THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.28159 of 2021

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondent authorities in making the digital signature in respect of the land in Sy.No.92/7 admeasuring Ac.0.26 gts., situated at Venkatapuram village Yellareddypet Mandal, Rajanna Sircilla District, inspite of submitting the relevant documents through the written representation dated 28.04.2021, as being illegal, arbitrary, unjust and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondent authorities to make the digital signature in respect of the above mentioned land and to grant such other relief as the Court deems fit and proper.

2. Heard Sri Venkateswarlu Sanisetty, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri H.Rakesh Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4. Perused the material available on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is the absolute owner and pattedar of the land in Sy.No.92/7 admeasuring Ac.0.26 gts., situated at Venkatapuram Village, Yellareddypet Mandal, Rajanna Sircilla District, having inherited the same. It is further submitted that the Tahsildar issued proceedings No.B/280/2010 dt.28-5-2010 for mutation of the petitioner herein. Accordingly, the petitioner was issued passbook and his name has been reflected in the passbook. It has been brought to the notice of this Court that the petitioner’s passbook has been revoked for want of digital signature and the 4^th respondent unsigned the petitioner’s pattadar passbook without assigning any reason. However, the land is still in the name of the petitioner, except for the digital signature. Aggrieved by the ínaction of the 4^th respondent, the petitioner made a representation dated 28.04.2021 to the 4^th respondent along with the required documents for incorporating the digital signatures in the passbook of the petitioner. But the 4^th respondent neither incorporated his digital signature nor responded to his representation. Hence the present writ petition is filed.

4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4 would submit that the Dharani Portal existing as on today has been replaced by Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Rules, 2025 (for short, ‘the Rules, 2025’) and it does not permit the official respondents to act upon the application made by the petitioner, hence, the delay is caused. However, he seeks appropriate direction to the petitioner to make fresh application before the official respondents and the official respondents shall consider the same and pass appropriate order strictly in accordance with law prevailing as on today in due course.

5. Recording the submissions made by learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, this Court without making any observations on the merits is inclined to grant liberty to the petitioner to file an appropriate application in terms of provisions of the Rules, 2025, before the respondent No.4 and upon such application, respondent No.4 is directed to consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as per the new amendments established, within a period of three (03)

months from thereon.

6. With the above observations, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

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JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL Date: 10.09.2025

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