IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA W.P.No.7788 of 2026 DATE: 24.03.2026 Between:

Nagalla Venkateswar Rao … Petitioner AND The State of Telangana rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government, Tribal Welfare Department, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat and two others. …Respondents

ORDER:

Heard Sri P.V.Ramana, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Tribal Welfare appearing for the respondents.

2. This writ petition is filed seeking the following relief:

“… to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st

respondent in not disposing the statutory revision filed along with stay

petition under AP Scheduled Area Land Transfer Regulation as against the

orders passed by the Additional Agent to the Government, Project Officer,

ITDA, Bhadrachalam, and CMA No.5 of 2025, dated 05.12.2025 communicated on 18.01.2026, confirming the orders of Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Officer, Bhadrachalam in LTR Case No.27 of 2024, dated 25.01.2025, without power, jurisdiction and taking further steps to conduct panchanama for taking the possession over the lands is illegal, arbitrary, violates Articles 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 1^st respondent to dispose the revision pending before the said authority, without interfering with the possession and enjoyment of the lands of the petitioner in Sy.No.72, Ac.04-32 guntas, situated at Chaparalapalli Village, Mulakalapalli Mandal, Bhadrachalam, along with the standing crop till the disposal of the revision and to pass any other orders or orders as this Court may deem fit and proper.”

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that following the amendment which came into force on 03.02.1970, transfer of land is restricted in agency areas, whereas, the petitioner herein has purchased the subject land on 20.03.1968 and therefore, the said amendment is not applicable to the petitioner’s case.

4. Based on simple sale deed, which is an unregistered document, the petitioner claims ownership over the subject land. This Court is not venturing into the merits of the petitioner’s case as Revision is pending before the competent authority.

5. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submits that the said Revision is registered and is in circulation.

6. Both the learned counsel consented for passing of order for disposal of either stay application or Revision, within a specified time frame.

7. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the 1^st respondent to dispose of either stay application or the Revision filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 05.12.2025 passed in CMA No.5 of 2025 by the Additional Agent to the Government, Bhadrachalam, confirming the order dated 25.01.2025 passed in LTR Case No.27 of 2025 by the Special Deputy Collector, Tribal Officer, Bhadrachalam, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Meanwhile, status quo with respect to the subject land shall be maintained by both the parties. No costs.

Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this petition, shall stand closed.

________________________ JUSTICE RENUKA YARA Date: 24.03.2026 Note: Issue CC by tomorrow.

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