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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
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., situated at Turkapally Village, Shamirpet Mandal, Medchal–Malkajgiri District. The impugned mutation was effected without issuing any notice to the Petitioners and is ex facie illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and in violation of the principles of natural justice.
3. This writ petition was earlier disposed on 24.08.2023 basing on a counter affidavit said to have been fi
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