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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO

WP.No. 9842 of 2014 Dt.02.04.2026

Between:

Akhila Bharatheeya Bhagavath Geetha Mandir …. Petitioner

and The Principal Secretary, Municipal

Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad,

Hyderabad & two others.

…Respondents

O R D E R:

1. The instant Writ Petition has been filed seeking issuance of a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records pertaining to proceedings No.599/17/1960, dt.13.03.2014 issued by the 2^nd respondent resuming the land admeasuring 3520 sq. yards situated on Railway Station Road, Nizamabad, bearing H.Nos.5-7-660/11 to 5-7-660/16, which was originally gifted by the then Nizamabad Municipality on 27.07.1960 to the petitioner, as bad in law, illegal, arbitrary, opposed to the principles of natural justice, and

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violative of Articles 14, 19, 21, and 300A of the Constitution of

India, and consequently quash the said proceedings.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner, Akhila Bharatiya Bhagavath Geetha Prachar Mandir, is a registered body under the Hyderabad Societies Registration Act, 1350 Fasli, in the office of the Registrar of Societies, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, vide Registration No.42/1962, dt.02.04.1962. It is further contended that the then Nizamabad Municipality gifted an extent of 3520 sq. yards of land situated on Station Road, Nizamabad, on 27.07.1960 to the petitioner for the specific purpose of establishing a Geetha Prachar Sabha school along with prayer halls for conducting spiritual lectures, so as to promote their main

object.

3. It is further contended that, pursuant to the said grant, the petitioner constructed a dais measuring 30 ft x 20 ft in the middle of the land and also constructed a Krishna Mandir, for conducting Dharmik (Spiritual) Literary discourses regularly on festival days, and that a prayer hall was also constructed in the south-west corner of the plot, along with a meditation hall on the north side of the said prayer hall. In addition, a library room, office room, and

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Tulasi Brindavan were constructed by incurring considerable expenditure for all these developments, including laying granite stone flooring for the Tulasi Brindavan along with a Tulasi Pail. It is further stated that, apart from conducting spiritual discourses on festival days, lectures and discourses by eminent personalities are being conducted regularly, and thus, the land has been continuously used for the purpose for which it was granted since

the year 1960.

4. It is further contended that, for the purpose of running the said Gita Prachar Sabha, small shops such as xerox centers and barber shops, etc., were constructed over an extent of 300 sq. yards out of the said land with the due permission of the then Municipality and let out to small tenants, so as to generate funds for the petitioner to meet expenses such as payment of salaries to employees and maintenance of the institution, since the society does not raise contributions or funds from outsiders and relies on this limited income. It is also stated that property tax is also being paid to the Municipality for the said shops. Thus, the petitioner emphasizes that only 300 sq. yards out of the total extent of 3520 sq. yards is used for such shops, to generate meager income to meet petty expenses and apart from employee salaries, while the

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remaining 3220 sq. yards continues to be used for the primary

purposes of the institution.

5. It is further contended that, while matter stood thus, the 3^rd respondent, allegedly at the behest of certain third-party objectors, issued a notice, Lr.ROC.No.G1/10/TPO/2014, dt.07.02.2014, alleging that the land was not being used for the purpose for which it was granted and that commercial activities were being carried out on the said land, and called upon the petitioner to submit an explanation as to why the grant should not be cancelled for violation