THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.19916 of 2025

ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in not considering the application, dated 28.04.2025 submitted by the petitioner for conducting survey for sub-division and fixing the boundaries in respect of the lands admeasuring Ac.1.0950 guntas in Sy.No.16/A and Ac.05.34 guntas in Sy.No.53/E, situated at Singampally village, Makloor Mandal, Nizamabad district, vide application No. TTDER022501167481 dated 28.04.2025, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and consequently prays this Court to direct the respondent Nos.2 and 3 to consider the said application.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of the respondents and with their consent this writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage.

3. It is stated that the petitioner are the owners and possessors of lands admeasuring Ac.1.0950 guntas in Sy.No.16/A and Ac.05.34 guntas in Sy.No.53/E, situated at village, Makloor Mandal, Nizamabad district. It is the case of the petitioner that they have submitted Application on 28.04.2025 for conduct of sub-division of sruvey. According to the petitioner, till date, no action has been taken by the respondent authorities. Hence the present writ petition.

4. The issue relating to conduct of survey and sub-division of survey etc. was considered by this Court vide order dated 23.08.2022 in W.P.No.32785 of 2022 and the relevant portion of the said order is extracted hereunder:

“8. The Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, Hyderabad, has issued various circulars from time to time in connection with conducting of survey, demarcations and sub-division of land and survey numbers and also disposal of F-line petitions submitted by the parties concerned seeking survey and sub-division. The said circulars were issued keeping in view the Board Standing Orders-34A para 20(a) of the Board Standing Orders, which reads as under:-

“Application from private parties to point out the boundaries of their fields in accordance with the survey records may be received by the Taluk Tahsildar. On receipt of the application with the deposit (prescribed fee), the Tahsildar should forward it to the Surveyor-Firka Deputy Surveyor who should, during his visit to the village, comply with the request. The Surveyor-Firka Deputy Surveyor should after pointing out the required boundary to the ryot, obtain his signature to that effect in the application and should himself (write) thereon that the boundary was pointed out by him in accordance with the measurements noted in the survey records.”

Paragraph No.6 (b) of the Rc.No.N2/1741/2010, dated

18.05.2010 Circular reads as under:-

“F-line petitions/demarcation petitions received in respect of portions of survey fields in agricultural lands should be converted by Tahsildars ad application for subdivision on payment of balance fee payable, if any and subdivision should be done in accordance with BSO 34-A para 13 and in respect of Telangana districts in accordance with CSSLR circular Rc.No.N1/1408/07 dt.13.07.2007.”

9. Thereafter, another Circular in Rc.No.N1/4296/2012 dated 22.08.2012 was issued duly issuing further instructions and guidelines for demarcation and survey of the sub-division survey numbers and instruction Nos.1 to 6 of the said Circular read as under:-

“1. Every F-Line Demarcation application must be submitted to the concerned Tahsildar/E-Seva/Mee-Seva. 2. Every F-Line Demarcation application must be registered and such registered application must be attended in seriatum only and valid reasons for any deviation to the seriatum should be recorded.

3. (a) Every F-Line demarcation application shall be accompanied by a Xerox copy of pattadar passbook or a copy of the latest adangal/pahani.

(b) Demarcation application without such supportive or evidential document may be rejected.

4. If the applicant submits a s