Gadwal Rajani, v. The State of Telangana,
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: SUREPALLI NANDA
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2026-03-10. Gadwal Rajani, v. The State of Telangana,. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
132s21 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA WRIT PET IT]ON NO:7302OF 2026 Between: Gadwal Rajani,, D/o G Srinivas, Aged about 31 years, Occ; Private Employee, R/o. 11-6-540/A, Devi Bagh, Red Hills, Nampally, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Endowments Department, Secretariat, Tank bond, Hyderabad. 2. Telangana Endowment Tribunal, Represented by its Adminiskative O{ice. r, ^ Ofiice-at. 3-4-8, Dr Bhoomanna Land, Barkatpura, Kachiguda, Hyderabad -27. 3. The Asst. Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad' At Dharmikabhavan, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad. 4. Sri Devi Bagh Temple, Devibagh, Goodshed raod, Redhills, Nampally' Hyderabad, Rep by its Executive Officer. 5. Sri Devi Bagh Welfare Society, (Regd No.
5212022) 1 1-5-580' Redhills' Nampally, Hyderabad, Reb by its President Mr. Anil Kankan 6. Mr. Anil Kankan, S/o. Late K. Shanker Rao, Aged about 50 years, Occ. Pvt Employee, R/o. 11-6-565, Devibagh, Nampally, Hyderabad 7. Siva Pillai, S/o. V. Ashok Kumar Pillai, Aged about 28 years, Occ. Fitness Trainer, R/o. 11-6-568, Devibagh, Nampally, Hyderabad. ..... RESPONDENTS Petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the HiOh iourt may be ! pleased to issue a Writ Order or Direction more particularlV one in the nature of ] 24 in O. A. No. Writ of MANDAMUS, declaring the Order passed in 1. A. No. 270 of 201 51 of 2024 dated 19-07-2024, as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, unconstitutional and against the principles of natural justice Subsequently direct the Respondents No. 1 the Telangana Errdowments Tribunal to exiedite the hearing of the O. A. No.
51 of 2024 and dispos,e the same within a time bound manner preferably within two months to secur() the ends of Justice Consequently Direct the respondents not to interfere for further construction of the Petitioners Schedule Property by Set-aside the status Quo Order in 1. A. No. 270 0t 2024 in o. A. No. 5',1 ot 2024 dated 19-07- 2024. |. A. NO:1 OF 2021) Petition Under Section 15't 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 respondents not to interfere for further construction of the Petitioners Schedule property by set-aside the status Quo Order in 1. A. No. 270 ot 2024 in o. A. No. 51 of 2024 daled 19-01-2024. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI H. PRASHANTH RAJ Counsel for the Respondent Nos. l to 3 : GP FOR ENDOWMENTS Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 4 to 7 : SRI VISHNU The Court made the following ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD HON'BLE MRS.
JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA WRIT PETITION No. 73O2 OF 2O26 DATE: 1O. O3. 2026 Between : Gadwal Rajani aaa Petitioner And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Endowments Depaftment, Secretariat, Tank bond, Hyderabad and others ,r. Respondents ORDER Heard Sri H. Prashanth Raj, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Endowments appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 3 and Sri Vishnu, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 4 to 7. SN,J w. P. No. 7302 0f 2026 2. praver as under: "... to issue a Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of MANDAMUS, der:laring the Order passed in I. A. No. 27O of 2024 in oA. No. 51 of 2024 dated tg-o7-2o24, as iilegat, arbitrary, unjust, unconstitutional and against the prirrciples of natural justice Subsequently direct the Respondents No. 1 the Telangana Endowments Tribunal to expedite the hearing of the OA. No.
51 of 2O,t-4 and dispose the same within a time bound manner preferably within two months to secure the ends of Justice Consequently Direct the respondents not to interfere for further construction of the Petitioners Schedule Property by Set-aside the status Qu,r Order in I. A. No. 27O of 2024 in OA. No. 51 of 2OZ4 dated L9-O7-2024, and pass... " 3. averments made in the affidavit filed by the petitioner ! n support of the present Writ Petition is as under:- i) The petitioner is the owner of the house property bearing Municipal No. 11-6-540/A admeasuring 37 square yards, vrhich petitioner had acquired through a Registered Gift Dee:d executed by the petitioner's mother in the year 2023. ii) The respondents and their predecessors have been repeateclly initiating litigations claiming the property as temple endowment land, though most of such cases were EN,] W. P. No. 7302 of 2O26 dismissed or decideci in favour of the petitioner,s predecessors. iii) Recently, Respondent Nos.
z to 4 filed o. A. No. 51 of 2024 before the Telangana Endowments Tribtrnal and I t; i: obtained a status quo order, due to which the petitioner had ii to stop construction of her house. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner approacheci this court by filing the present writ petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner fairly submits that the petitioner is not insisting for the grant of the main prayer as sought for by the petitioner in the present writ petition and that the limited relief sought for by the petitioner is a direction to respondent No. 2 for speedy disposal of o. A. No. 51 of 2024 on the file of the Telangana Endowments Tribunal at Hyderabad. 5. Learned Assistant Government pleader appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 3 and sri vishnu, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 4 to 7, do -€J SN,J W. P. No. 7302 of 2026 not <lispute the said submission made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. 6.
a) ThF aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, b) The submissions made by the learned couns;el appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learnr=d Assistant Government pleader for Endowments appearing on beharf of the respondent Nos. l to 3 and rearned counser appearing on beharf of respondent Nos. 4 to l, c) The discussion and concrusion as arrived at paragraph Nos. 4 and 5 of the present order, ''ll'he writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent No. 2 to dispose of o. A. No. 51 of 2024 on merits;, expeditiously, in accordance to law, by giving reasonable opportunity to all concerned, and to decide the issues invotved therein within a period of SN,J w. P. No. 7302 0f 2026 eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as' to costs' in this petitions, if any, pending Writ Miscellaneous Petition, shall stand closeo' . PONNA KRISHNA ANT REG /TRUE COPY,, SECTION OFFICER Tank bond, To 1 istrative Officer, -27 2.
3 State of Telangana 4 5 6 7 SA BS M/ i C. C. TODAY HIGH COURT DATED:10/03/2026 D () B 1 IP B 202fi * * ORDER WP. No. 7302 of 2026 DISPOSING OF THE W. P WITHOUT COSTS. \ t1 il" \
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