A married woman does not automatically lose her residential status at her natal home for electoral purposes; her name cannot be deleted from the electoral roll of her native constituency if she retains the intention to reside there and possesses valid proof of residency.

THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MADHAVI DEVI

WRIT PETITION NO.31471 OF 2025,

WRIT PETITION NO.32662 OF 2025,

WRIT PETITION NO.32923 OF 2025,

WRIT PETITION NO.32926 OF 2025

AND

WRIT PETITION NO.32927 OF 2025

COMMON ORDER

In all these Writ Petitions, the petitioners are aggrieved by the action of respondent No.6 in deleting their names from the electoral roll of Madanapuram Village, Chintapalli Mandal, Nalgonda District without any reason, as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently to direct the respondents to restore the petitioners’ names in the electoral roll of the said village and to pass such other order or orders.

2. Brief facts leading to the filing of these Writ Petitions are that the petitioners are all women and allegedly residents of Madanapuram Village, Chintapalli Mandal, Nalgonda District and their votes were recorded in the said village. The voter Ids of the petitioners are as follows:

(i) W.P.No.31471 of 2025:

Name of the Petitioner: Uduthala Akhila

Voter ID No. : TIC1269265

Ward No. : 3

(ii) W.P.No.32662 of 2025:

Name of the Petitioner: Poli Divya

Voter ID No. : TIC2178341

Ward No. : 3

(iii) W.P.No.32923 of 2025:

Name of the Petitioner: Derangula Prasanna Lakshmi

Voter ID No. : TIC2081198

Ward No. : 6

(iv) W.P.No.32926 of 2025:

Name of the Petitioner: Guddeti Sivaleela

Voter ID No. : TIC1693860

Ward No. : 6

(v) W.P.No.32927 of 2025:

Name of the Petitioner: Guddeti Shirisha

Voter ID No. : TIC2081164

Ward No. : 6

On the basis of the said voter IDs, the petitioner in W.P.No.31471 of 2025 has also contested as Sarpanch and served as Sarpanch in the said village for the term 2019-2024. It is submitted that the petitioner was in public service for several years and during her tenure as a Sarpanch, the petitioner executed various developmental works including the construction of roads, graveyards and other essential infrastructure. It is submitted that the petitioner got married in the year 2022 to one Sri Sai Koshore Yadav and at the time of her marriage, the petitioner was gifted with agricultural property in Survey No.3/AA/2 of Madanapuram Village by her father and the petitioner claims to be residing in the said village with her husband and thereby cultivating the said land. It is also stated that the petitioner’s husband also runs a hotel business under the name and style of ‘B Village Hotel’ at Chintapalli Mandal. Similarly, the petitioners in W.P.Nos.32662, 32923, 32926 and 32927 of 2025 also claim to be residing in this village only in spite of their marriage to persons from other places.

3. It is submitted that out of political vendetta, one Jangiti Narasimha filed a false and frivolous complaint on 29.07.2025 before the election authorities alleging that the petitioners in these Writ Petitions and others were not residing in the subject village and requested deletion of their names from the voters list. Thereafter, respondent No.6 issued a notice bearing File No.B/04/2025 dt.28.08.2025 calling the explanation of the petitioners as to why their names should not be deleted from the voters list. The petitioners claim to have appeared personally on 06.09.2025 and submitted their written explanations affirming their continuous residence in Madanapuram Village and also submitted a representation to the Mandal Revenue Officer, Chintapalli along with supporting documents and the Mandal Revenue Officer also recorded their statements on 23.09.2025. It is alleged that without taking the same into consideration, respondent No.6 has arbitrarily deleted the names of the petitioners from the electoral roll of the subject village. It is stated that on verifying the