HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. VIJAYSEN REDDY WRIT PETITION No.32419 OF 2023 ORDER : (ORAL)

This writ petition is filed seeking to declare action of respondent No.3 in not considering petitioners’ Dharani application Nos.2300139115 and 2300139140, dated 07.09.2023, respectively, for changing the nature of the land in the revenue records from ‘assigned lands’ to ‘patta lands’ in respect of their respective lands i.e., Acs.00-24 guntas in Survey No.599/14/2, Ac.00-24 guntas in Survey No.599/14/5, Ac.00-28 guntas in Survey No.599/2/2 and Acs.03-00 guntas in Survey No.599/AA situated at Fasalwadi Village, Sanga Reddy Mandal and District, as being arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to remove the above said lands from the prohibitory list of properties.

2. It is stated that the petitioners are the absolute owners and possessors of the aforesaid subject lands having acquired the same from their ancestors, who, in turn, acquired the same from the Government under Rule 9(g) of the Laoni Rules, 1950 by paying valuable sale consideration to the Government and they were issued Laoni Patta certificate in respect of the subject lands. The petitioners are also issued pattadar passbooks and title deeds and their names were mutated in the revenue records in respect of the subject lands. While so, the petitioners came to know that the subject lands are shown as assigned lands in the revenue records and further it is included in the prohibitory list. On being advised, petitioners submitted Dharani applications for changing the nature of the subject lands in the revenue records from ‘assigned lands’ to ‘patta lands’ and for deleting the subject lands from the prohibitory list of properties. It is submitted that respondents are not processing the petitioners’ applications, as such, they are constrained to approach this Court.

3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents.

4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that appropriate action will be taken on Dharani applications submitted by the petitioners, in accordance with law.

5. Recording the aforesaid submission, the writ petition is disposed of directing respondents No.3 and 5 to consider the petitioners’ Dharani application Nos. 2300139115 and 2300139140, dated 07.09.2023, respectively, for changing the nature of the lands in the revenue records from ‘assigned lands’ to ‘patta lands’ in respect of the aforesaid subject lands of the petitioners and deleting the lands from the prohibitory list of properties published and maintained under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908, and pass orders, in accordance with law, by issuing notice to all concerned/interested persons, within a period of two (02) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

No order as to costs.

As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in the writ petition stand closed.

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B. VIJAYSEN REDDY, J Dt: 24.11.2023 v v