ORDER :

The present writ petition is filed seeking a direction to declare the action of respondents in registering the case in Preliminary Offence Report (POR) No. 05/01/2021 dated 13.10.2021 booked under Section 20(1)(c)(II)(III) and (VII) of the Telangana Forest Act, 1972 and Section 51(1) of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and under Section 2 (II) and (III) of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and for a consequential direction to the respondents to release the petitioner’s vehicle JCB bearing No.TS 05FE 0566 by compounding the case.

2. Heard Mr. Ponnam Ashok Goud, learned counsel representing Mr. N. Uma Shankar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Forest appearing on behalf of the respondents.

3. Facts of the Case:

The Petitioner claims to be the owner of a JCB vehicle bearing registration No.TS05FE0566 and chassis No.RAJ3DXSSV02885808 (hereinafter ‘subject vehicle’). He offers the subject vehicle on a rental basis and earns his livelihood. According to the Petitioner, the said subject vehicle was seized by Respondent Nos. 6 and 7 when it was rented out to one Jatavath Thara Singh, accused in POR. The main relief sought by the Petitioner is to s