IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL

WRIT PETITION No.30767 of 2025

DATE OF ORDER: 05.12.2025

Between:

Srikantha Settipally

...Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana,

rep. by its Principal Secretary,

Revenue Department,

Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad,T.S and five others

...Respondents

ORDER :

This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief:

“….pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more

particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not taking action on my application dated 22.07.2025 for correction of entries in the revenue records pertaining to the land to an extent of Acs.3.18 guntas, situated in survey No.145 of Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to take action on petitioners

application dated 22.07.2025 in respect of the land to an extent of Ac.3.18 guntas situated in survey No.145 of Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District and enter the name of the petitioner in the revenue records.…”

2. Heard Sri S.Sridhar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, for respondent Nos.1 to 4 and perused the record.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that originally one Mr.Ram Prasad was the absolute owner and possessor of the agricultural land to an extent of Acs.6.39 guntas in Sy.No.145, situated at Gopanpally Village of Serlingampally Mandal. Likewise the name of one Mr.Gadda Pochiga also reflected in the Khasara Pahani of the year 1954-55 as protected tenant in the above said land to an extent of Acs.3.18 guntas. After the death of Gaddam Pochiga, his sons have succeeded to his protected tenancy rights over the said land and the same was also recognized by the respondents herein by issuing various proceedings and finally the Mandal Revenue Inspector on 01.10.2002 under cover of Panchanama put them in possession of the land in compliance of the order of the then Tahsildar, Serlingampally Mandal dated 06.07.2002 vide proceedings No.B/933/1997.

4. Thereafter, the sons of late Pochiga have purchased the interest of the land lord in the said land and approached respondent No.2 for issuance of sale certificate in their favour in respect of the subject property. Whereupon, respondent No.2 after due enquiry by order dated 24.11.2009 vide proceedings No.G/408/2009 issued sale certificate in favour of the sons of late Pochiga by recognizing him as purchaser of the said land and accordingly sale certificate was issued in their favour on 16.12.2009. Thereafter, respondent No.3 herein has mutated the names of the sons of late Pochiga in the revenue records as pattedars and possessors to an extent of Ac.0.20 guntas each and an extent of Ac.0.09 guntas each in favour of his grandsons and issued individual pattedar passbooks and title deeds on their names.

5. Subsequent to the issuance of individual pattedar passbooks and title deeds in favour of the sons and grandchildren of late Pochiga they executed a registered sale deed on 23.08.2012 vide document No.61713 of 2012 in favour of the petitioner for the land to an extent of Acs.3.18 guntas in Sy.No.145, situated at Gopanpally Village, Serlingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District on receipt of valuable consideration and put the petitioner in possession of the same. Soon after the purchase of the land, the petitioner applied for mutation before respondent No.3 and respondent No.3 after conducting a due enquiry mutated the name of the petitioner in the revenue records vide proceedings bearing No.B/438/2012, dated 26.12.2012. Due to efflux of time, the said land has been merged into the urban agglomeration and in order to protect the land a barbed wire fence was laid over the length and breadth of the land and borewell was also dug in the said