*THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN + WRIT PETITION No.17114 OF 2008 %12-12-2025 # Beetkuri Rajappa died per L.Rs. and 14 others ….Petitioners vs.

$The Joint Collector and 3 others ….Respondents !Counsel for the petitioners : Sri D.Prakash Reddy, learned Senior Counsel on behalf of Sri N.Ranga Rao.

^Counsel for respondents : Sri Bhukya Mangilal Naik, learned Government Pleader for Endowments.

Sri A.Srinivas, for R5.

>Head Note :

? Case referred : (1983) 1 SCC 35 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN WRIT PETITION No. 17114 of 2008 DATE: 12.12.2025 Between:

Beetkuri Rajappa died per L.Rs. and 14 others ….Petitioners AND The Joint Collector and 3 others ….Respondents

ORDER

Heard Sri D.Prakash Reddy learned Senior Counsel on behalf of Sri N.Ranga Rao appearing for the petitioners; Sri Bhukya Mangilal Naik, learned Government Pleader for the Endowments appearing for respondent No.3; Sri A.Srinivas, learned counsel for respondent No.5 and perused the record.

2. This Writ Petition is filed with the following prayer:

….may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction in the nature of Certiorari or otherwise calling for the records of the Respondent No.1 in File No. F1/6183/2000 dated 28.3.2008 and declare the said proceedings as illegal, arbitrary and ultra vires the provisions of A.P. [Telengana Area] Abolition of Inams Act 1955 and declare the same as unenforceable by restoring the order of the Second Respondent in file No. L/859/96 dated 1.8.2000 and be pleased to pass such other order or orders as this Honourable Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

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3. The present writ petition, is instituted assailing the appellate order dated 28.03.2008 passed by the 1^st respondent i.e., Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District. The case pertains to the claim of ownership and occupancy rights over a substantial extent of land admeasuring Ac.15.23 gts. in Sy.No.384 of Attapur Village; that the subject land is a Dastugardhan Inam a personal grant and not an endowment in favour of any temple; that petitioners were granted Occupancy Rights Certificates (ORCs) in three independent proceedings between the years 1987 and 1992 and that respondent No.1, in a single appellate order, illegally and mechanically cancelled all three ORCs without adhering to due procedure and without adverting to material documentary evidence supporting their title and possession.

4. The dispute arises out of proceedings under the A.P. (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955 (hereinafter ‘Inams Act’). The 2^nd respondent, acting as the Primary Authority under the Act, granted three separate ORCs in respect of different extents of land in Sy.No.384 of Attapur Village in favour of (i) Borra Danaiah for Ac.3.39 gts on 23.05.1987, (ii) G.

Laxmaiah for Ac.4.00 gts on 24.01.1991, and (iii) Beetkuri Rajappa and others for Ac.7.24 gts on 13.03.1992.

5. An appeal was preferred before the Joint Collector questioning the ORC granted to G. Laxmaiah. By order dated 11.12.1995, the 1st respondent set aside the order of the 2nd respondent and remanded the matter for fresh consideration. The said order of remand was challenged before this Court in W.P.No.2905 of 1996. By order dated 01.10.1996, this Court disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the 2^nd respondent to conduct a fresh inquiry, specifically to determine the foundational issue as to whether the land constituted endowment property.

6. Pursuant to the said direction, the 2^nd respondent undertook a comprehensive inquiry in File No.L/859/96. On consideration of the Sethwar, Pahanies, Vasool Baqui, and other primary revenue records, as well as the Muntaqab and the certificate issued by the Jagir Administration, the 2^nd respondent, by a detailed order dated 01.08.2000, recorded the following findings:

i. the Sethwar described the land as “Dastugardhan Inam”;

ii. the Muntaqab issued by the Assistant Commissione