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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
E.V.VENUGOPAL
Bommena Bhoopathi Rao – Appellant
Versus
State Of Telangana, Rep. By Its Principal Secretary-Revenue Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. violation of natural justice in land mutation (Para 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. claims of fabrication and legal non-viability (Para 5 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 3. judicial review of administrative actions (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. importance of due process in property rights (Para 15 , 16 , 19) |
| 5. restoration of rights based on procedural impropriety (Para 20 , 21 , 22) |
ORDER :
E.V.VENUGOPAL, J.
Heard Sri J.Prabhakar, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of Sri Naresh Reddy Chinnolla, the learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Vedula Srinivas, the learned senior counsel appearing for Mrs. Vedula Chitralekha, learned counsel for the unofficial respondent No.4 and Sri L. Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader appearing on behalf of learned Government Pleader for Revenue Sri K.Muralidhar Reddy.
2. The brief facts of the case are that the writ petitioners are constrained to invoke the writ jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court aggrieved by the illegal action of respondents Nos.2 and 3 in deleting their names and mutating the name of respondent No.4 in the revenue records in respect of land in Sy.Nos.514/A/2, 514/AA/1/1/1/1/2, 516/A/2 and 516/AA/2, admeasuring Ac.4–21 gts., situate
Revenue authorities must issue individual notices before altering land records to uphold natural justice, as failure to do so renders the action arbitrary and illegal.
The court emphasized that revenue authorities must respect the principles of natural justice and cannot alter records without notice, especially when a civil suit is pending.
Jurisdiction of revenue authorities is limited to statutory procedures; unauthorized actions based on invalid orders do not confer legal rights over property.
Petitioners cannot seek restoration of land title based on an unregistered agreement; proper legal procedures must be followed for title validation, and corrections made in revenue records are upheld....
Point of law: The demand for justice is not a matter of form but a matter of substance, and it is necessary that a “proper and sufficient demand has to be made”. The demand must be made to the proper....
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