Government authorities must not act on unsubstantiated court orders without due notice, which violates principles of natural justice.

ORDER :

The present writ petition is filed by the petitioners for the following relief :

“….to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents mentioning in Dharani Portal that “there is a court stay/injunction or court order” under transaction status in the Dharani Portal in respect of petitioners respective lands and stopping the benefit of Rythu Bandhu from the year 2022 without there being any court stay/injunction or court order in respect of the petitioners respective lands, without issuing any prior notice, is illegal and arbitrary and violation of principles of natural justice and also in violation of Articles 14 and 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to remove the mentioning of Court stay or injunction order under the heading of transaction status in the Dharani Portal and release the financial assistance to the petitioners for an amount of Rs.5,000/- per acre for two seasons in the year under the Rythu Bandhu scheme….”

2. Heard Sri K.Ramchandra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Sahas Reddy, learned Assistant Government Pleader representing learned Government Pleader for Revenue. None appeared for the Government Pleader for Forest Department.

3. The present Writ Petition is filed challenging the action of the Respondents in wrongly marking the petitioners’ respective lands in the Dharani Portal as having a "court stay/injunction or court order" under the transaction status, without any such actual order existing.

This has led to the petitioners being denied the benefit of the Rythu Bandhu Scheme since the year 2022, without any prior notice, which is arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Articles 14 and 300-A of the Constitution of India . The Petitioners collectively own and possess approximately Ac.63.00 guntas of agricultural land situated in Konne and Nagireddypally villages of Bachannapet Mandal, Jangaon District, as per revenue records and Dharani Portal entries, where they are recorded as lawful owners. The Rythu Bandhu Scheme, introduced in 2018 by the Government of Telangana, provides Rs.5,000/- per acre per season as investment support to farmers. The Petitioners received this benefit until 2021. Since 2022, the Dharani portal falsely reflects a Court stay/injunction on the petitioners’ lands, without citing any case number, order, or date. In reality, O.S.No.912 of 2021, a partition suit, filed by the sister of the 1^st petitioner before the Junior Civil Judge, Jangaon is pending wherein, no interim stay or injunction has been granted in that case or in IA No.1422/2021. The Respondents, acting without authority or justification, have relied on this unsubstantiated entry to stop Rythu Bandhu benefits to the petitioners. This is a clear violation of due process, as no notice was issued and no actual Court order exists. A representation dated 19.07.2022 was submitted to the District Collector/3^rd respondent highlighting this illegality, but no action has been taken so far. Under these circumstances, it is submitted that the Petitioners having left with no other alternative remedy filed the present writ petition.

4. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that the petitioners have not filed any application or representation before the respondents to enable them to examine and verify whether any Court order exists. Without taking such steps, the petitioners have directly approached this Court by filing the present writ petition. Therefore, it is submitted that the petitioners may be directed to file an appropriate application before the respondents, in accordance with law, and upon such appl