IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN WRIT PETITION No.16736 of 2026 DATE: 21.05.2026 Between:

Ashok Thalari and another … Petitioners AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare, Secretariat Buildings , Secretariat, Hyderabad and 4 others … Respondents

ORDER:

Heard Sri G.Bhasker Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners; learned counsel for the respondents and perused the material on record.

2. The present writ petition is filed seeking the following relief:

“……be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, more particularly, one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No.4 and 5 in manipulating and tampering with the voter list consisting of the 39^th Diocesan Council members as illegal, and arbitrary, in as much as the action of the Respondent No.4 & 5 would vitiate the process of the proposed Bishopric elections and impact the outcome of the election results, and, consequently suspending the Bishopric Elections for the Diocese of Dornakal, scheduled on 20^th May 2026, and directing the Respondent No.2 to re-notify the same by issuing a fresh "mandate" after rectif