HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. BHASKAR REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9855 of 2025

ORDER

It is stated that the petitioner is the owner and possessor of the land admeasuring Ac.0.30 guntas in Sy.No.710, situated at Damercherla Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District, having purchased the same through sadabainama from the original pattadar, Eirga Lakshmamma and the said sadabainama was regularised by the Tahsildar in File No.DMC/486/89, dated 24.07.2001. It is further stated that the name of the petitioner was mutated in the revenue records and the revenue authorities also issued pattadar passbook No.643114 vide Patta No.186 under the provisions of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971 and the Rules made thereunder. It is further stated that when the petitioner was not issued e-pattadar passbook under the provisions of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 2020 (for short “the ROR Act, 2020”), she has submitted online application No.2500016274, dated 26.04.2023 seeking for issuance of e-pattadar passbook along with data correction in Dharani Portal in respect of the aforesaid land. The grievance of the petitioner is that even after receiving the said application, the respondent authorities are not considering the same. Hence, the writ petition.

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

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently contended that issuance of e-pattadar passbook is only a consequential act of carrying the entries which have already been made under the provisions of the ROR Act, 1971. Learned counsel further submitted that the entries made in the pattadar passbook are only compilation of the survey numbers and the accounts for the extent being mentioned in a particular village, and therefore, it does not take away the right of the petitioner in any manner unless the entries in the revenue records are corrected by following due procedure.

4. Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents has not disputed about the submission of the online application and it is stated that if the application submitted by the petitioner fulfils all the requirements, the respondent authorities will consider the same.

5. In view of the above submissions, this Court, without going into merits of the case, deems it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondent authorities to examine petitioner’s application vide No.2500016274, dated 26.04.2023 and if the petitioner satisfied all the requirements for issuance of e-pattadar pass book under the provisions of the ROR Act, 2020 and the circular instructions issued by CCLA vide Circular No.1 of 2021, dated 15.01.2021 and Circular No.1 of 2024, dated 28.02.2024, consider the same and if the petitioner is otherwise not entitled for issuance of e-pattadar passbook, the respondent authorities shall pass a reasoned order strictly in accordance with law and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of eight (8)

weeks 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 thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed.

________________________________ JUSTICE C.V.BHASKAR REDDY

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