Panduga Shankaraiah v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: E.V. VENUGOPAL
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Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-01-05. Panduga Shankaraiah v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
[ 329e ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Speciat Originat Jurisdiction) i/ONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION N O:40787 OF 2025 Between: 1 S/o Yettaiah, lqn9ygg Qhalla1alah, Ag-ed 60 years, Occ. Agricutture Labour, R"b H. No. 1 - 1 08 ( 1 22), Shabashpaily Viilage, "lrtj^OJi,-nEa"" j Vemutawjda Sircilla District. Plot No. 62 2 Panduga Venkat Swamy, S/o Balaiah, Aged 59 years, Occ. Agriculture Labour,_Ri/o H No. 1-61, Shabashpaily viilagS, vemutiwio-i H,fanoal,"Ciianna Sircilla District. ... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary. Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, RajannaSircillaDistrict At RajannaSircilla. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Vemulawada, RajannaSircilla District At Vemulawada. 4 The Tahsildar, VemulawadaMandal, Rajanna Sircilla District. 5 S/o.
Laksmi Narayana Aged fqldu_gqprqdeep, 30 years, Occ. Sarpanch, Rl/o H. No. 1-48, R. R. Colony, Vemulawad-a Mandal, Ra;SnnaSircilla Distiict. 6 Mahipal, S/o Gopal, Aged 40 years, f9$u^ga Occ. Agriculture, R/o H. No. 1_5_ 5'l/3, Shabashpally, Vemulawada, Ral'annaSirci a District. ... RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of rndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fited therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of, writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in not re-allotting the plots bearing No.
62 and 2o2 in favour of petitioners hbrein by considering the representation dated 18-09-2024 and 2O-12-2025 as arbitrary, illegal and in violation of Article 14,21 and 300-A of the Constitution of lr Iia and consequently direct the respondents to initiate criminal action ag rinst the unofficial respondents 5 and 6 for violation of the conditions of the p rtta certificate under the provisions of Section 7 (2) of Telangana State Assigne(l -ands Act, 1977. IA NO: 'f OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the ircumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Cor t may be pleased to direct the respondents to delete the subsequent entries ir the petitioners plots bearing No. 62 and 202 situated at Nampally H/o Sha )ashpally, Boinpally Mandal, Rajanna Sircilla District already allotted to them, pe rding disposal of the writ petition in the interest of . justice.
Counsel for the Petitioner:SRl RAVINDER REDDY SINGIR: IDY Counsel for the Respondents No 1 To 4: MS SNEHITHA, /\ ;P FOR ASSIGNMENT Counsel for the Respondents No 5 & 6: -- The Court made the following: ORDER IN THE HIGH COT'RT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAI) THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL W. P. No. 4O787 of2O2S Date:05-01- 2026 Between: Panduga Shankaraiah and another ... petitioners AND The State of Telangara, Rep. by its principal Secretar5r, Department, Secretariat, Buildin! , levgnue Secretariat, Hyderabad and three others. . .. respondents ORDER This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief/s:- "to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of, Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in re-allotting the plots bearing No.
62 and 2O2 in favour of petitioners herein by considering the representation dated 18-09-2024 and 2O_12_2O2S, as arbitrary, illegal and in violation of Article 14, 2l arrd 300-4 of the Constitution of India and consequenfly direct the respondents . -4*a-aBrra*E,*ra4! f . - \ . l,. No 40787 of 2025 to initiate criminal action against the unofficial resF )ndents 5 and 6 for violation of the conditions of the patkr certificate under the provisions of Section 7 (2) of Telang ma State Assigned Lands Act, 1. 977, and. be pleased to pass ! uch other order. " 2- Heard Sri S. Ravinder Reddy, learr ed counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Snehitha, Iearnr'r Assistalt Government Pleader for Assignment, appear ng for the respondent Nos. 1 to 4. Perused the material e vailable on record. 3. It is stated that the lst petitioner's : nother was allotted piot No. 2O2 artd son o1 2na petition€. by narne Paduga Bharat was allotted piot No. 2O2, rituated at Nampaliy, h/o.
Shabashpally, Boinpaliy Manrl Ll, Rajanna Sircilla District, as their lands were subrr erged Mid Marrair Reservoir vide Gazette No. 223 dated 13-12-2O1O. It is further stated that after the death of lsr petitioner's mother and 2"d petitioner's son, the petitir ners have succeeded the subject property. It is further stated that when the sth respondent, who happens ,o be the Sarpanch of Shabashpally ard having in11 rence had fraudulently transferred their pattas in his nt me and in 1 I t 3 EVV,J W,P. No-40787 of2025 the name of 6th respondent, the petitioners have made representations dated 18-09-2024 afrd 20-12-2025. The grievance of the petitioners is that even after receiving the said representations, the respondent authorities did not consider the same, Hence. this Writ petition. 4. Considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Assignment appearing for respondent Nos.
1 to 4 and with their consent, this Writ Petition is being disposed at the admission stage. In view of the nature of relief sought for in petition, this Writ issuance of notice to the unofficial respondents is dispensed herewith. 5. In view of the above submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, this Court, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the matter, deems it appropriate to dispose of this Writ Petition directing the respondent authorities to examine the representations dated 18-O9-2024 and, 2O-I2-2O25 submitted by the petitioners and a_fter issuing notice to all .. -*. 1lx*l;{t*r&,**l_}e-v P No 40? 87 of2025 the interested persons, consider the samt, axd pass appropriate reasoned order and communicate t le decision thereon to the petitioners within a period of t vo months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. With the above observations, the \ /rit Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to co ,ts. 7 .
As a sequel, the miscellaneo, s petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. Stlr P. PONNA KRTSHNA ASI; STANT REGISTRAR (_? ' //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Principal. Secretary, Revenue - Department, State ot elangana, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The District Collector, RajannaSircillaDistrict At Rajann:rl ircilla. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, . cilla Vemulawada, Rajannalj District At Vemulawada. 4. The Tahsildar, VemulawadaMandal, . ict. Rajanna Sircilla Dir;i 5. One CC to SRl. RAVTNDER REDDY S|NGIREDDY, ArJ, ocate [OpUC] 6. Two CCs to GP FOR ASSIGNMENT , High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyder. abad . [OUT] 7. Two CD Copies c'l DAN PMK L -! t-! t&l&::r,:-:t. i- HIGH COURT DATED:0510112026 ORDER 1 t-1; . ) /4/. , (i) WP. No. 40787 of 2025 ;\ o () ? rJAN 2[26 -t DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS ol 9t c to-L *
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