THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE JUKANTI ANIL KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.26557 of 2025

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following prayer:

“…to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent Nos.3 to 5 in interfering into the peaceful possession of Quarter No.AE/105 and interfering into the Telangana State Tribal Welfare activities in Quarter No.AE/105, which is situated at Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Hill Colony, Nagarjuna Sagar, Peddavoora Mandal, Nalgonda District and trying to disposes the petitioner from the Quarter No.AE/105 without issuing any notice and without following the due process of law by colluding with respondent No.6 and also trying to allot the Quarter of the petitioner Organization on the name of respondent No.6 is illegal and arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 15, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and also violative of principles of Natural Justice and consequently direct the respondent Nos.3 to 5 not to interfere into the peaceful possession of the Quarter No.AE/105, which is situated at N.S.P Dam, Nagarjuna Sagar, Peddavoora Mandal, Nalgonda District and not to disposes the State Tribal Welfare Association Office from the Quarter No.AE/105 and not to be handover the Quarter No.AE/105 to respondent No.6 and pass such other order or orders...”

2. It is the case of petitioner that an organization has been formed in the name and style of Telangana State Tribal Employees Welfare Association, registered vide No.1139 of 1990 under the provisions of the Cooperative Societies Act, 1964, that they approached the then Irrigation Authorities and made a representation for allotment of a quarter.

Accordingly, the then Irrigation Authorities allotted Quarter No.AE/105, situated at Nagarjuna Sagar Project Dam, Hill Colony, Nagarjuna Sagar, Peddavoora Mandal, Nalgonda District, vide Proceedings No.R1/NSD/97-98-1255 M, dated

30.12.1997.

3. It is also the case of petitioner that they paid an amount of Rs.9,076/- to the then Executive Engineer on 23.12.1997, vide D.D.No.698038, towards allotment of quarter(s) and they carried out modifications to the said quarter(s) incurring considerable expenditure.

4. It is pointed out that the Tribal Employees Welfare Association activities throughout the State of Telangana are being carried out by petitioner, it is specifically pleaded in paragraph No.6 of the writ affidavit that petitioner is paying electricity charges and rent to Irrigation Department.

5. It is further the case of petitioner that they spent Rs. 15.00 lakhs towards renovation of Government Quarter No.AE/105 and are carrying on their activities peacefully. It is alleged that Respondent No.6, without following due process of law, without issuing notice, is interfering with their peaceful possession, trying to dispossess the office of the Tribal Employees Welfare Association and to allot the said quarters to some others.

6. It is alleged that Respondent Nos.3 to 5 visited the quarter(s) on the 1^st, 7^th, 14^th, and 18^th of August 2025 and called petitioner and the office bearers and tried to dispossess them, despite their request not to interfere with their peaceful possession. It is submitted that petitioner approached the Court of the Junior Civil Judge at Nidamanoor and filed a suit for injunction vide O.S.No.97 of 2025, wherein ad-interim injunction orders were granted in I.A.No.202 of 2025 and the said injunction is still continuing as on date. Attention is invited to page No.25 of the documents.

7. Learned counsel for respondents placed on record a copy of documents received from the office of Irrigation Department, i.e., the Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division. Based on the said documents, it is submitted that, as per the contents at page No.3, quarter(s) was vacated on 21.12.2004, and that, presently the quarters are under the custody of the District Collector.

8. It is further submitted that members of Petitioner Associatio