Smt. Kurva Shankaramma v. The State of Telangana

Court: High Court for State of Telangana

Bench: B.VIJAYSEN REDDY

Judgment date: 2026-03-06

Case summary

High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-03-06. Smt. Kurva Shankaramma v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

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[ 3183 I IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. VIJAYSEN REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 6938 OF 2026 Between: Smt. Kurva Shankaramma, Wo: Late Kurva Balappa, Aged about ygq'"' 19 Drstnct' Occ. Agriculture R/o Bhoothpur Village, Makthal Mandal Narayanpet ... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Telangana, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildin{s, nyderaOid, Telangana State. 2 The District Collector, Narayanpet District. 3 The Addl. Distrrct Collector, (Revenue), Narayanpet District' District. 4 The Revenue Divisional officer, Narayanpet Division Narayanpet E District The Tahsildar, Makthal Mandal, Narayanpet ...

RESPONDENTS Petition under A(icle 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(s) essentially one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the Respondent No 2 86 3 in considering andpassingappropriateordersinrespectofmyapplicationforPassbookData lD No. 33T709600002414 Dt. 28. 07. 2025 as correction made vide Transaction recommended by Respondent No. 4 and 5 vide their Proceedings No, N7 3612025 Dt. 04. 08. 2025 and At561t2024 D|. 29. 07. 2025 respectively as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and whimsical resulting in violation of Art 14 and 21 Constitution of lndia. lA NO: 1 OF 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 to direct the Respondent No.

2 and 3 to consrder and dispose the application for Passbook Data Correction made vide Transaction lD No. 33T709600002414 Dt. 28. 07. 2025 as recommended by Respondent No. 4 and 5 vide their Proceedings No. A1736t2025 Dt. 04. 08. 2025 and A1561t2O24 Dt 29. 07 . 2025 respectively forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI KARNAM RAMESH Counsel for the Respondents: SRI L. RAVINDER, AGP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER ry HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. VIJAYSEN REDDY WRIT PETITON No. 6938 OF 2026 06-03-2026 Between: Smt. Kurva Shankaramma . ,. Petitioner AND The State ofTelangana Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buitdings, Hyderabad, Telangana State & 4 others. ... Respondents ORDBR:(ORAL) This Writ Petition is filed seeking lor the lollowing relief: "... to issue a Writ, Order or Direction(s) essentially one in the naturc ol Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the Respondcnt No.

2 86 3 in considering and passing appropriate orders in respcct of my application for Passbook Data Correction rnadc vidc Transaction ID No. 331709600002414 Dt. 28. 07. 2025 as recommendcd by Respondcnt No. 4 and 5 vide tlreir Proceedings No. N73612025 Dr. 04. 08. 2025 and A156112024 Dr. 29. 07. 2025 rcspcctivcly as illegal. arbitrary. capricious and whimsical rcsulting in violation of Art 14 and 2l Constitution ol tndia and may pass any such other Order or Orders as this Hon'ble I-Iigh Court may deem fit, propcr and nccessary in the circurnstances of the case... " 2. Heard Sri Karanam Rauresh, Iearncd counsel lor the petitioner and Mr. L. Ravinder, learned Assistant Govemment Plcader lor Revenue appearing for the respondents. perused the material on record 3. The brief submissions of the learned counsel for the pr: titioner are that the pctitioner was assigned an extent of Ac. 3. 00 guntas of agricultural land in survel, No.

249 situated at Bhoothpur Village and Mandal, Narayanpet District. vide proceedings of the then Tahsildar, Makthal Mandal, in D-Form patta vide proceedings No. D/25l2000 dated 05. 08. 2000. It is submitted that since the dare o1'assigntnent, the petitioner has been in continuous possession and enjoymcnt of the said land and has developed the same into cultivable tand by investing his hard-eamcd rnoney. 4. It is further submitted that to the utter surprise of the petitioner, the 5th respondent issued proceedings No. A/561/2024 dated 15. 0l. 2025 cancelling the assignment granted in favour ol thc petitioner. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the 4th respondent tn Appeal No. Al736/2025 and the respondent No. 4, by order dated 23 . 07 . 2025, set asidc the proceedines No. Al56l12024, of the rcspondent No. 5 dated 15. 01 . 2025 and directed restoration ol thc petitioner's narne in the revcnue records. ry 5.

Leamed counsel lor the petitioner submits that pursuant to the said order, the petitioner submitted an application through the Dharani/Bhu Bharathi portal for Pass Book data correction vide Transaction ID No. 33T709600002414 dated 28. 07. 2025 for implemeptation of the order passed by the respondent No. 4. It is stated that the said application is still pending consideration and the name of the petitioner has not been restored in the revenue records. 6. Having regard to the above submissions, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the rvrit petition with the direction to the respondents to act forthwith upon the application submitted by the petitioner vide Transaction ID No. 33T709600002414,, dated 28. 07. 2025, for Pass Book Data Conection for implementing the order of the respondent No. 4 and restoring the name of the petitioner in the revenue records.

The respondents shall consider the said application, issue notice to the petitioner as well as to all other affected/interested parties, if any, and pass appropriate orders strictly in accordance with law within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. i As a sequcl thereto, miscellaneous applications, if any, pcnding in thc wrir petition stand closed. SD/-P. PONNA KRISHNA ASSI T REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// CTION OFFICER To, 1 The Principal Secretary Department, Secretariat [evenue 'Telangana Buildings, Hyderabad. The State of Telangana, State. 2. The District Collector, Narayanpet District. 3 The Addl District Collector, (Revenue), Narayanpet District. 4. The Revenue Divisionar officer, Narayanpet Division Narayanpet District 5 The Tahsildar, Makthat Mandal, Narayanpet District 6. One CC to Sri Karnanr Ramesh, Advocate [OpUCl 7.

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