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 G.M.MOHIUDDIN WRIT APPEAL No.195 of 2026 DATE:18.03.2026 Between:

V.Manohar Rao and another ….Appellants And M/s. SRL Builders & Developers and 37 others ….Respondents

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri Vedula Srinivas, learned Senior Counsel representing Sri K.Rama Krishna, learned counsel appearing for the appellants; Sri G.Mohan Rao, learned Senior Counsel representing Sri A.Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 33; Sri V.Siddhartha Goud, learned counsel representing Sri V.Narasimha Goud, learned Standing Counsel for Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) (respondent No.38) and perused the record.

2. This writ appeal is preferred under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, against the order dated 20.11.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.Nos.35305 of 2025. By the said order, the learned Single Judge disposed of the writ petition at the admission stage, without notice to the present appellants (respondent Nos.6 and 7 in the writ petition), and directed the District Collectors of Medchal- Malkajgiri and Sangareddy (respondents Nos.3 and 4 in the writ petition) to conduct a survey of two Villages namely - Mallampet and Bollaram for fixation of boundaries and to submit a detailed report in terms of a letter issued by the Commissioner & Director, Survey, Settlement and Land Records, dated 27.09.2025.

Factual matrix

3. The lis in the present case arises out of a dispute concerning the identity, location, and inter se overlap of certain survey numbers situated at the border of two villages, namely, Mallampet Village (presently falling within Medchal–Malkajgiri District) and Bollaram Village (presently falling within Sangareddy District). The respondent Nos.1 to 33 (arrayed as writ petitioners in the writ petition) assert ownership over plots carved out in Sy.Nos.81/2 and 297 of Bollaram Village, Jinnaram Mandal, Sangareddy District, admeasuring in all Ac.4.01 Gts. The appellants, on the other hand, claim right, title, and possession in respect of land admeasuring Ac.4.14 Gts in Sy.No.295 of Mallampet Village, Dundigal–Gandimaisamma Mandal, Medchal–

Malkajgiri District, forming part of a larger extent.

4. The claim of title set up by the respondents (writ petitioners) is traced to a supplemental Sethwar allegedly issued during the years 1983–85 by the Assistant Director, Survey and Land Records, Medak District, pursuant to proceedings of the District Collector in File No.C2/1506/83, whereby Sy.Nos.81/2 (Ac.0.25 Gts) and 297 (Ac.3.16 Gts) came to be created in Bollaram Village in favour of one Sara Narsimhulu and his brothers. It is their case that the said lands were subsequently alienated by the Sara family in favour of Ahmed Mohiuddin Khan under a registered sale deed dated 01.04.1985, and through successive conveyances, the predecessors-in-interest of the respondents herein acquired plots from P. Madhavi and others, who, in turn, derived title from the said Ahmed Mohiuddin Khan.

5. On the other hand, the appellants predicate their claim upon an original patta land in Sy.No.295 of Mallampet Village, which, according to them, finds consistent reflection in the revenue records, including pahanis, from the year 1961–62 onwards. It is their specific case that an extent of Ac.4.14 Gts out of the said survey number was conveyed by Madasu Venkatesham and others in favour of Md. Buran and others under a registered sale deed dated 30.08.1993 bearing Document No.6625/1993. Thereafter, in the year 2007, the said Md. Buran and his co-owners executed registered Agreements of Sale- cum-General Powers of Attorney (AGPAs) in favour of the appellants and their co-owners vide Document Nos.282 to 287 of 2007.

6. Further, the appellants including appellant No.1 have been in continuous and peaceful possession of the subject land, having raised a compound wall, cattle sheds, and having secur