HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12479 of 2025

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in not conducting sub-division survey in respect of petitioner’s agricultural land Ac.1.05 gts., in Sy.No.671/c/a, Ac.0.15 gts., in Sy.No.671/B/1, Ac.1.20 gts., in Sy.No.671/3/1, Ac.1.20 gts., in Sy.No.671/2/1/1/1, Ac.0.19 gts., in Sy.No.671/1/1/3, total admeasuring Ac.4.39 gts., situated at Uppere Village, Dharoor Mandal, Jogulamba Gadwal District, pursuant to the petitioner’s application No.TTDER022401101176, dated 10.11.2024 made under the format of SUB DIVISION, as illegal, arbitrary and for other appropriate reliefs.

2. Considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri L. Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents and with their consent this writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage.

3. The case of the petitioner is that he is the owner and possessor of land admeasuring Ac.1.05 gts., in Sy.No.671/c/a, Ac.0.15 gts., in Sy.No.671/B/1, Ac.1.20 gts., in Sy.No.671/3/1, Ac.1.20 gts., in Sy.No.671/2/1/1/1, Ac.0.19 gts., in Sy.No.671/1/1/3, total admeasuring Ac.4.39 gts., situated at Uppere Village, Dharoor Mandal, Jogulamba Gadwal District. It is stated that the respondent authorities have mutated his name in all the revenue records as pattadars and have also issued e-pattadar pass book under the provisions of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 2020 in respect of the subject property. It is further case of the petitioner that due to abnormal increase of the land price, some of the neighbouring land owners have started disturbing the boundaries of the subject land and as such, he has submitted demarcation/sub-division application bearing No.TTDER022401101176, dated 10.11.2024, for conducting survey and demarcation of the subject property and fixing the boundaries. The grievance of the petitioner is that even after receiving the said application, the respondent authorities are not conducting survey and fixation of the boundaries to the subject property. 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:-

“Applications 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 applications 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.”

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