Survey proceedings under the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act are administrative and do not adjudicate ownership, thus maintaining the status quo of possession until a legal determination is made.

JUDGMENT :

Gadi Praveen Kumar, J.

1. Since the issue involved in these matters is common, they are being disposed of by this common judgment

2. Heard Sri J.Prabhakar, learned Senior Counsel appearing for Sri Muppu Ravinder Reddy, learned counsel for the appellants in W.A.No.562 of 2025, Sri T.Surya Satish, learned counsel appearing for Sri K.Aravind Rao, learned counsel for the respondent No.1 in W.A.No.562 of 2025/respondent No.5 in W.P.No.33362 of 2025, and Ms.T.Swetcha, the learned Assistant Government Pleader appearing for the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondent Nos.2 to 6 in W.A.No.562 of 2025/respondent Nos.1 to 4 in W.P.No.33362 of 2025.

3. Writ Appeal No.562 of 2025 is filed by the appellants/third parties being aggrieved by the order dated 29.04.2025 passed in W.P.No.13462 of 2025 by the learned Single Judge, wherein a direction was issued to the respondent No.5 to take up a fresh F-Line application, intimate any further fee required, conduct the survey, demarcation and fixation of boundaries and complete the entire exercise within forty-five (45) working days, while clarifying that no opinion was expressed on title or possession.

4. Writ Petition No.33362 of 2025 is filed to declare the action of respondent Nos.2 to 4 in issuing the Notice dated 25.10.2025 (Served on 30.10.2025) for conducting the survey on 04.11.2025 over land admeasuring Ac.1.29 guntas, equivalent to 6,243 square yards in Sy.No.82 situated at Jeedimetla Village, Qutubullapur Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri District, without giving opportunity to the petitioners as per Section 15(2) of the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923, and without considering the objections dated 31.10.2025, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently, direct the respondents to not conduct the survey as per the notice.

5. The brief facts leading to filing of W.P.No.13462 of 2025 are that the petitioner therein, who is respondent No.1 in W.A.No.562 of 2025 and respondent No.5 in W.P.No.33362 of 2025, claims to be the owner and possessor of land admeasuring Ac.0.33 guntas forming part of Sy.No.82/1/EE, situated at Jeedimetla Village, Qutubullapur Mandal, Medchal–Malkajgiri District, having purchased the same under various registered sale deeds executed during the year 2022 from vendors who acquired title through a partition deed dated 06.07.2015. It is further stated that disputes having arisen with neighbouring pattadars regarding boundaries, the petitioner’s vendors earlier instituted O.S.No.107 of 2016 before the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Medchal, for bare injunction, in which ad-interim injunction was granted vide order dated 29.08.2016 in I.A.No.435 of 2016 and that after purchase, when third parties attempted to interfere with the boundaries, the petitioner filed O.S.No.807 of 2022 on the file of the II Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-I Additional Family Court, Medchal, for declaration, which is pending.

6. It is further stated that seeking identification and fixation of boundaries, the petitioner submitted an F-Line application dated 27.05.2024 for survey, demarcation and sub-division; that pursuant thereto, survey was conducted on 07.06.2024 and 08.06.2024 and a report dated 10.06.2024 was submitted; that as no final demarcation or sub-division sketch was issued, the petitioner approached this Court in W.P. No.15310 of 2024, which was withdrawn on the assurance of completion of the process; and that subsequently, the impugned endorsement dated 28.11.2024 was issued rejecting the request for demarcation on the ground that sub-division records were not prepared, leading to file Writ peti