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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL

WRIT PETITION No.40375 2025

Dated: 31.12.2025

Between:

Sri Thotakura Pavan Kumar.

… Petitioner

And

The State of Telangana,

Represented by its Principal Secretary and three others

… Respondents

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of

Constitution of India, seeking the following relief/s:-

“… to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly

one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the

questioning the inaction of the respondents in conducting

survey, demarcation and fixing the boundary stones in

respect of the land in Sy.No.818/A1/1/2 to an extent of

Ac.0.3800 gts, Situated at Jakranpally Shivar, Jakranpally

Mandal, Nirmal District, in spite of receipt of the requisite

amount of Rs.295/- dated 15.07.2025 through F-line

Petition and even after completion of the specified time of

45 days as being illegal, arbitrary and unjust and

consequently direct the respondent authorities to conduct

the survey by issuing the notices to the concerned persons

and to grant such other relief or reliefs …”

2. Heard Mr.Rudresh Deshpande, learned counsel for

the petitioner and Mr.L.Ravinder, learned Assistant

Government Pleader for Revenue, appearing for

respondents.

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3. When the matter is taken up for consideration, learned

counsel for the petitioner submits that as the neighbouring

land owners are making hectic attempt to encroach into his

land, in order to protect and safeguard his lawful possession,

he has approached respondent No.3 and requested to conduct

the survey and fix the boundary stones. On the instructions

of respondent No.3, petitioner paid Rs.295/- on 20.06.2025

for his survey number along with the application through F-

line. Hence, he seeks a direction to respondents to conduct

survey and demarcate the boundaries of agricultural land

pertaining to agricultural land admeasuring Ac.0.3800 gts in

Sy.No.818/A1/1/2 situated at Jakranpally Shivar,

Jakranpally Mandal, Nirmal District, pursuant to the on-line

application submitted by the petitioner vide

No.DER022501194567, dated 20.06.2025, submitted to the

respondent-authorities on 15.07.2025.

4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue

contends that the respondent authorities will consider the

aforesaid F-Line application submitted by the petitioner by

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following due procedure laid down under law and conduct

survey and demarcate the subject land by fixing boundaries.

5. It is settled law that the Survey Department has the

authority to conduct survey and demarcate lands in

accordance with the provisions of the Telangana Land

Revenue Act, 1317 Fasli (Act No. VIII of 1317 Fasli), the

Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923, and the Rules

framed thereunder. The Government has issued various

circulars specifying the conditions for conducting surveys,

particularly F-Line (field measurement) surveys. Individuals

requesting such surveys are required to submit specific

documents, and if the conditions stipulated in the circulars

are fulfilled, the survey and boundary fixation may be

conducted. The Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land

Records, exercising powers under the Telangana Survey and

Boundaries Act, 1923, issued relevant circulars from time to

time vide Rc.No.N1/6543/99, dated 25.07.2001,

Rc.No.N1/1408/07, dated 13.07.2007, and Rc.No.N2/1741

/2010, dated 18.05.2010 stipulating the conditions for

conducting survey of private lands and as per the said

circulars, if the petitioner fulfils all the conditions of the said

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circular, it is an obligation on the part of the respondents to

conduct survey within the time specified in the said circulars.

6. In view of the aforesaid discussion, this Court deems it

appropriate to dispose of this Writ Petition directing

respondents-authorities to examine the petitioner’s F-Line

application, dated 15.07.2025, in accordance with the

provisions of the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923

and also in terms of the circular instructions issued by th