WP/30055/2025 of Yakari Chandraiah Vs The State of Telangana on 6 October 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OFOCTOBER

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN

WRIT PETITION NO: 30055 OF 2025

Between:

Yakari Chandraiah, S/o Yakari Balaiah, Aged about 49 years, Occ ; Agriculture, Rl/o 6-77, Bomman Kunta Sulthanpur, Pantacheru Mandal, IVledak.

....,PETITIONER

AND

1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad.

2. The District Collector, Sangareddy District, Telangana.

3. The Revenue Division Officer, Division, Sangareddy District Telangana.

4. The Tahsildar, Ameenpur Mandal, Sangareddy District, Telangana.

.....RESPONDENTS

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 in the nature of Writ Of Mandamus or any other writ to declare the action of Respondent in not considering the online application vide Transaction lD 1 9T060200091 027 dated 16-07-2025 and representation dated 08-07-2025 of the petitioner for lssusing Pattadar passbook to the Petitioner as arbitrary, illegal, violating Arlicle 14, 21 ot the constitution of lndia, against the principles of natural justice and direct the respondent to consider the onrine application vide Transaction rD

19T060200091 027 dated 16-07 -2o2s and the representation dated 08-07-2025 of the petitioner for lssue pattadar passbook to the petitioners with following the provisions of the Telangana pattadar passbook Act.

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|.A.NO:1 OF 2025

Petition Under ilection 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in srpport of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent to consider the online application vide Transaction lD

"19T060200091O27 dated 16-O7-s2O25 and the representation dated 08-07-2025

of the petitioner for lssue Pattadar passbook to the petitioners with following the provisions of the Telanllana Pattadar Passbook Act.

Counsel for the Petitiouer : SRI KRISHNA BATHULA

Counsel for the Respondents : SRI L.RAVINDER, AGP FOR REVENUE

The Court made the following ORDER

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TIIE HON'BLE SIII JUSTICE K. LAKSHN'IAN

Heard leamed counsel for the petitioner and Mr.L.llavinder. leamed Assistant Governurent Pleader Ibr [{evenue

2.

Accorcling to the petitioner, he is the absolute owner and

lx)sscssor ol' land adttrcasuring Acs.3.00 guntas in Sy'.No.30, silLratecl al Sulthanpur Village, Patancheru Mandal, Sangareddy District, on the strength of Final Patta Certificate, datcd 23.0(r. I99,5. He has subrnitted online application bearing ID

No. l9'f060200091027, dated 16.07.2025 with a rcquest to nrention his narne in Bhu Bharati Porlal in respect of the subject prol)crty and issue e-pattadar passbook. Despite receivins and acknor.vledging the said online application, respondent Nos.7 and i clid not act upou the satne. Aggrieved by the said inaction of responclent Nos.2 ancl 3, petitioner liled thc present r.vrit petition

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As discussed supra, though the petitioner is clairnine risht ovcr thc suh-jcct propefly basing on tlle [:inal Patta Cc|tificate, U'RI1' PETIl'lON No-30055 of 2025

ORAL OIIDER:

dated 23.0(1 1995 olrespondent No.3, he has not filed any other docunrent irrcluding olcl pattadar passbook. He has filed copy ol the Final l'a ta Ccrlitlcate

4.

Learl,:d ,\ssistant Govcnunent Plcadcr fbr Revenuc, ott instructions. rvould suburit that the subjcct llroperty is in Arneenpur lvlanclal, tlrc provisions of the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record ol'Riglrts in Lands) Rules,2025 (for shott, 'the Rules, 2025') are not applicablc

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ln thc ight of'thc said subnrission, it is lelevant to note that Section .: ol'the -l clangana Bhu Bharati (Rccord of Rights in Land) Act.202-5 cleals with Act not to apply in rertain cases and sub-sec-tit,n 7 ol'Scction j olthc Act,2025 sa),s nothing in this Act shall apply to uon-agricultural land in urban areas as may be notifl:cl by the Covcnlrnent. Admittedty. the subjcct propefty is nol notifled by the Government as of now.

There{bre, tlrc provisions ol'thr: Act, 2025 and the 1'elangana Rights irr [-an,l and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 21t20 are not applicablc

6. Admittcdly, the subject property is in Ammenpur Municipality. However, it is for respondent Nos.2 and 3 to I

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consider tlre saicl aspects while disposing ol' the alorcsaid online application subnritted by the petitioner.

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In tlre lieht ol the said discussion, this Writ Petition is clisposecl ol'directing respondent Nos.2 and 3 to consider and disposc ol- the online application bearing ID

No. l9'f06020009 1027. dated 16.07.2025, strictly in accordance with larv. 'flrcy shatl consider the lacts that the said property is in Anreenpur Municipality, rvhich is an urban area and the subject property is not an agricultural land. There is an abnomral delay on lhe part ol'the yretitioner in submitting the aloresaid online application. On considerati<ln of the aloresaid lacts, ilrespondent Nos.? ancl ,j are not inclined to accept the request rnade by the petitioner, thcy shall assign specific reasons, pass a reasoned orclcr ancl coulnrunicate the copy of the sarne to the petitioner.

Horvcvcr, they shall cornplete the entire exercise within sixty ((r()) days liom lhe date of receipt of a copy olthis orrler.

Miscellaneous appiications, il'any pending, shall stand closcd. Thcr': shall be no orrler as to costs.

SD,I.A.V.S.PRASAD

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1. The Principal Srlcretary, Revenue Department, Secretaria Telangana at H'rderabad.

2. The District Collector, Sangareddy District, Telangana.

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3. The Revenue D vision Officer,, Division, Sangareddy District Telangana.

4. The Tahsildar, Lmeenpur Mandal, Sangareddy District, Telangana.

5. Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. [OUT]

6. One CC to SRI I(RISHNA BATHULA, Advocate [OPUC]

7. Two CD Copies

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