Dismissed

Smt Chatla Basamma and 3 others v. The State Of Telangana and 22 others

Telangana HC19 Jul 2022WA/72/2021

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The High Court of Telangana dismissed a writ appeal filed after a delay of 402 days, rejecting explanations for the late filing. The court declined to expedite the main writ petition but directed the trial judge to do so.

What did the court decide?

Delay condoned despite 402 days exceeding limit. Appeals and interlocutory applications dismissed without costs. Main writ petition hearing expedited.

Smt Chatla Basamma and 3 others Vs The State Of Telangana… — Land Acquisition | Telangana HC (2022)

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY TWO

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN AND

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THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE SUREPALLI NANDA

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LA.NO.1 0F 2021

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IN / AND

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WRIT APPEAL NO: 72 OF 2021

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Writ Appeal under clause 15 of the Letters Patent preferred against the order dated 1011212019 passed in WP No 320 11 of 2017 on the file of the High Court.

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Between:

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Smt Chatla Basamma, W/o Late Chatla Sharanappa (died per LRs 3 and 4)

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Sri Chatla Lingam, S/o Late Chatla Sharanappa Aged about 52 years,OccBusiness Fi./o Doosakal Village, Faroognagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District

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Smt Eppannoori Swathi, W/o E Nagesh aged 37 yrs,Occ House wife,R/o 1- 20, Balanagar Mandal, Kallepalle, Ranga Reddyguda, Mahabubnagar District

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Chatla Rajendraprasad Prasad, S/o Chatla Lingappa (Grandson of Smt Chatla Basamma) aged 35 yrs, Occ Business No D-42 FNO 335/T, Singareni Colony, Hyderabad.6j_ ;

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...PETITION E RS/APPE LL;\NTS

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AND

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The State of Telangana, Rep by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department, T S Secretariat., Hyderabad.

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The Joint Collector, Ranga Reddy District.

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The Revenue Divisional Officer, Shadnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District.

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The Tahsildar, Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District.

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Sri Keshamoni Balaiah, S/o Yellaiah Rl/o Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District

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Sri Keshamoni Ramulu, S/o Balaiah Rl/o Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District

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Sri Keshamoni Yadaiah, S/o Balaiah Rl/o Doosakal Villaqe Farooqnaqar l,4andal, Ranga Reddy District -Y:{-'

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Sri Keshamoni yellaiah, S/o Balaiah R/o Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District

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1. Smt Mande Laxmamm4.Wo M Narayana R/o Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy district

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10' sri Dasari Narsaiah. s/o Jangaiah R/o Doosakar Virage Farooqnagar Mandar, Ranga Reddy D strii:t

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'l l Sri Dasari Janqaiah. s/o Dasari Narsaiah R/o Doosakar Virage Farooqnagar Mandal, Rang; Reddy Districi

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Sri,Dasari Krishnaiah, Slo Dasari Narsaiah R/o Doosakal Village t-arooqnagar- Mandal, Ranga Reddy District^- --'

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Sri Medipallv Kistaiah S/o Laxmaiah R/o Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District

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'r4 Sri Mediparv shekar. s/o M Kistaiah R/o Doosakar virage Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District

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15 Sri Mediparv Muthvam g/o chendraiah R/o Doosakar Virage Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Re'ddy bistrict^{- '- - -}

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" f,* Uit"X}jil,#f B #,,& Penta ia h R/o Doosaka r Vir as e Fa rooq nasa r

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17.Sri_Medipally Sher<ar, S/o Medipally Kistaiah R/o Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandal. Ranga ReOay Oijtiici^'- --

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Sri Narsimha, S/o pentajah Age Major RJo Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District"

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19.Srl Ramesh, S/o pentaiah Age Major R/o Doosakal Village Farooqnagar Mandat, Ranga Reddy Distri6t

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20 M/s Swarnaniari proiects pvt Ltd, Represented by its Managing Director Sri Gaddam samson Jdyadheer slo oi;ol-m rir-"irijJii"

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,,y3,tu"",?..j"{3[".xH*B"fi Banjara Hills, Hydeiabac "u'..^Jra:r^[rr?:"r%"i,:!,]::,*iff^{fi Jii:,}

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22 Chowrapailv Krishna Reddy. S/o Late chowrapaly Narasimha Reddv r R/o Doosakat Vilase FarooqndsJ' M;il;I i;;s:JHSoiy o,strict

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23 chowlapalry Damodar Reddy, S/o Late chowrapa[y Narasrmha Reddv R/o uoosa ka I Vi I Ia ge Fa rooq n a g'a r M a n di i n, n g".^-H"-j j yb i.tr.i.t

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...RESPONDENTS

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l.A.NO:1 OF 2021

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Petition under section 151 cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support of .tne peiiti"'r, inl Hign court mav oe p,"*!i ," :9n9o!g^{the derav of 402 davs in firingthe present} fi/rit appear alainsi i-',liio",. dt. 10.12.2019 passed in l.A.i!o.2 ot z6rs iiW.p.tio.:2or I of 2017.

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l.A.NO: 2 OF 2021

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Petition under sectron 15'1 cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired in support^of-the petition, ine Hign court may o" pr""rLJ t" suspend the order dared 10.12.2019 passed in lA No. Z ot iolg in wc No 32011 of 20'17, pending disposal of the above Writ appeal.

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l.A.NO:3 OF 2O21

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Petition under Section 15i cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the. affidavit fired in support of the petition, ir,e Hign court may o" pr*.LJ to restrain the respondents 5 to 23 from alienating or encumbering or changino the lit.r,9_9f^{l-ands in Sy Nos 28, 29 275,238,255,268,220,} ZSi, zie,-Z:3g,"Zzz, ?l!,?73,^{276, 277, 278, 279and 281 at DooskatViilage,} Sy ruo.. SAa', SSi, ssz, 586, 587, and 585 situated..at Chattanpally Village ant Sy Nos. 70,71,74,-62, 65, 66, 123, 125 and 128.situated at Buchiguda Viilug" oi r"io;g;gui't/.norr, Mahaboobragar District (Now Ranga Reddy-District) rirni.n i,"ulju.t"prop".tv tiil disposal of the writ appeal.

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Counsel for the Appellants : SRI.p.SRINIVASULU

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Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4 : Gp FOR REVENUE

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Counsel for the Respondent No.5 : __

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counsel for the Respondent Nos.6 to 9 & 11 : sRT.p.NAGENDRA REDDY

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Counsel for the Respondent Nos.10, 12 to 19 : _

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Counsel for the Respondent No.20 : SRI.S.SUMAN

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Counsel for the Respondent No.21 : SRI.N.SRIDHAR REDDY

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Counsel for the Respondent Nos.22 & 23 : SRI.K.V.JANARDHAN RAO

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The Court made the following COMMON ORDER

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ItlEllQN'BL.E_ 1'HE CHIEF TUSTICE UII AL i}HU\ A\ AND

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]]1. U O N ] II!. IJ -M R.S. J IJ S' I' I C L'-S! R-E P A L L I N A N D A L4Nq--1-sg0?1 inl& W.A.No.72 of 2021

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COMMON ORDER : tl\r rt e tlut b/c rtt Ctti4 lu.trit Llj)a/ Bhuyanl

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llcatd [r. l).Srinivasulu, ]carncd c()unscl lrrr thc appcllanrs arrrl [r. N.Sritlhar llccldr, lcitrnccl c()unscl frrr rcspondcnt No.?1.

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2 .\t thc outset, lcarned counsel for respondenr No.21 submirs tlrirt crrsr oi lls.5,0o0 / imposc,.l bl this ('_<tur.r t,irlt rhc orclcr clatcd 05.07.2ljrll has bccn paid bv respondenr No.2l to l'ciansana Srrrc Lcgal Scrviccs .\Lrrh,rrirr. Flrcicrlbacl. on ()i.(rr l()a2.

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.1. lrrrcrlL,cLrr,r:.r \1.rPlrc:rri, rrr ,. l ()i^a()l h:rs brcrr tll.ti [rr rhc aPpclllnts hrr cr,ncl,rrinu rhc clclav t-rl 402 dals in fllinir Lhc rclrrtctl rt rrl u1'r|cel :Lllrrirr:r rhr-. orclcr- tl:ttcd 10. l:.21 )19 1.xrssc,,.l l;r rhc lcantcr,l Singlc.l ur.lsc rn 1...\o.2 ol 2019 in \'.P.\o.j2(.)l I oi2()1r.

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l{cspondcnr \o.21 has filcd an objcction to rhc. prar.cr ior c( )lrLI( )na ti( )n ol' tlt.l:rr .

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'l'he delav of 402 days in filing the related writ appeai has bccrt crpi,incrl irr rhc suPP,rrirrri:riflrli^.ir in rlrt. Iirll,*.irg lnlrnncr:

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6 \Irc find that therc^{is no t:xDlanationat 2l! fr>r the dclav r>i 4()2} drls ln f rling thc^{rclatcd ;tPircal. lr is(rrrr tl:.t: i',..'k .l' '\11 \'l:}

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clcclitrctl in tlrc c( )Llnlrr irr rhc Lrsl s,ccli of NItrch, 2020, bLrr thc samc was gracluallv rclaxcd in rhe succecding monrhs. Appcal camc to bc filed onlv on 15.02.2021 alter normalcv had rerurned long beck u'irh tlrc^(.oLrrr itrncriorrirru initialll virtualll and rhcrcaftcr in phvsical modc. [;or thc prc-covid penod, all rhat the appellan rs har,c statcd is thar onc ol thcir familv mcmbcrs had virai fcvcr for r.rhtch thcr c,rirl-l rtr)( c/)rttlct tltctr c,.ur.tscl. \c c:rnnot :ir:crl-tt s.rcl't a blrid s ta re rncn t.

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lhat rtp:tr: .^,,'" c llntl rhrtt tltc ,rdcr lqairrsr rrhrch rhc relarccl appcal has becn prclcrrcd rvas passcd on a vacare pctiti<-rn lrled b1. respondcnt No.2l .

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Ilc it sterc',,1. aPPcllanrs rrl'c thc pcriririncrs in thc rclart'tl u.rit peuuon where thc challengc madc is to the ordcr of thc Joint (lollccror datccl 22.07.2017. Ilt rhc said ordcr,.f oint Collector hcld that intcn,cntion br rhc l{cvcnuc l)ir.isional^()fficcr durir-rg tl-rc pcndcno of carlicr rvrir pctition 221., W.P.No.25781 of 2009 u,as n()r iustificcl and rhcrcfirrc, rhc inrcrlcrcncc was interclicrcd,

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Oncc land stooLi c()nvcl-t(lti^{frotlar;uculnlral trr} :r on-agricultutal purpr,se.^{thc prolisionsoi the \ct'} 1()r7 harc rto applit'ttlon.^{'lllcrcti'rc. t""irt il- r''ltt} l)(lllt()rt^{l: all(,\(J} lllillllllli^{tlltr.tiici r)l :( lllll!. 'r5l(]c}

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thc rlrilcr of thc -Joint^(,ollcctr>r, and maf tcr ls rcmittcd ro the Joint^(.ollector for considetation o[ rhc issuc afresh, thc .f oint Collector has flo jurisdict:iorr l() g() int() thc various dispurcs on lancl to An c\tcnr oi .\cs..16.39 guntas in sun,cy nutnbers mentior-Icd above and, thercfore, the balance of convcnience is not in tavoul of pctiuoncrs in the u'rit llctiti,rrr.^{I lr(' lrrtc ''irtt oltlt r ,ristattrs (]rr() slin(ls} rrrotlitlccl rcstrictinp thc intt rin.r rlr<lcr to othcr cxrents oI Ianrl covcrcd by the Joint Collector's order, impugncd in the Vrit Pctition, except the land to an c\lci'rl^()i' \r:.1(r.39 gLrrttas in Surlcr' ;\os.585. 586, 5ul, 5tll anrl 592 ol⁽ -iruttrnpalh Vilhgc. .\nv devek>pment activiry undertaken in thc said survev numbers shall abide the result o[ the writ petition. it rs lne(l('clcal that it is opt'n t() pctiti()ncrs in thc rvnt 1lt'titiorr^{lo n,o[korrt tlrt'ir rt'nrcclicsas ar';tilablc in 1alr} against tl're abc>ve extcnt of Iand."

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i 0. Sincc thc rclared writ pctiti()n is srill pending consiclcradon bclirrc tht' lt'lrrrt,'l Sinqlt' lLrtlgc. ',r'c urc ,,i thc . 1L'\ tltrLt lrt';rrrnu ol' thc samc mav br'expcclited. I'hcrcfore, rvhile dcclinrng to condonc thc delal in frling rhc related \'rit appeal and conscqucntlr'. in rrot crll( ftiLlr]lrll tlrr tr'i.ttril ,tP1r1.11. \( r'((lucSt tltt lt.Ltttiti )rrrril|. lLr.lgt to crpcdirc the hcering oi \'.1).\o.320 I I^()f 201"

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final dccision that mav be^{renclciedin \I.P.No.320i1 oi20l7}

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SD/. A.V.S.S.C.S,M.SARMA DEPU

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Two CCs to GP FOR REVENUE, High^{Court for the Stateof Telangana at} Hyderabad. [OUT]

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One CC to SRI.P.SRINIVASULU, Advocate [OPUC]

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One CC to SRI.P NAGENDRA^{REDDY,Advocate(OPUC)}

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One CC to SRI.S.SUMAN, Advocate^(OPUC)

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One CC to SRI.N.SRIDHAR REDDY,^{Advocate(OPUC)}

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One CC to SRI.K V.JANARDHAN^{RAO,Advocate(OPUC)}

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DATED:19107t2022

ORDER

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DISMISSING THE !.A AND W.A

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WITHOUT COSTS.

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Smt Chatla Basamma and 3 others v. The State Of Telangana and 22 others

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