HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. BHASKAR REDDY WRIT PETITION No.10010 of 2025

ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed praying this Court to declare the action of respondent No.4 in not considering the petitioner’s application No.2500153376, dated 17.03.2025 seeking for conversion of the petitioner’s land from agricultural use to non- agricultural purpose, even after paying the requisite fee of Rs.3,36,737/-, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently, prayed for other appropriate relief.

2. It is stated that the petitioner is a minor represented by his grandfather as guardian. It is further stated that the grandfather of the petitioner is the owner and possessor of the agricultural land admeasuring Ac.0.1050 guntas in Sy.No.147/ఆ/అ; Ac.0.1650 guntas in Sy.No. 147/ఆ/అ/అ; Ac.0.1350 gutnas in Sy.No.150/ guntas in Sy.No.312/రు /1/ఉ; and Ac.0.1650 guntas in Sy.No.151/ఇ/ఇ total land admeasuring Acs.2.19 guntas, situated at Rampalle Village, Keesara Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri District and his name was recorded as pattadar in all the revenue records and he was also issued pattadar passbook and title deed vide Patta No.2134. It is further stated that the petitioner’s grandfather had executed a registered Gift Deed in favour of the petitioner vide document No.402 of 2015, dated 17.01.2015 bequeathing the aforesaid properties and basing on the said Gift Deed, the name of the petitioner was mutated in all the revenue records and he was also issued pattadar passbook bearing No.T06070140473 vide Khata No.1385 under the provisions of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 2020. It is further stated that the petitioner, represented by his grandfather, has made an application, dated 17.03.2025 seeking for conversion of the said land from agricultural use to non-agricultural purpose. It is further stated that while making the said application, the petitioner has also complied with all the requirements and also paid necessary conversion charges. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the application is fulfilling all the requirements, the respondent authorities did not pass any order for granting permission of conversion under the provisions of the Telangana Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non Agricultural Purposes) Act, 2006 (for short “the Act, 2006”).

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. This Court, without expressing any opinion on the right and entitlement of the petitioner for conversion of the subject land from agricultural to non-agricultural purpose and since it is stated that the petitioner has submitted online application No.2500153376, dated 17.03.2025, deems it appropriate to dispose of this Writ Petition directing the respondent authority to examine the said application, if the said application fulfils all the requirements as per the provisions of the Act, 2006 and in any event, if the petitioner is not entitled for conversion, the respondent authorities shall pass a reasoned order and communicate the same to the petitioner, within a period of four (04) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

4. With the above observations, this Writ Petition is disposed of.

There shall be no order as to costs.

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

________________________________ JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY

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