IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE T.MADHAVI DEVI W.P.NO. 20581 OF 2025 AND C.C.NO.2607 OF 2025 DATED: 12.03.2026 W.P.No. 20581 of 2025:

Between Mr.G.Viswanadha Naidu and Another.

… Petitioners AND The State of Telangana, Rep., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Women and Child Welfare, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and Three Others.

… Respondents

COMMON ORDER

In this writ petition, the petitioners are challenging the action of respondent No.2 in passing order for placement of child under the care of a parent, guardian or fit person in Case No.MDCL2025-52054302, dated 09.07.2025, in placing the custody of a minor child Gunturu Viswanadha Dhiraj in the custody of respondent No.4 without stating any valid reasons and affording any fair opportunity to the petitioners, as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and also contrary to Section 31 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and consequently to set aside the same and further direct the respondent No.4 to handover the custody of the minor child to the petitioners forthwith and to pass such other order or orders in the interest of justice.

2. Brief facts leading to the filing of the present writ petition are that the petitioners are the grandparents of the minor child and their second daughter Mrs.G.Vani was married to respondent No.4, who was also related to the petitioners. It is submitted that their second daughter had given birth to two children namely Mukund Chowdary Palukuri and Gunturu Viswanadha Dhiraj. Smt.G.Vani died on 15.05.2021 due to post delivery complications when the second child was nine days old, and since then, the petitioners have been taking care of the child. It is submitted that respondent No.4 got married to another lady by name Narra Jagadeeswari in July, 2021 and according to the petitioners, since then the respondent No.4 has not bothered to take care of the welfare of the minor child. It is submitted that during the lifetime of Smt.Vani, Flat No.402, 4^th floor, admeasuring 1310 Sq.ft., in Plot Nos.92, 93, 152(P), 159, 160, 161, 162, 163(P), 154, 165, 167, 168/1, 168/2, 169, 170 & 171, situated at Club House, NJR KLR Nagar, Road No.9, Medchal Village and Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri District, was purchased by way of a registered sale deed vide Doc.No.5400 of

2020, dated 26.06.2020, before SRO Medchal, in her name and the petitioners are residing in the said property along with the minor child. It is submitted that the petitioners have been taking help and support of their elder daughter Smt.Mekala Lavanya and were taking care of the minor child. It is submitted that respondent No.4 has hatched a plan to grab the property standing in the name of his deceased wife Mrs.Vani, and was planning to do so by taking the minor child away from them and on learning about the malicious intentions of respondent No.4, the petitioners have filed G.W.O.P., under the relevant provisions of the Guardian Act, 1956 and under Section 13 of Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 and the same was registered and numbered as G.W.O.P.No.13 of 2025 on the file of the Family Court, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at Medchal. It is submitted that the Family Court had directed the petitioners to issue public notice and accordingly, the petitioners have got published a notice on 06.07.2025 in the Eenadu Telugu Daily Newspaper and the case was posted before the Family Court on 05.08.2025. It is submitted that in the meantime, the respondent No.4, having come to know about the G.W.O.P., initially attempted to abduct the minor boy from the school of the minor child i.e., CMR School, Medchal, but when the attempt was thwarted by the intervention of the school management and the petitioners. It is submitted that the petitioners had also lodged a police complaint dated 08.07.2025 against the respondent No.4, but the police failed to take any action. On 09.07.2025 at around 1 p.m., respondent