IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. VIJAYSEN REDDY WRIT PETITON No.2703 OF 2024 DATE OF ORDER: 10.02.2026 Between:

P.Narsimha Reddy and another ...Petitioners AND The State of Telangana Represented by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others ...Respondents ORDER : (ORAL)

This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking to call for records pertaining to the order dated 06.12.2023 passed by respondent No.2 in allowing the revision filed by respondent No.5 in Case No.Rev./D1/ROR/0008/2023 against the order dated 04.07.2020 in Case No.B/ROR/7383/2019 passed by respondent No.3 in dismissing the ROR appeal of respondent No.5 filed against the mutation proceedings issued in favour of the petitioners in respect of the land admeasuring Acs.3-00 guntas in Survey No.75/A, situated at Rajapur Village and Mandal, Mahabubnagar District.

2. Heard Mr. M.Damodar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, appearing for respondents No.1 to 4; Mr. A.Narsimha Rao, learned counsel for respondent No.5; and perused the material on record.

3. The petitioners claim to be the absolute owners and possessors of the land admeasuring Acs.3-00 guntas in Survey No.75/A, situated at Rajapur Village and Mandal, Mahabubnagar District; petitioner No.1 was recorded as pattedar in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.0-31 guntas and petitioner No.2 was recorded as pattedar in respect of the land admeasuring Acs.2-09 guntas. Originally, the land in Survey No.75 along with other lands at Rajapur Village belonged to the respective fathers of the petitioners and others including the father of respondent No.5 by name Mr. P.Narayan Reddy. In the partition amongst the family members, the above referred land fell to the share of the respective fathers of petitioners No.1 and 2. However, the land was recorded in the name of the father of respondent No.5 (Mr. P.Narayan Reddy) upto 2001-02. Subsequently, from 2003 onwards, the land has been mutated in the names of the petitioners and they were also issued pattadar pass books and title deeds under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattdar Pass Books Act, 1971 (for short ‘ROR Act, 1971’). The names of the petitioners had been continuously recorded as pattedars and possessors in the revenue records from 2003 onwards. The mutation has been effected in favour of the petitioners during lifetime of Mr. P.Narayan Reddy and neither Mr. P.Narayan Reddy nor his son i.e. respondent No.5 questioned the mutation proceedings. It is submitted that the petitioners have also been issued digital pattadar pass books for the above said land.

4. It is submitted that while the matter stood thus, after the death of Mr. P.Narayan Reddy, respondent No.5 by taking the advantage of the patta standing in the name of Mr. P.Narayan Reddy in the old revenue records, filed ROR Appeal in case No.B/ROR/7383/2019 under Section 5(5) of ROR Act, 1971 before respondent No.3 challenging the revenue entries made in the name of the petitioners from 2003 onwards. The appeal was dismissed by the order dated 04.07.2020 on the ground of limitation. Respondent No.5 challenged the order dated 04.07.2020 passed respondent No.3 by filing revision under Section 9 of the Act, 1971 dated 10.09.2020. In the meanwhile, the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 2020 (for short ‘ROR Act, 2020’) came into force and the revision was referred to respondent No.2 and the order dated 06.12.2023 in file No.Rev./D1/ROR/0008/2023 was passed allowing the revision of respondent No.5 which is impugned in this writ petition.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the land in Survey No.75 was originally a joint family property wherein the land admeasuring Ac.3-00 fell to the share of the petitioners. The revenue entries admittedly continued in the names of the petitioners for a long period of time