I N THE HI GH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.7250 OF 2026 DATE: 10.03.2026 Between :

Sode Ganesh and others … Petitioners A n d The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science & Technology, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Secretariat, Hyderabad and others … Respondents

ORDER

Heard Sri B.Ramulu, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Forest appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.1, 4, 5, 6 and 7, learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.2 and 8 and the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing on behalf of the respondent No.3.

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under:

“…to issue Writ order or direction, more particularly, one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents, more particularly, 4^th to 8^th respondents in interfering and trying to forcefully dispossess the petitioners from the lands under their cultivation from generations together adjacent to Forest Lands situated at Eppala Gumpu Village, Manuguru Grama Panchay