Satish Babu Epuru v. The State of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: PULLA KARTHIK
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-04-21. Satish Babu Epuru v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
[ 3301 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENW SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION NO: 12210 OF 2026 Between: Satish Babu Epuru, S/o. E. Vedagiri Reddy, Aged about 48 years, Occ: Business No. 2O4,2nd Floor, Balakrishna Rao Road, Ganesh Residency, Chamarajapuram, Mysore, Karnataka 570005. ... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2. The Commissioner of Stamps and Registration, Government of Telangana, Hyderabad. 3. The District Registrar, Red Hills, Hyderabad District, Hyderabad. 4. The Sub Registrar, Bowenpally, Secunderabad, ...
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 one in the nature of writ of mandamus in declaring the action of the Respondent No. 4 in not receiving and registering the Sale Deed presented by the Petitioner along with Konduru Anand Gajapathi Raju, S/o. Mohan Raju for buying the property bearing Plot No. 32, covered by Survey 7413, admeasuring 238. 90 Square Yards. equivalent to 199. 74 Square Meters, situated at Ravi Co-Operative Housing Society, Mahendra Hills, East Marred pally, Secunderabad Cantonment, Telangana State, from vendor G. Devnath Reddy @ Gangapur Devanath Reddy as being illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Article 14, 21 and 300-4 of the Constitution of lndia and further direct lf r Respondent No 4 to receive and register the Sale Deed presented by the Petitio. -.
r along with Konduru Anand Gajapathi Raju, S/o. Mohan Raju to buy the proper / bearing Plot No. 32, covered by Survey 7413, admeasuring 238. 90 Square Yards equivalent to 199. 74 Square Meters, situated at Ravi Co-Operative Housing Socie. l , Mahendra Hills, East Marredpally, Secunderabad Cantonment, Telangana State, frc r the vendor Devnath Reddy @ Gangapur Devanath Reddy. l. A NO: 1 OF 2026 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circr r rstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may t,r pleased to direct the Respondent No. 4 to receive and register the Sale DeeC F, r the sale of all that property bearing Plot No. 32, covered by Survey 7413, adme. iuring 238. 90 Square ,)o Yards. equivalent to 199. 74 Square Meters, situated at Ravi Operative Housing Society, Mahendra Hills, East Manedpally, Secunderabad C r ntonment, Telangana State. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI T. RAHUL Counsel forthe Respondents: Ms. S.
SRAVANTHI, AGP FOF STAMPS & REGISTRATION The Court made the following: ORDER . **':-6 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK MIT PETITION No. 12210 OF 2026 zl"t APRIL,2026. Between: Satish Babu Epurr-r. . . . Petitioner AND The State of Teiangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretar5r, Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 3 others. ... Respondents ORDER: With the consent of both parties, this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. 2. Aggrieved by the action of respondent No. 4 in refusing to receive and register t-he sa-le deed presented by the petitioner, along with Konduru Anand Gajapathi Raju, S/o Mohan Raju, in respect of the purchase of propert5r bearing Plot No. 32, in Survey No. 74/3, admeasuring 238. 90 squa. re yards (equiva-lent to 199.
74 square meters), situated at Ravi Co-operative Housing Society, Mahendra Hills, East Marredpally, Secunderabad Caltonment, Tela:r from the iana, Devari th Reddy, the vendor G. Devnath Reddy @ Gangapur present Writ Petition has been filed. 3. Heard Sri T. Rahul, learned counsel for the petitioner -rment and MIs. S. Sravanthi, Iearned Assistant Gover Pleader the for Stamps and Registration, appearing for espondents. petitioner 4. Learned counsel for the submits that respondent No. 4 is refusing to receive and re gister the sale deed sought to be presented by the petitioner r respect of the subject pri-rperty on the ground that the Stat( liovernment is claiming light over the subject property as 'Gcr ernment Land' in LGC No. 167 of 1997. Learned counsel I Lrther submits -it that the issue involved in the present \l Petition is connected u,ith the dismissal order dated 28. ( 5. 2025 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in W. P. No.
19106 of 2010, which is filed by the State Government agz inst the order ( passed in LGC No. 167 of 1997 by the Special ourt under the A. P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 19'i 2, Hyderabad. Learned counsel further submits the. 1 in similar circumstances, this Court has passed order d: . ed 24. 06. 2025 ry in W. P. No. 17393 of 2025 directing the respondents therein to register the document. Therefore, learned counsel prays this Court to allow the Writ Petition and direct respondent No. 4 to register the SaIe Deed presented by the petitioner. 5. The above made submission is not seriously disputed by the learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 6. Having regard to the above made submissions, particularly, in view of dismissal of W. P. No. 19106 of 2010 on 28. O5. 2025, the present Writ Petition is disposed of directing I I respondent No.
4 to receive, register and release the document presented by the petitioner in respect of the subject property without reference to LGC No. 167 of 1997, however, subject to the petitioner complying with the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 19O8, and the Indian Stamps Act, 1899. It is also open to the Registering Authority to refuse the document presented by the petitioner, on arry other objections, duly assigrring the reasons and communicating the same to the petitioner. 7. It is made clear that mere registration of the document does not confer title on the subject propert] and it is also made clear that this order would not have al ,, bearing on all those matters where title/rights of the partie r are pending before the authorities either in revisior for 7'appeals adjudication or in any other cases. This order also does not preclude the parties 1n asserting their r:1 hts before a competent Court of law Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pendir r shall stand I closeci.
There shall be no order as to costs Srl -P. C SULEKHA DEVI ASS REGTSTRAR ISTANT //TRUE COPY// \,SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Principal Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Hydera: rd 2. The Commissioner of Stamps and Regiskation, Gov: nment of Telangana, Hyderabad. 3. The District Registrar, Red Hills, Hyderabad District, H'a erabad. 4. The Sub Registrar, Bowenpally, Secunderabad, 5. One CC to SRI T. RAHUL, Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to GP FOR STAMPS & REGISTRATION, l- i th Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUT] 7. Two CD Copies PMK /PMK HIGH COURT DATED: 2110412026 ,l rl :, ORDER WP. No. 12210 ot 2026 DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS
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