Telangana High Court
WP/21646/2026 of Smt. Routha Yadamma Vs The State of Telangana on 9 July 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD I (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO wRlT PETITION NO: 21646 OF 2026 Between: Smt. Routha Yadamma, W/o. Late Yellaiah, Aged
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD I
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JULY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO
wRlT PETITION NO: 21646 OF 2026
Between:
Smt. Routha Yadamma, W/o. Late Yellaiah, Aged about 66 Years, Occ Agriculture, FUo. H-No.4-149, Tarnikal Village, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkurnool District.
...PETITIONER
AND
1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary Land Acquisition Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad.
2. The District Collector, Nagarkurnool District.
3. The Executive Engineer, (Panchayat Raj), Kalwakurthy, Nagarkurnool District.
4. The Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkumool District.
5. .The Tahasildar, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkurnool District.
6. The Thamikal Grampanchyat, Rep. its Panchyat Secretary, Tharnikal Village, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkurnool District.
...RESPONDENTS
Petition under Arlicle 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High court may be pleased topleased to issue a writ, order, or direction, more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of the respondents in seeking to dispossess the petitioner from the open land admeasuring 348 Square Yards in sy.Nos.843 situated at Thamikal Village, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkumool District and trying to lay a road in the said land without initiating land acqulsition proceedings, without issuing any notice or opportunity to the petitioners and without following due process of law, as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law, in violation of Principles of Natural Justice and violative of A(icles 14, 21 and 300-A of constitution of lndia and consequently direct the respondents not to disposqpss them or interfere with the above said petitioners' land.
l.A. NO: 1OF 2026
Petition under Section 15'1 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from her land admeasuring 348 Square Yards in Sy.Nos.843 situated at Thamikal Village, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkurnool District, without following due process of law, pending disposal of the above writ petition.
Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI KONGALA MOHAN GOUD
Counsel for the Respondents No.1,2&5 : GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION
Counsel for the Respondents No.3&4 : GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ
Counsel for Respondents No.6:SRl K.PRADEEP REDDY, SC FOR GP,MP,ZP
The Gourt made the following: ORDER
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAIESHWAR RAO
DATE: 09.O7.2O26
WRIT PETITION NO.21545 OF 2026
Between:
Smt. Routha Yadamma
The State of Telangana,
Rep. by its Principal Secretary
Land Acquisition Dept., Secreta riat,
Hydera bad and others.
AND
...Petitioner
,., Respondents
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ORDER
This Writ Petition has been filed seeking the following relief: ,..to issue a writ, order, or direction, more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of the respondents in seeking to dispossess the petitioner from the open land admeasuring 348 Square Yards in Sy.Nos.843 situated at Tharnikal Village, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkurnool District and trying to lay a road in the said land without initiating land acquisition proceedings, without issuing any notice or opportunity to the petitioners and without following due process of law, as illegat, arbitrary, contrary to law, in violation of Principles of Natural Justice and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess them or interfere with the above said petitioners' land and to pass'..
2. Heard Sri Kongala Mohan Goud, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K. Pradeep Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Gram panchayat, appearing for respondent No.6.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the absolute owner and possessor of the open Iand admeasuring 349 Square Yards in Sy.No.843 situated at Tharnikal Village, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkurnool District. The petitioner's husband, late Routhu Jangalah, purchased the said land under an unregistered sale deed dated 2L.O7.t987 from its lawful owner, Dachepalli Balaiah, and since then the petitioner and her husband had been in peaceflt possession and enjoyment of the same. After the death of her husband on 27.O7.2021., the petitioner continued in possession of the land.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that respondent Nos.3 to 6 are trying to lay a road through the petitioner,s private patta land without issuing any notice and without following due process of law. Though the petitioner produced the original documents, the respondents did not consider the same and threatened to dispossess her with police a ssista n ce.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the respondents have not initiated any proceedings under the Right to Fair Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and 2013, nor paid any compensation before taking the for laying a road. Therefore, the action of the and Compensation Resettlement Act, la nd petitioner's respondents is illegal and contrary to Article 300-A of the constitution of I nd ia.
6. Per contra, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent No.6-Gram Panchayat submits that there is already an existing road at the location.
7. Having considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, this Court is of the view that a direction to the respondents would meet the ends of justice.
8. Accordingly, the Writ petition is disposed of with the following direction: If the respondent authorities intend to lay a road through the petitioner's property, i.e., an open land admeasuring 349 square yards in Survey No.843, situated at Tharnikal Village, Kalwakurthy Mandal, Nagarkurnool District, they shall not dispossess the petitioner from the subject property without following the due process of law. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. s D /- AH M E D ABD Htt"fr+HtH G ,[RUE COPY/' SECTION OFFIGER The Principal Secretary Land Acquisition Dept' ' Secretariat'State of Telangana, HYderabad ' fi" Oi.,ri"t Collector' Nagarkurnool District' The Executive Engineer, tp*"rl"vrin"j), Karwakurthy, Nagarkurnool District' The Mandal Parishad -J"u"iopt"nt Officer' Kalwakurthy Mandal' Nagarkurnool District'
1. To,
5. The Tahasildar, Kalwakurthy Mandal' Nagarkumool District'
6. The Panchyat Secretary' fnarnikat - Grampanchyat' Tharnikal Village' " K;l*rk;;;v'naanoar' Nagarkurnool District'
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ORDER
WP.No.21646 of 2026 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS ilv