IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.38662 of 2025 DATE OF ORDER: 26.02.2026 Between:

Talluri Ramesh Chandra ...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad & 5 Others ...Respondents

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed seeking the following prayer:

“…to declare the action of the respondent No.2 in not considering the petitioner’s representation dated 10.11.2025 having the subject line, “Request for Cancellation of Building Permit No.2394/GHMC/KHB/2024-BP dated 31.07.2024 issued in the name of the Late Sri Manganti Gopinath”, as arbitrary, illegal, discriminative and in violation of principles of natural justice and fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 300A of the Constitution, and consequently direct the respondent No.2 to consider the representation and take steps in accordance with law and to pass…”

2. The facts of the case, in brief, are that the petitioner is the General Power of Attorney (GPA) holder in possession and is also a party to the Agreement of Sale dated 18.03.2015 executed between the petitioner, Respondent No.3, and the husband of Respondent No.3 in respect of Plot Bearing No. 623/3 in Survey No. 403/1 (old) and 120 (new) and 102/1, admeasuring 1,593 Sq. Yards, situated in the approved layout of Jubilee Hills Co-operative House Building Society Limited, at Road No. 34, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, within GHMC Ward No. 8, Block No. 2 (hereinafter referred to as the “subject property”). The subject property is bounded by Plot No. 623/4 on the North, Plot No. 622/A on the South, Plot No. 621 on the East, and 30-feet-wide Road No. 34 on the West. It is further submitted that the petitioner obtained Building Permit No. 2394/GHMC/KHB/2024-BP dated 31.07.2024 from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on the basis of an application made relying upon the Agreement of Sale dated 18.03.2015 for construction of a building consisting of 1 Cellar + 1 Stilt + 3 Upper Floors. Subsequently, the petitioner submitted a representation dated 10.11.2025 requesting cancellation of the said sanctioned building permission, stating that the building permission had been granted solely on the strength of the Agreement of Sale and that the property had not yet been conveyed in favour of the petitioner through a registered sale deed. Questioning the same the present writ petition is filed.

3. Mr. Midde Arum Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for GHMC appearing for respondent No.2 submits that the respondent authorities would take further course of action in accordance with law.

4. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for GHMC appearing for respondent No.2.

5. Since this Court, time and again, directed the Municipal Authorities to initiate action against the illegal constructions by following due process of law, it is noticed that the authorities are failing to initiate action against the illegal constructions. However, in some of the cases, authorities are issuing statutory notices and thereafter not proceeding further to initiate further course of action unless writ petitions are filed for not considering complaints/

representations made to civic authorities.

6. It is not out of place to mention Section 7(6) of the Telangana State Building Permission Approval and Self Certification System (TS- BPASS) Act, 2020 (for short ‘the TS-BPASS Act’) encourages citizens to put on notice to the Civic Authorities regarding unauthorized constructions. Section 7(6) of the TS-BASS Act is extracted for reference.

“7. Approval of Building Permissions-

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(6) Citizens shall be encouraged to bring to the notice of Municipality and District Collector cases where unauthorized construction or construction in violation of or in excess of permissions, in the manner prescribed. The identity of such informers shall be kept confidential. All s