ORDER :

Satish Chandra Sharma, J.

The petitioners claiming themselves to be social workers have filed this writ petition by way of Public Interest Litigation being aggrieved by creation of new districts in the State of Telangana. The petitioner’s contention is that the formation of new districts is contrary to the statutory provisions as contained in the Telangana Districts (Formation) Act, 1974 and the Telangana Districts (Formation) Rules, 2016.

2. Section 3 of the Telangana Districts (Formation) Act, 1974 reads as under:-

“3. Division of State into districts, formation of new districts and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing districts:-

(1) The Government may, by notification, from time to time, for the purposes of revenue administration, divide the State into such districts with such limits as may be specified therein; and each district shall consist of such revenue divisions and each revenue division shall consist of such mandals and each mandal shall consist of such villages as the Government may, by notification from time to time, specify in this behalf.

(2) The Government may, in the interests of better administration and development of the areas, by notification