THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.33829 of 2025

ORDER :

This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed seeking the following relief:

“...to grant an order direction or writ more so in the nature of Mandamus (a) Declaring the action of the Respondent No.6 in refusing to conduct survey and demarcation of the Petitioner land i e Ac.0.20 Guntas in Survey No.101/D/1 and Ac.0.30 Guntas in Survey No.101/E total admeasuring Acs.1.10 Guntas, situated at Narasanapalle Village, Kamareddy Mandal and District pursuant to F-Line Application No DER022501224504 dated 10.10.2025 submitted by the Petitioner as illegal arbitrarily and in violation of Article 14, 21, 300A of Constitution of India (b) to direct the Respondent No.6 to conduct survey and demarcate the Petitioner land by fixing the boundaries in respect of land admeasuring Ac.0.20 Guntas in Survey No 101/D/1 and Ac.0.30 Guntas in Survey No 101/E total admeasuring Ac 110 Guntas situated at Narasanapalle Village Kamareddy Mandal and District (c) to pass...”

2. Heard Sri Rohit Pogula, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, for the respondents and perused the record.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner herein is the absolute owner and possessor of land to an extent of Ac.0.20 guntas in Sy.No.101/D/1 and Ac.0.30 guntas in Sy.No.101/E, total admeasuring Acs.1.10 guntas, situated at Narsanapalle Village, Kamareddy Mandal and District, having purchased under the same under the registered sale deeds bearing document Nos.267/1983 and 287/1983. The revenue- authorities also mutated the name of the petitioner in the revenue records and accordingly issued pattedar passbook vide Passbook No.T12090220070, Khata No.100. The pattta-cum-Title Passbook issued to the petitioner and in the Dharani as well as the present Bhu-Bharati Portal, the subject lands were incorrectly recorded as ‘Assigned Land/D-Form Patta/Lavoni Patta’ with the remark ‘Lavoni Patta’. The petitioner approached respondent No.4 and sought for correction, respondent No.4 forwarded the same to respondent No.3 with a recommendation for approval. Respondent No.3 approved the request made by the petitioner with a condition that the approval would be subject to third party claims, if any, to be resolved before the competent Court of law.

4. As there exists an apprehension of possible encroachment and interference from neighbouring landowners, the petitioner was constrained to seek a property survey and demarcation of his property to clearly demarcate his property with specific boundaries. Accordingly, the petitioner filed F-Line Application bearing No.DER022501224504, dated 10.10.2025 accompanied by all requisite documents before respondent No.6. Pursuant to the said application, respondent No.6 issued Notice dated 13.10.2025 in File No.E/1497/25, informing that the survey and demarcation would be conducted on 16.10.2025 at 10:00 A.M. But to the petitioner’s utter surprise, despite issuance of Notice dated 13.10.2025 fixing the survey on 16.10.2025, respondent No.6 failed to conduct survey or demarcate the boundaries of the property citing Letter No.N2/1741/2010, dated 18.05.2010 as the reason for not undertaking survey of sub-division numbers.

5. Despite availability of complete records and the petitioner’s repeated representations, the officials concerned have remained indifferent and failed to discharge their statutory obligations under The Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 and the operational guidelines governing F-Line application. The commissioner, Survey, Settlement and Land Records, Hyderabad has from time to time issued circular instructions for regulating the procedure of survey, demarcation and sub-division of land, as well as disposal of F-Line applications. These circulars have been issued to give practical effect to the Board Standing Orders (BSO) 34-A