IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. SHRAVAN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 19942 of 2005 DATED : 13.03.2026 Between:

Baqtawar Begum and 11 others … Petitioners AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Secretary, Forest and Environment Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 9 others.

… Respondents

ORDER:

None appears for the petitioners.

Mr. Mohd. Imran Khan, learned Additional Advocate General appears for the State.

2. This writ petition is filed seeking action of the respondents in not releasing the land of the petitioners admeasuring Acs.100.00 in Sy.No.201 situated at Sahebnagar Kalan Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District from the notification for constituting a reserve forest as published in Gazette No.142 dated 23.11.1981 by applying the judgment of the erstwhile High Court of Andhra Pradesh in CCCA.No.84 of 1982 dated 16.08.1985.

3. The petitioners claims to be the owners and possessors of land admeasuring Acs.100.00 in Sy.No.201 of Sahebnagar Kalan Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District by virtue of the decree passed in C.S.No.13 of 1958 dated 05.03.1959. One Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, known as Nawab Salar Jung III, died intestate on 02.03.1949 at Dewan Devadi, Hyderabad, leaving moveable and immovable properties in the form of Royal Grants, Jagirs, Seriat Inam Lands, Maqtajat, Jaat Jagirs and self purchased Maqtas. After the demise of the said Nawab Salar Jung III, by Regulation No.34 of 1949, a Committee by name 'Salar Jung Estate Committee' was formed, headed by Chairman and four members, to deal with all matters pertaining to the Estate properties. C.S.No.13 of 1958 was filed in the erstwhile High Court of Andhra Pradesh by one of the Heirs- Syed Hasan against Syed Kazim Hussain and 115 others for partition of all moveable and immovable properties of the Salar Jung Estate and a preliminary decree was passed on 05.03.1959. Thereafter a Receiver-cum-Commissioner was appointed on 05.05.1959, for affecting the partition of the properties that were available for partition amongst the heirs and successors of the Estate. The said Receiver-cum-Commissioner took possession of the properties comprising of movable and immovable with all leases, account books, memoranda and writings relating to the Estate of late Nawab Salar Jung on 20.05.1959 as specified in the decree and informed the same to the Hon'ble High Court.

4. It is further submitted that in Application No. 82 of 1962 in C.S.No.13 of 1958, the Receiver-Cum-Commissioner, by Report dated 15.6.1963 had allotted several lands to Defendant No.2 in the suit, and the allotted land is inclusive of dry land admeasuring Acs.100-00 which is the subject matter of this writ petition. It is further submitted that the Maktas were taken over by the Government in 1949 under the Jagir Abolition Act, 1953 and released on 24.4.1954 by letter No.808 of Jagir Administrator. In the said letter, the village of Sahebnagar Kalan has been specifically mentioned and in pursuance to the said release of the Maktas, the Inams Abolition Act, 1955 by Gazettee Notification No. 1550/1 dated 15.02.1956 concluded the enquiry in the year 1968 and the Revenue Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh released the Maktas declaring them as self-purchased landed properties of late Salar Jung Bahadur, vide File No.2/1956, dated 26.06.1968. It is further submitted that by virtue of the said release of Maktas, the petitioners were in valid possession and were entitled to shares specified in the decree passed by this Court. It is further submitted that Sy.No.201 of Sahebnagar Kalan Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District was never a Government Land.

5. It is submitted that respondent No.1 has issued Notification under Section 4(1) of the A.P. Forest Act, 1967, (for short, “the Act”) published in A.P. Gazettee on 18.06.1971 propsoing to constitute a reserve forest in respect of the land i