Sri. Vege Venkateswara Rao v. THE STATE OF TELANGANA
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: E.V. VENUGOPAL
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High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2025-12-04. Sri. Vege Venkateswara Rao v. THE STATE OF TELANGANA. Read the judgment and case details on...
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I 32ee l IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION :20736 OF 2023 Between: Sri. Vege Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Late. V. Anjaiah, aged about: 78 years, Occ. Army Ex Servicemen, R/o. H. No. 4-190-121113, Bhaskar Rao Nagar, Sainiikpuri, Secunderabad - 500 094. ... PETITIONER D 1_ THE STATE OF TELANGANA, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, Ranga Reddy District. 3. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, Shad Nagar Division, Ranga Reddy District. 4. THE TAHSILDAR, Keshampet [Vlandal, Ranga Reddy District. 5. Sri. Syed Ali Bilgrami, S/o. Syed Taqi Bilgrami, Aged about. 85 years, Ri/o. H. No. 8-2-316/A/7, Road No. 14, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ...
RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to pass an order, direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, to declare the action of the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3, in rejecting the on line mutation application of the petitioner, for mutation the name of the petitioner, in revenue records in respect of all the agriculture land in survey Nos. 156, '157, '159 158 and of Eklaskhanpet Village, Keshampet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District through the impugned orders communicated for the online application Nos. 2300019279 and 2300019280, as arbitrary, illegal and unlawful. IA O:l F Petition under Section 'r 51 cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to DIRECT the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to consider the on rine apprication Nos.
2300019279 and 2300019280 of the petitioner, for mutation of the petitioner's name, as pattedar and possessor in respect of all that the agriculture land in survey Nos. 156'1s7,'r58 and 1s9 of Ekraskhanpet viilage, Keshampet Mandar, Ranga Reddy District during the pendency of the above writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: pARDHA SRI SARADHT KATAMANENT Counsel for the Respondents No. 1 to 4: SRI L. RAVINDER, AGP FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent No. S: _ The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No. 2O736 of 2ol23 DATE OF ORDER: O4. L2. 2O25 Between: Vege Venkateswara Rao ... Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and Four others ... Respondents ORDER: Aggrieved by the action of respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in rejecting the petitioner's online mutation applications beraing No.
23OOO|9279 & 2300019280 for mutating the petitioner's name in respect of agricultural land in Survey Nos. 156 to 159 of Eklaskhanpet Village, Keshampet Mandal, Rangareddy District through the impugned orders, the present writ petition is filed. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. L. Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos. I to 4. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner purchased the agricultural lands in Survey Nos. 156 to 159 from the original pattedars represented by their GPA holder, who is arrayed as respondent No. S in this writ petition. By placing reliance upon the sale deed entered between the GPA holder being represented by the vendors of the petitioner and the petitioner, the petitioner made online applications bearing Nos. 23OOO Lg27g & 23000 lg28o for mutation of petitioner's name in the said survey numbers.
It is further submitted that without giving an opportunity of hearing and even without conducting a personal enquiry, to the surprise of the petitioner both the applications were rejected by the revenue authorities without giving a reasoned order, stating that "Details not matching". Aggrieved by the said rejection orders, the petitioner is constrained to file this writ petition seeking appropriate directions to the respondents. 4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that a reasoned order will be passed by the competent revenue authority on the applications submitted by the petitioner in due course of time. 5. This Court having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, without making any observations on merits and demerits of the case, deems it appropriate to direct official respondents to pass a reasoned order upoq the online applications made by the petitioner. 6.
With the above directions, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous applications if any pending, in this petition, shall stand closed. SD/. MOHD. ISMAIL DEPUTY REGIS //TRUE COPY// N OFFICER To of Telangana, 1. The Principal Secretary, Revenue Department' Secretariat, HYderabad - 2. The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District' 3. Tlre Revenue Divisional officer, Shad Naga. r Division, Ranga Reddy District' tVlandal, Ranga Reddy District' 4. The Tahsildar, Keshampet KATAIVIANENI, Advocate [oPUC] 5. one cc to SRI PARDHA SARADHI Telangana High Court for the state of at 6. Two CCs to Gp for Revenue, Hyderabad. [OUT] 7. Two CD CoPies MPt-- I\ BS I i HIGH COURT DATED :O4t12t2O2S liis {:: i. " a 1ir t-i) i, 20lit TfIn z ri ORDER WP. No. 20736 of 2023 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS . 'r,'). 6,i:'P*' rC: \Y'' -,-r^ :Kr",V
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