IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.7627 of 2026 DATE: 12.03.2026 Between:

Mr.Chettem Prabhakar.

...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 3 others.

…Respondents

ORDER

This writ petition is filed seeking following relief:

“…to issue writ, order direction more particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in failing to consider and decide the petitioners representation seeking permission to conduct a peaceful public meeting at Ola Village, Kuntala Mandal, Nirmal District on 15/03/2026 and in orally refusing permission at the last moment as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to grant permission and provide necessary police bandobast for conducting the said public meeting…”

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4. Perused the record.

3. When the matter was taken up for consideration, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home furnished the status of the application filed by the petitioner, which was received on 26.02.2026 vide Application No.15212602261038343573, seeking permission to conduct a public meeting and to provide police bandobust. He would submit that the said application was examined and upon conducting enquiry, the request to grant permission for conducting a public gathering of elders and well- wishers by inviting dignitary MLA Sri T. Raja Singh, Goshamahal Constituency, on 15.03.2026 has been rejected.

3.1. He would further submit that the place where the proposed public gathering was to be conducted is a communally sensitive area, wherein past records demonstrate that law and order problems had arisen and Crime No. 82 of 2015 dated 30.07.2015 under Sections 153(A), 295(A) and 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code on the file of Kuntala Police Station, Adilabad District has been registered as serious communal violence had occurred. He would further submit that the decision taken by the official respondents has already been uploaded online and no further communication has been issued to the petitioner.

3.2. Stating so, he would submit that the relief sought in this writ petition, seeking to declare the action of the respondents in failing to consider and decide the petitioner’s representation seeking permission to conduct a peaceful public meeting at Ola Village, Kuntala Mandal, Nirmal District on 15.03.2026, has already been rejected. Therefore, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner takes objection to the same and would submit that the action on the part of the respondents is improper. Firstly, they have not communicated the decision taken by the official respondents to the petitioner. Secondly, he would submit that in the earlier round of litigation, in W.P. No. 5551 of 2026, this Court disposed of the matter by directing respondent No.2 to act upon the representation dated 17.02.2026 in consonance with Letter No. B/26/2022, dated 15.03.2022, issued by the then Tahsildar to respondent No.4 and on the resolution dated 09.01.2026 passed by the Gram Panchayat, and to take appropriate action in accordance with law.

4.1. He would further submit that due to the delay in obtaining the certified copy of the said order, the programme which was proposed to be held on 22.02.2026 was postponed to 15.03.2026. In the absence of communication of the decision taken by respondent No.2, the proposed meeting of the petitioner would be adversely affected. In support of her contentions, she relied upon the order passed by the erstwhile High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Mechineni Kishan Rao Vs.Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, 2002 Supreme(AP) 692 and High Court of Judicature at