IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.5407 of 2026 Date: 20.02.2026 Between:

Sri Aknapuram Vishnu Vardhan Reddy ..Petitioner And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others ..Respondents

ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.3 in not granting building permission to the petitioner for construction of a residential building in Plot No.441, admeasuring 220 square yards in survey No.627, situated at Nagasanpally Gram Panchayat, Peddapur Village, Sadashivpet Mandal, Sangareddy District, despite submission of application vide Application No.55 and payment of requisite fee, as illegal and arbitrary.

2. Heard Sri B. Mayur Reddy, learned Senior Counsel representing Sri Alluri Divakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Ashok Kumar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj Department, for respondent No.1; learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, for respondent No.2 and Sri Ramakrishna Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri K.

Pradeep Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.3.

3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj Department and learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department submits that respondent Nos.1 and 2 are formal parties.

4. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue involved in the present Writ Petition is squarely covered by the order dated 08.11.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.No.31276 of 2024, wherein, this Court held that once technical approval has been granted by the competent authority, the Gram Panchayat cannot withhold building permission without valid reasons. The said principle applies to the present case on the doctrine of mutatis mutandis. He further submits that the petitioner is a bona fide purchaser of the subject plot under a registered sale deed dated 06.06.2025 and that similarly situated plot owners in the very same layout have been granted building permissions.

5. Having regard to the aforesaid submissions and considering that the issue is covered by the order dated 08.11.2024 passed by this Court in W.P. No.31276 of 2024, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to grant building permission to the petitioner in respect of Plot No.441, admeasuring 220 square yards in survey No.627, situated at Nagasanpally Gram Panchayat, Peddapur Village, Sadashivpet Mandal, Sangareddy District, in accordance with law within a period of two(02) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, without reference to the issue whether final approval had been granted to the subject layout as the petitioner is a bona fide purchaser. No costs.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.

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E.V.VENUGOPAL, J

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