THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed seeking following relief:

“For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus or any other writ declaring the award passed by the respondent No. 3 in Lr. No. B/587/07 dated 31-12-2008, as the purpose for which the land admeasuring Ac. 5.06 gts., in Sy No. 85 situated at Angloor Village of Manthani Mandal, Peddapalli District of the petitioner is acquired is not utilized and the said extent of the land is continued in peaceful possession and enjoyment of the petitioner till date, thereby not passing any orders considering the representation filed by the petitioner dated 17-04- 2025 for restoring the name of the petitioner in revenue records as pattadar and owner of the land of the said extent is nothing but arbitrary, illegal, null and void and violative of principles of natural justice and also violative of Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India. Consequently direct the respondent authorities to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 17-04-2025, for restoring the name of the petitioner as pattadar and owner in revenue records in regarding with the above said land, and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

2. It is stated that petitioner is the absolute owner and possessor of land admeasuring Acs. 5.06 guntas in Survey No.85, situated at Angloor Village, Manthani Mandal, Peddapalli District (for short, ‘the subject land’), having purchased the same through a registered Sale Deed bearing Document No.455 of 1982 dated 22.05.1982. It is further stated that the respondent authorities have acquired the subject land of the petitioner for the purpose of providing house sites to weaker sections under Indiramma Housing Program Phase-III and also passed an award vide proceedings in Lr.No.B/587/07 dated 31.12.2008. It is further stated that compensation was not paid to the petitioner for the subject land acquired by the respondent authorities. It is further stated that the subject land was not at all utilized for the purpose for which it is acquired and the petitioner is in continuous possession and enjoyment of the subject land. It is further stated that petitioner filed a writ petition before this Court vide W.P.No.38846 of 2022 wherein this Court dismissed the said writ petition vide order dated 23.02.2024 on the ground that already the subject land of the petitioner was acquired and an award was passed. The grievance of the petitioner is that after dismissal of W.P.No.38846 of 2022, petitioner submitted a representation dated 17.04.2025 to the 3rd respondent seeking to restore the name of the petitioner in the revenue records as owner of the subject land, but till date no orders have been passed on the said representation. Hence, the present writ petition.

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

4. The present writ petition is filed almost all 17 years after the passing of the award dated 31.12.2008. Disputing that the petitioner has not received any compensation for the subject land acquired by the respondent authorities and since the subject land is not utilized for the purpose for which it was acquired and since the petitioner is in continuous possession and enjoyment of the subject land and also relying upon the registered Sale Deed bearing Document No.455 of 1982 dated 22.05.1982, the petitioner has submitted a representation dated 17.04.2025 to the 3^rd respondent to restore the name of the petitioner as pattadar and owner of the subject land in the revenue records.

5. As per Section 4 of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 (for short, ‘the ROR Act, 1971’), if any person acquiring by succession