IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. SHRAVAN KUMAR Date: 17.02.2026 Between:

Sri Mende Manmohan and Three others … Petitioners And The State of Telangana, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and Seven others.

… Respondents

ORDER

Questioning inaction on the part of the respondents in taking action on the petitioners’ representations dated 06.11.2025 and 27.11.2025 for removal of all the encroachments, unauthorized structures, push carts on the pavement on the public road before D.No.3-2-836, Arihant Complex, Kachiguda, Hyderabad, petitioners filed the present writ petition with a consequential prayer to direct the respondents to remove all the encroachments on the public pavement. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are running business at D.No.3-2-836, Arihant Complex, Kachiguda, Hyderabad, which is a very busy and heavily populated area. While so, few people have set up carts in front of their shops, which is causing inconvenience as well as nuisance not only to the residents of the complex but also to passersby. It is further submitted that the pavement abutting to their shops and the adjoining stretch of road has been illegally encroached by unauthorized vendors, by erecting temporary stalls and push carts on the pavement and footpath impeding pedestrian movement and also causing serious inconvenience to the public and vehicular traffic. In this regard, petitioners made representations to the respondents on 06.11.2025 and 27.11.2025 to take action against the illegal encroachments of pavement and footpaths but the respondents did not take any action thereon so far.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would further submit that in similar set of facts and circumstances, this Court disposed of the W.P. No.2645 of 2026 on 02.02.2026 wherein certain directions were issued to the GHMC authorities and to all those persons who have raised unauthorized constructions on the footpath or extensions made to their properties by deviating from the sanctioned building/road plans occupying the footpaths and to restore the footpaths to its original condition. It was further directed to identify and remove the unauthorized constructions particularly on the streets of Hyderabad and ensure that no further encroachments are permitted. Hence, the respondents herein may also be directed to consider the representations of the petitioners and initiate stringent action against the footpath encroachments and prayed to dispose of this writ petition in terms of the W.P. No.2645 of 2026.

4. On the other hand, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for GHMC would submit that the representations stated to have been made by the petitioners will be considered and appropriate action would be initiated thereon and prayed to pass appropriate orders.

5. Since the grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents’ authority did not initiate any action on their representation for removal of illegal encroachment of pavement and footpath, present writ petition is filed. It is appropriate to extract the relevant paras of the order dated 02.02.2026 passed in W.P. No.2645 of 2026 by this Court for reference.

“18. The civic authorities being aware that footpaths are essential public infrastructure for pedestrians, however are not taking immediate steps and it is striking to note that a major portion of the Hyderabad roads lack proper footpaths. Further the civic authorities initiates drive to remove such encroachments only after Court orders or media outrage and the encroachers thereafter quietly return after few weeks. The encroachment control must be routine and not event-based. The citizens, despite paying municipal taxes are deprived of using the footpaths. Similarly, the vehicle owners despite paying road tax are unable to optimally utilize the roads and the civic authorities have cont