HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. BHASKAR REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17653 of 2025

ORDER

It is stated that the petitioner’s family has acquired various agricultural lands admeasuring Ac.0.13 guntas in Sy.No.164/A; Ac.0.13 guntas in Sy.No.164/AA; Ac.0.14 guntas in Sy.No.165/A; Ac.0.13 guntas in Sy.No.165/AA and Ac.0.27 guntas in Sy.No.165/E, thus total admeasuring Acs.2.00 guntas, situated at Chandanagar Village, Sherilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. It is further stated that the original pattadar died issueless and thereafter the subject property was devolved upon the Class-II legal heirs of the original pattadar. It is further stated that there are disputes among the co-parceners and suppressing these facts, respondent Nos.4 to 8 have entered into an agreement with respondent No.9 and obtained permission under the provisions of the Telangana Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non- Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006 (for short “the Act”) for conversion of the subject land from agricultural to non- agricultural purposes. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.3 without taking into consideration of the nature of the lands and inter se disputes among the co-parceners and without issuing any notice to the persons, whose names have been reflected in the revenue records, has granted conversion permission.

2. Considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and with their consent, this writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage.

3. Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents, has submitted that respondent No.3, being the competent authority under the provisions of the Act having prima facie satisfied with regard to the documents produced by respondent Nos.4 to 8 and after collecting the required conversion fee, has granted conversion permission. If the petitioner aggrieved with the said permission, he is having a remedy of statutory appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer under the provisions of the Act.

4. In view of the above submissions and since the statute provide a remedy of statutory appeal and the petitioner is questioning the proceedings emanated from the statute, this Court is of the opinion that the ends of justice would be met if the petitioner is permitted to file an appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer concerned within a period of two (02) weeks from today and if the petitioner files an appeal questioning the said conversion, the Revenue Divisional Officer is directed to dispose of the said appeal as expeditiously as possible.

5. With the above observations, this Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

6. As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

________________________________ JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY

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