HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. BHASKAR REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13854 of 2025

ORDER

This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the rejection order, dated 12.07.2024 and 13.07.2024 passed by respondent No.3 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently prayed for other appropriate reliefs.

2. It is stated that the petitioner is the owner and possessor of the land to an extent of Acs.10.91 cents in Sy.No.112/A, situated at Kondareddipalli Village, Narayanpet Mandal and District, having purchased the same through registered sale deed bearing document No.2075 of 2015. It is further stated that the name of the petitioner’s vendor was mutated in the revenue records and pattadar passbooks were also issued vide Patta No.314. It is further stated that basing on the sale deed, the petitioner filed an application seeking for mutation of his pattadar passbook under the provisions of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 2020 (for short “the Act 9 of 2020”). The grievance of the petitioner is that though his name was recorded in 1-B ROR, respondent No.3 rejected the of pattadar passbook, vide order, dated 13.07.2024, without assigning any reasons. Hence, this Writ Petition.

3. Considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and with their consent, this writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage.

4. This Court has carefully examined the impugned order rejecting the application submitted for issuance of e-pattadar pass book. Except saying that the name of Digambar Martnad Rao was recorded as pattadar and the name of one Balreddy was recorded as cultivator, no valid reasons whatsoever has been assigned to enable the petitioner to take appropriate action. Since the impugned order is not in consonance with the principles of natural justice, the same is liable to be set aside and accordingly, the same is set aside.

5. Further, since the Act 9 of 2020 has been repealed and of the provisions of the Bhu Bharati Act, Rules have been vide G.O.Ms.No.39, Revenue (Land Administration-I) Department, dated 14.04.2025, this Court is of the opinion that the ends of justice would be met if the petitioner is permitted to make a fresh application under the provisions of the Bhu Bharati Act and the Rules made thereunder and in the event of such application being submitted by the petitioner, the respondent authorities shall consider the case of the petitioner for mutation and consequential issuance of the pattadar passbook. In any event, if the petitioner has not complies with the requirements of the provisions of the Bhu Bharati Act and the Rules made thereunder, pass a reasoned order and communicate the reasons thereon to the petitioner. The entire exercise shall be completed within a period of three (03) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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

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

________________________________ JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY

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