THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.19854 of 2025

ORDER:

Aggrieved by the action of official respondent No.4 in not conducting survey and fixing of boundaries and demarcate the subject land, pursuant to the Application No.DER022501157096, dated 04.02.2025, for the land admeasuring Ac.1-30 guntas in Survey No.449/2 of Thopucherla Village, Madugulapalli Mandal, Nalgonda District, the present Writ Petition is filed.

2. The petitioner states that her family holds the aforesaid agricultural property, ancestral property of her husband, who died on 24.10.2024. After his demise, the property was mutated under her name by virtue of succession and pattadar passbook No.T28150072670, Khata No.6119 of Thopucherla Village, Madugulapalli Mandal, Miryalaguda Division, Nalgonda District, was also issued.

3. To that extent, the petitioner filed an F-line application vide application No. DER022501157096, dated 04.02.2025 to the respondent No.4 for conducting survey and fixing of boundaries and demarcate the subject land. The grievance of the petitioner is that even after receiving the said application, the respondent authorities are not conducting survey and fixation of the boundaries.

4. Considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents and with their consent this writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that in terms of the circular issued by the Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, the respondents are bound to consider the application within 45 days from the date of the application after collecting necessary charges.

6. Sri L.Ravinder, Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents has submitted that the respondent authorities will consider the aforesaid application submitted by the petitioner by following due procedure laid down under law and conduct survey and demarcate the subject land by fixing boundaries.

7. It is settled law that the Survey Department has the authority to conduct survey and demarcate lands in accordance with the provisions of the Telangana Land Revenue Act, 1317 Fasli (Act No. VIII of 1317 Fasli), the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923, and the Rules framed thereunder. The Government has issued various circulars specifying the conditions for conducting surveys, particularly F-Line (field measurement) surveys. Individuals requesting such surveys are required to submit specific documents, and if the conditions stipulated in the circulars are fulfilled, the survey and boundary fixation may be conducted. The Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, exercising powers under the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923, issued relevant circulars from time to time vide Rc.No.N1/6543/99, dated 25.07.2001, Rc.No.N1/1408/07, dated 13.07.2007, and Rc.No.N2/1741/2010, dated 18.05.2010 stipulating the conditions for conducting survey of private lands and as per the said circulars, if the petitioner fulfils all the conditions of the said circular, it is an obligation for the respondents to conduct survey within the time specified in the said circulars.

8. In view of the aforesaid discussion, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition directing the official respondents to examine the petitioner’s application vide application No.DER022501157096, dated 04.02.2025, in accordance with the provisions of the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 and also in terms of the circular instructions issued by the Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records for conducting survey on field measurement applications (F-Line applications), from time to time, within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, if not already conducted.

9. With the above observations, this Writ Petition is disposed of.

There shall be no order as to costs.

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