Nomula Latha v. The State of Telangana
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Court: High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad | WRIT APPEAL NO: 79 OF 2025 (clause 15 of the Letters Patent) | decided 21.01.2025 | Coram: Sujoy Paul J. (author), G. Radha Rani Dr.J. | judgment per Hon'ble Sri Justice Sujoy Paul | 'None for the appellants' (counsel Shaik Jilani not present). Appellants Nos. 1-201, lead Nomula Latha w/o Nomula Shiva Kumar (batch incl. Bhimanolla Mohan Reddy, Hafsa Begum, Rubeena Begum, Mohammed Afzal Ansari, Mangalam Pullaiah etc.). Underlying claim: caretaker land kept under Government custody in 1947 by/for Smt./Mrs. Haneefa Bee w/o Burhanuddin - more than Acres 2400.00 gts (Ac.2400-00 gts) in Sy-No.7, Mansoorabad Village, Saroornagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District; patta evidenced by Muntakhab and Sethwar No.t262/1352 Fasti; 100 sq.yd plots allotted by heirs Md. Yousuf Khan and Vasam Tulsamma via memorandum of gift. Impugned: common order dated 05.01.2024 (also printed 01.05.2024) of the learned Single Judge dismissing W.P.No.221 of 2024/batch (cover: W.P. No. 242 of 2024; body links W.P.No.220 of 2024 batch and WP.No.223 of 2024); dismissal carried liberty re 2-BHK allotment/welfare schemes. Parallel appeals: W.A.No.1342 of 2024 (dismissed 29.11.2024; bench Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and J. Sreenivas Rao, judgment per J. Sreenivas Rao J. - enclosed), W.A.No.1450 of 2024 (dismissed 02.01.2025), W.A.No.1384 of 2024. Earlier rounds: W.P.Nos.32509 of 2010 and 9067 of 2011 (disposed 04.02.2011; surveys via Lr.Nos.Aa/3062/2013 and A4/3062/2013 on 02.09.2013 and 17.09.2013); W.P.No.26934 of 2018 batch disposed 30.08.2018 relegating appellants to Article 226-forbidden territory/civil remedy; representation of 20.03.2023. Result: appeal dismissed, no costs; pending interlocutory applications closed (IA No.3 of 2025, Section 151 cpc - protect caretaker property). Statute strings: clause 15 of the Letters Patent; Section 151 cpc; Article 226 of the constitution of India. Respondents 1-18: State of Telangana (Chief Secretary; PS Revenue; PS Forest; PS MA&UD; PS Home), Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Commissioner of Survey Settlements and Land Records, DGP, District Collector and Joint Collector Ranga Reddy, Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, RDO Saroornagar Division, Tahsildars Saroor Nagar and Hayath Nagar, SHOs Saroornagar, L.B. Nagar and Vanasthalipuram. Counsel: Shaik Jilani (appellants, absent); Veera Swamy GP General Administration; Muralidhar Reddy Katram GP Revenue; E. Poornachander Rao GP Forest; E. Venkata Reddy GP MA&UD; Mahesh Raje GP Home.