Sri. Bonkuri Narasaiah 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 2026-04-16. Sri. Bonkuri Narasaiah v. The State of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
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\ [ 32ee I IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENW SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION NO: 11677 OF 2026 Between: Sri. Bonkuri Narasaiah, S/o late Laxmaiah Aged63 years Occ agriculture R/o. H No. 4-78, Ramapallivillage Peddapally Mandaland District, TG. ... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Telangana, Rep by its Principal Secretary Panchayath Raj and Rural development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad' 2. The District collector, (Panchayat raj) Peddapally District, T. G. 3. The District panchayat Officer, Peddapally District,T. G 4. The Mandal Parishad Development officer, Peddapally Manadal, Peddapally District, T. G 5. The Gramapanchayth of Rampatti, Rep by lts Panchayth Secretary Ramplly T'G' Village, Peddapally Manadal, Peddapally District, ...
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 an appropriate Writ, brder or Direction, more particularly one in the nafure of writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the action of the Respondent No. S is high handedly Stopped supply of Drinking water from Grampanchyath Bowerwell since 20 TG as illegal- as illegal, days in Ramapalli village, Peddapally Mandal andDistrict, arbitrary, against the principles of natural justice and violation of Article 14 ot Constitution of lndia, and consequently direct the respondents to supply of Drinking water from Grampanchyath Bowerwell in Ramapalti village, Peddapally Mandal and District, TG. . r:) -:tiiffi@ l. A.
NCr: 1o/F 2026 Petition under Section 151 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 responrlents supply of Drinking water from Grampanchyath Bowerwell in Ramapalli village, Peddapally Mandal andDistrict, TG pending disposal of above writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI PRAVEEN BONKURI Counset for the Respondent No. l to 4: SRI ASHOK KUMAR, AGP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV Counsel for the Respondent No. S: SRI K. PRADEEP REDDY, SC FOR GRAM PANCHAYAT The Court made the following: ORDER i i I I : . l I t IN THE HIGH COURT tr. OR THE STATE OT'TELANGANA AT HYDERABAI) THE HON'BLE SRT JUSTICE E. V. VENUGOPAL DATE OF ORDER: 16. 04. 2026 Between: Sri Bonkuri Narasaiah . Petitioners AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayath Raj and Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and others ...
Respondents ORDER: This writ Petition, under Article 226 of the constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief: : I n-... to I declare the action of the respond. ent No. s is high handedry I I stopped supply of Dnnkilry uater from Grampanrchagath Borewell L I T since 20 dags in Ramapatti viilage, peddapallg Mandar and. District I I as illegal, arbitrary, agoittst ttte prirciples of nadtral justire and. uiolation of Artide 14 of cotrstittttion of India and. *,nseq,entry direct I a tle respondents to supplg of Drinkhq water f from Grampanrchagath Bouterwell in RamapalE uiilage, peddapailg i Mandat and. Di. strict and. to pass... " 2- Heard Mr. Praveen Bonkuri, rearned counser for the petitioner; sri Ashok Kumar, learned Assistant Government F'leader for Panchayat Raj appearing for respondent Nos. l to and Sri K. Pradeep Reddy, learned standing counsel for zpp IIIPP appearing for respondent No. S; and perused the record. 3.
l,earned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is the absolute owner and possessor of a house bearing No. 4-78, situated at Rampalli Village, pedapally Mandal District. The petitioner has been receiving drinking water for prrst two decades from a borewell. However, all of a sudden, re:spondent No. S stopped the supply of drinking water from serid borewell without assigning any valid reasons. upon noticing tt. e same, the petitioner approached respondent No. s to ascertain the reason for such stoppage. Respondent No. S informed pe:titioner that certain persons were required to make payment towards water supply to the Gram panchayath. It is submitted that petitioner is regularly paying all taxes to the Gram Pe-nchayath and apprised respondent No. 5 of the same. Despite this, respondent No. s refused to restore the supply of drinking wetter. 4. learned Standing Counsel for respondent No. S, upon plrrcing reliance on the letter dated L6. o4.
2o26 addressed by Panchayath secretary, Rampalli, submits that t]:e Gram Panchayath is supplying drinking water to the entire village under t / I Page 3 of4 the Mission Bhageeratha scheme twice a day (i. e. , morning and evening). It is further submitted that the grievance raised by the petitioner does not pertain to non-supply of drinking water. Rather, the issue relates to outstanding electricity dues payable in respect of the borewell connection. Due to non-payment of the said dues, the water supply through the borewell has been temporarily stopped. The Gram panchayath will restore the same upon payment of the entire outstanding amount. 5. Having heard the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government pleader for Home, and without entering into the merits of the case, this writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.
s/Gram Panchayath to restore the supply of borewerl water to the petitioner, subject to the petitioner clearing the outstanding electricity dues. No order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending, shall stand closed. DEPUTY //TRUE GOPY// R \ To, 1. The Principal Secretary Panchayath Raj and Ruraldevelopment Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, State of Telangana. 2. The District Collec{or, (P. 62141Peddapally District, T. G. 3. The District panchayat Officer, Peddapally District,T. G. d 4. The Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Pedddpally Manadal, Peddapally District, T. G 5. The Panchayath Secretary, Gramapanchayth of Rampalli, Ramplly Village, \ Peddapally Manadal, Peddapally District, T. G. 6. One CC to SRI PRAVEEN BONKURI, Advocate IOPUCI 7. One CC to SRI K. PRADEEP REDDY, SC FOR GRAM PANCHAYAT IOPUC] 8. Two CCs to GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ RURAL DEV, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad [OUTI 9.
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