IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.783 of 2026 Date: 08-01-2026 Between:

Anand Thandra ...petitioner A N D The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Telangana, and others.

...Respondents

O R D E R

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

“…to issue a writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the Respondents in conducting survey and demarcating the boundaries pursuant to the F-line Application No.DER022300938685 dated 17.05.2023 and F-line Application No.DER022501225976 dated 17.10.2025 with respect to the Petitioner’s land admeasuring Ac.8.37gts in Sy.No.11 and Ac.11.34gts in Sy.No.23 total admeasuring and Ac.20.31gts situated at Papireddiguda, Keshampet Mandal, Rangareddy District, as illegal arbitrary and violative of Article 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to conduct survey and fix boundaries pursuant to the F-line Application No.DER022501225976 dated 17.10.2025 with respect to the Petitioner’s land admeasuring Ac.8.37gts in Sy.No.11 and Ac.11.34 gts in Sy. No.23 total ad-measuring and Ac.20.31gts situated at Papireddiguda, Keshampet Mandal, Rangareddy District and pass.…”

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 4 and with their consent, this writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he filed an application to respondent No.3 through Mee-Seva vide application No.DER022300938685 dated 17.05.2023 (F-line application) by paying the requisite fee to conduct a survey and fix boundaries of the schedule property. The respondent authorities did not act on the application even after a lapse of 885 days. Thereafter, the petitioner filed another application to respondent No.3 through Mee- Seva vide application No.DER022501225976 dated 17.10.2025 (F-line application) by paying the requisite fee, but the authorities did not act even after 45 days. Subsequently, the petitioner approached respondent No.4 requesting him to conduct the survey, but he took no action. The inaction of the respondents in conducting the survey and fixing the boundaries of the schedule property pursuant to the F-line applications dated 17.05.2023 and 17.10.2025 is illegal, arbitrary, and without reason. Hence, the petitioner filed the present writ petition aggrieved by their inaction.

4. The issue relating to conduct of survey, demarcation, sub-division of land etc., was considered by this Court vide order dated 23.08.2022 in W.P.No.32785 of 2022 and after taking into consideration the relevant circulars, this Court disposed of the said writ petition with certain directions and the relevant portion of the said order reads as under:-

“8. The Commissioner, Survey, Settlements and Land Records, Hyderabad, has issued various circulars from time to time in connection with conducting of survey, demarcations and sub- division of land and survey numbers and also disposal of F-line petitions submitted by the parties concerned seeking survey and sub-division. The said circulars were issued keeping in view the Board Standing Orders-34A para 20(a) of the Board Standing Orders, which reads as under:-

“Applications from private parties to point out the boundaries of their fields in accordance with the survey records may be received by the Taluk Tahsildar. On receipt of the application with the deposit (prescribed fee), the Tahsildar should forward it to the Surveyor-Firka Deputy Surveyor who should, during his visit to the village, comply with the request. The Surveyor-Firka Deputy Surveyor should after pointing out the required boundary to the ryot, obtain his signature to that effect in the applicati