IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25855 of 2010 Date : 23.02.2026 Between:

Smt. Besta Bichamma and another.

…Petitioners AND The Tahsildar and three others.

…Respondents

O R D E R:

The present writ petition is filed seeking the following relief :

“…to issue an order or direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents 1 to 3 in not paying the compensation to the lands assigned to the petitioners in Sy.No.52/6 an extent of Ac. 8-15 Gts. situated at Kokat (V), Yalal (M), Ranga Reddy District as illegal, arbitrary and against the law and consequently direct the Respondents to pay the compensation to the petitioners for the assigned land on par with others and pass…”

2. Heard Mr. N.Ashok Kuamr, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, Ms. Radha Reddy Katta, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and none appears on behalf of respondent No.4.

3. The case of the petitioners in brief, is that the subject land, admeasuring Ac.8-16 guntas, of land in Sy.No.52/6 of Kokat Village of the then Tandur Taluka (presently Yalal Mandal, Vikarabad District) was assigned by respondent No.1 in favour of one Sri Bestha Bichappa (for short ‘the original assignee’), in the year, 1950.

4. Ever since, the assignment in favour of the said Bestha Bichappa, he remained in continuous possession and enjoyment of the said land and eked out his livelihood. Upon his demise, his only son namely, Sri Bestha Ramulu, succeeded to the said property and his name was also recorded in the entire revenue records as owner and occupier. The present petitioners, being the wife and son of Bestha Ramulu, respectively, succeeded to the said property after his death. It is further stated that the name of Bestha Ramulu continued in the revenue records till his death and thereafter, the name of petitioner No.1 was recorded as occupier in the pahanies.

5. It is further submitted by the petitioners that since the date of original assignment, his successors-in-interest continued to be in possession of the said property and they never alienated or sold the said property in favour of any third party. It is further stated that after reorganization of revenue administration, Kokat Village, now falls within the Yalal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, (presently Vikarabad District).

6. It is further stated that when the unofficial respondent No.4, who was neighboring owner of the subject land, tried to interfere and encroach upon the subject land, the petitioners got issued a legal notice dated 25.06.2002 calling upon respondent No.4 and others, not to interfere with the peaceful possession of the petitioners in and over the subject land.

7. While that being so, respondent No.1 issued a notice bearing No.B/531/2005, dated 03.03.2005, in the name of Bestha Ramulu, invoking the provisions of the Assigned Lands Act, 1977 (in Short ‘the Act, 1977’) on the allegation that the petitioners violated the provisions of the Act, by selling away the assigned land in favour of third parties.

8. It is the specific case of the petitioners that the said notice was issued in the name of a deceased person i.e., the husband of the petitioner No.1. Regarding such violation of the provisions of the Act, the said notice called upon the noticee to submit an explanation within a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of notice. Though, the said notice was issued in the name of a dead person, having been the same served upon the petitioners, petitioner No.1 got issued a reply notice dated 15.04.2005 to respondent No.1, categorically contending that neither the original assignee nor his successors had violated any condition of the assignment nor the said land was alienated to any third parties as alleged. Thereafter, respondent No.1 issued another notice bearing No.B/531/2005-19 dated 02.07.2005, calli