to refuse the documents presented before him, if he has any objection, duly assigning reasons in support of such decision and communicate the said decision to the petitioners. tt is made clear that this Court has not expressed anv opinion on merits ofthecaseastotheentitlementofthepetitionerstogetthe subj ect documents registered. Miscellaneous petitions, il any, pending shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs' SD/. A.HKOWRI SHANKAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To,
The Principal Secretary, The State of Telangana' Sl3mOs and Regrstration Department, secretariat B'ii;i";,'rj; e R Rt5"ar"' Bhavan' Hvderabad The Commissioner, And lnsplctor General of Stamps and Registration ' Mozam jahi Market HYderabad ' The Sub-Registrar' Rajendra nagir Mandal' Rajendra nagar' Ranga Reddy District. One CC to Sri Praveen Kumar Veerjala' Advocate [OPUC] Two CCs to GP for Stamps And Registration' High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT] Two CD CoPies
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HIGH COURT GC TODAY DATED: 0111012026
ORDER
E S,AIE ,< t- ia: l,_,. \l 0 5 nqT 2026 WP.No.33141 of 2026 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS. f cope5 slto\rs R,A