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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
T.VINOD KUMAR
Pawar Suresh – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Since, the lis involved in these Writ Petitions is one and the same, they are being taken up for hearing together and disposed of by this common order.
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners in both the writ petitions, learned Assistant Government Pleader attached to the Office of the learned Advocate General appearing for respondents No.1 to 8 in WP.No.25016 of 2024 and respondents No.1 to 7 in W.P.No.28644 of 2024, and Sri L. Prabhakar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent No.9 in W.P.No.25016 of 2024 and for respondent No.8 in W.P.No.28644 of 2024, and perused the record.
3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the case of the petitioners, in brief, is that they were granted assignment pattas by the respondents-authorities as part of welfare measure; that the respondents-authorities claiming that the said assigned lands are required for setting up of National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) for public purposes, have resumed the aforesaid assignment pattas granted in their favour; that the authorities while resuming the aforesaid land had paid ex-gratia amount in a sum @ Rs.4,00,000/- per acre in respect of lands under cultivation and @ Rs.3,25,
Assignment patta holders are entitled to receive ex-gratia payments at the same rates as private patta holders, regardless of delays in claims.
Assignees of Government lands are entitled to compensation equal to that of patta lands when acquired, as statutory rights under the Land Acquisition Act override any ex-gratia payments.
Differential compensation treatment between pattadars and assignees in land acquisition is unconstitutional and illegal, mandating equal compensation rights.
Point of law: Rule (3) of A.P. Assigned Land (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 2007 lays down that the District Collector or the authorized Officer, before taking action under Clauses -(a) and (b) of s....
Assignees of government lands are entitled to compensation equivalent to the full market value of the land, irrespective of the method of acquisition, as established in LAO-cum-RDO, Chevella Division....
petitioners being agriculturists cannot be expected to remain quiet. When the purpose of acquiring their lands has remained dormant and that they are not being put to use for the purposes for which t....
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