HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN WRIT PETITION NO.20134 OF 2025

ORDER

Heard Mr. K.R.Sasidharan Nair, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos.1, 3 & 4, learned Government Pleader for Stamps and Registration appearing for respondent Nos.2 and 5, and Mr. Farhan Azam Khan, learned Standing Counsel for Wakf Board appearing for respondent No.6.

2. Petitioners herein are claiming that they are the absolute owners and possessors of agricultural land admeasuring Acs.2.11 guntas in Sy.No.14, Ac.1.11 guntas in Sy.No.18.AA and Ac.0.18 guntas in Sy.No.19/P, total admeasuring Acs.4.00 guntas, situated at Nandipally village, Maheshwaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, on the strength of registered sale deed bearing document No.21766/2006, dated 18.11.2006 and their names were also mutated in revenue records. In proof of the same, they have filed copies of said sale deed, mutation proceedings, pattadar pass books and pahanies.

3. It is the specific case of the petitioners that the said land was included in the list of prohibited properties in terms of Section 22-A of vide the Registration Act, 1908 basing upon the notification Gazette No.7A, dated 16.02.1989 at Serial Number 3984. Therefore, petitioners have submitted Online application Nos.2400016968, 2400016967, 24000016965 and 2400016966 to the 3rd respondent with a request to delete the said land admeasuring Acs.2.11 guntas in Sy.No.14 from the list of prohibited properties, however, the same was not considered.

Therefore, they have filed W.P.No.23845 of 2024.

4. Vide order dated 21.09.2025, this Court disposed of the said writ petition directing the respondent authorities to dispose of the aforesaid Online applications after giving a fair opportunity of hearing to all the concerned parties including 6th respondent herein and also consider the guidelines issued in Vinjamuri Rajagopal Chary v. State of Andhra Pradesh1 and M/s.Invecta Technologies Private Limited and others v. Government of Andhra Pradesh and others2. This Court also directed the 3rd respondent to complete the said exercise within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the said order. Even then, without considering the aforesaid aspects and without considering the principles laid down in the aforesaid two judgments, the 3rd respondent had issued endorsement dated 10.06.2025 rejecting the claim of the petitioners. Therefore, the impugned order dated 10.06.2025 of 3rd respondent is in violation of the principles of natural justice and also the

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directions issued by this Court in the order dated 21.09.2024 in W.P.No.23845 of 2024.

5. Mr. L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue fairly submits that 3rd respondent did not consider the aforesaid aspects and the directions issued by this Court in the order dated 21.09.2024 in W.P.No.23845 of 2024.

6. Mr. Farhan Azam Khan, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.6 also submits that 3rd respondent did not afford an opportunity of hearing to the 6th respondent.

7. In the light of said contentions, Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage with the consent of all the parties.

8. Therefore, this Writ Petition is disposed of setting aside the impugned endorsement dated 10.06.2025 of the 3rd respondent. The matter is remanded back to the 3rd respondent with a direction to consider the aforesaid contentions of the petitioners, documents filed by vide them and also directions issued by this Court order dated 21.09.2024 in W.P.No.23845 of 2024. The 3rd respondent shall put the petitioners and the 6th respondent on notice and afford an opportunity of hearing and shall consider the principles laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the aforesaid judgments. However, he shall complete the said exercise within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs.

Consequently,