HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN WRIT PETITION No.15212 OF 2025

ORDER

Heard Sri N.Krishna Sumanth, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ms. Tekuru Swetcha, learned Asst.Govt.Pleader for Revenue, appearing for respondent Nos.1, 3 and 4, Sri Kouturu Pavan Kumar, learned Standing counsel appearing for respondent No.5 and Sri R.Venkatesh, learned Standing counsel appearing for Respondent Nos.2 and 6.

2. The petitioner herein is claiming that he is the absolute owner and possessor of the land admeasuring Ac.4.00 guntas in Sy.No.156/2 situated at Mailardevpally Village, erstwhile Hyderabad West Taluq, now Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District (for short, ‘the subject property’), on the strength of a registered sale deed bearing Document No.1116 of 1975 dated 20.03.1975 executed by Sri Annu Chendraiah. According to the petitioner, he is in possession of the subject property. In proof of the same, he has filed photographs. It is a vacant land. It is also the contention of the petitioner herein that 3^rd respondent has issued proceedings dated 17.11.2023 to carry out corrections in passbook of the petitioner with regard to the subject property and process in Dharani portal. Thus, according to the petitioner, he is in possession of the subject property. Even then, respondent Nos.2 to 6 are trying to dispossess him from the subject property without following due procedure laid down under law. They came to the subject property on 16.05.2025 at around 1.30 p.m. and tried to dispossess the petitioner. Therefore, challenging the said illegal action of respondent Nos.2 to 6, the petitioner filed the present writ petition.

3. Vide order dated 21.05.2025, this Court directed the respondent Nos.2 to 6 to maintain status quo in respect of the subject property. The same was extended from time to time.

4. 4^th respondent – Tahsildar, Rajendra Nagar Mandal has filed counter contending that neither the name of the petitioner nor his vendor nor his vendor’s vendor has been recorded in any of the revenue records in respect of the subject property. The petitioner has created the aforesaid registered sale deed by occupying government land. He has also created the proceedings No.B1/1743/2023 dated 17.11.2023 said to have been issued by the then Collector, Ranga Reddy District. Ascertaining the said facts, 4^th respondent has lodged a complaint with Mailardevpally Police Station against the petitioner herein, who in turn, registered a case in Cr.No.892 of 2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 336 (3), 338, 340(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and investigation is pending. According to the 4^th respondent, the petitioner has tried to occupy the government land by creating fictitious documents.

5. The petitioner has filed reply to the counter filed by 4^th respondent stating that the said proceedings dated 17.11.2023 were issued by the then Collector, Ranga Reddy district. He has submitted a letter dated 31.10.2025 to the 3^rd respondent with a request to re-verify the said proceedings issued by him and the same is pending.

6. As discussed supra, except filing the aforesaid registered sale deed, the petitioner has not filed any other document to show that he is the owner and is in possession of the subject property. The said sale deed is dated 20.03.1975. In the said sale deed, it is mentioned that the petitioner’s vendor has clear right and title over the subject property and by virtue of inheritance from his ancestors. The petitioner has not filed any other documents including kasra pahani etc.

7. It is apt to note that Mailardevpally Village is merged in Rajendra Nagar Municipality and now in the GHMC limits. Therefore, neither the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971, nor 2020 and Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights)

Act, 2025, is applicable to the present subject property.

8. In the light of the same, the petitioner herein is not entitled for any relief much less the relief sought in the present writ pet