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Penmetsa Pramila v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC24 Apr 2025WP/12398/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Police aid for land survey; Mandal Surveyor; writ of mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; Articles 14, 21 and 300-A; representation dated 04.04.2025; Station House Officer Kollur Village Police Station; Assistant Commissioner of Police Ramachandrapuram; Sangareddy District; Sy.Nos. 191/40A, 191/53, 191/54; Ac. 9-00 guntas; IA No. 1 of 2025; Section 151 CPC; withdrawal of writ petition with liberty; dismissed as withdrawn; no costs; miscellaneous petitions closed; Telangana High Court; Justice T. Vinod Kumar; 24.04.2025.

What did the court decide?

Permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to avail other remedies open to her in law; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications closed. ¶25

Penmetsa Pramila Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to avail other remedies open to her in law; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications closed.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents were obliged to consider the petitioner's representation dated 04.04.2025 and provide police aid for the survey by the Mandal Surveyor of her agricultural lands in Sy.Nos. 191/40A, 191/53 and 191/54 (Ac. 9-00 guntas), Kollur Village, Ramachandrapuram Mandal, Sangareddy District, and whether their failure to do so was arbitrary, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India.

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Ratio / Principle

On the petitioner's counsel seeking permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to avail other remedies open to her in law, the Court granted the liberty sought and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn, with no order as to costs.

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Key takeaways

Consequent to dismissal of the writ petition as withdrawn, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.ratio¶26

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Penmetsa Pramila v. State of Telangana and others, Writ Petition No. 12398 of 2025 (High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, 24.04.2025, T. Vinod Kumar J): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution sought a writ of mandamus directing the Station House Officer, Kollur Village Police Station to consider the petitioner's representation dated 04.04.2025 and provide police aid while the Mandal Surveyor surveyed her agricultural land totaling Ac. 9-00 guntas in Sy.Nos. 191/40A, 191/53 and 191/54, Kollur Village, Ramachandrapuram Mandal, Sangareddy District, on apprehension of physical harm from adjacent landowners; the petition also sought a declaration that the respondents' non-consideration of the representation was arbitrary, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution. An interim application (IA No. 1 of 2025) was filed under Section 151 CPC. Before adjudication, learned counsel for the petitioner sought leave to withdraw the petition with liberty to pursue other remedies. Held: granting liberty as sought, the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn, with no order as to costs, and pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, stood closed. No merits adjudication on the pleaded issues.

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR

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WRIT PETITION NO: 12398 OF 202s

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Between:

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Penmetsa Pramila, Wo. PRK Raju, Aged about 68 years Occ. Agriculture Rlio. Kollur Village, Ramachandrapuiam Mandal,^- Sangareddy- District, Telangana State

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AND

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...PET|T|ONER

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'l . The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Secretariat Hyderabad, Telangana.

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The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ramachandrapuram, Sangareddy District, Telangana State

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The Station House Officer, Kollur Village Police Station, Kollur, Ramachandrapuram Sangareddy Distaict, Telangana State

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...RESPONDENTS

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Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or a direction, more particularly one in nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the 3rd respondent to consider the representation dated 04.04.2025 and provide police aid while conducting the survey of petitioners lands by the Mandal Surveyor as the adjacent land owners may try to physical harm the petitioner while conducting the survey by the Mandal Surveyor of petitioners agricultural land in Sy.No.191l40 A (old Sy.No.191 140) to an extent of Ac.3-00 guntas, in Sy.No.191/53 to an extent of Ac.3-00Gts and in Sy.No. 191i54 to an extent of Ac.3-00Gts totaling to Ac.9-009untas situated at Kollur Village, Ramachandrapuram Mandal, Sangareddy District, Telangana State, and also declaring the highhanded action of the respondents in not considering the representation submitted by the petitioner as arbitrary, unjust and violative of Articles 14,21 and 300-4 of the Constitution of lndia.

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IA NO: 1 0F 2025

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Petition undr:t^I .:ction 'l 51 CPC praying that in the circurn jta nces stated in the affidavit filed in^{s u} r:lort of the petition, the High Court may be plt,rased to direct the 3rd respondenr^tc :onsider the representation dated 04.04 2025 and provide police aid while corrcl.l )rlng the survey of petitioners lands by tht: Vandal Surveyor as the adjacent^Il'r( lwners may try to physical harm the pr,rtitioner while conducting the su^{r rt:1} l:,y the Mandal Surveyor of petitioners agricLlltural land in Sy.No.191/40 A '(^l( Sy.No.191/40) to an extent of Ac 3-00 guntas, in Sy.No.'191l53 to arr^e cent of Ac.3-00Gts and in Sy.No. 191lt4 tc an extent of Ac.3-00Gts totalingl to Ac.9-O0guntas situated at (ollur Village, Ramachandrapu ra nt^I 4andal, Sangareddy District, Telangana S:.ate, pending disposal o1 16s vvrit^Drlt I :rn in the interest of equity of justice.

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Counsel for the Peti'ii( ner: M/s OM LAW FIRM Counset for the Reslc< ndents: GP FOR HOME

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The Court made tho^{fc llowing:} ORDER

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THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR

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WRIT PETITION No.1239I of 2O2s

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ORDER:

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After making initial submissions, Iearned counsel for the petitioner seeks permissron of the court to withdraw this Writ Petition with liberty to the petitioner to avail other remedies open to her in law.

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2 Granting liberty as sought for, this Writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs

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Consequently, miscelianeous petitions pencling, if a ny, shall stand closed.

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SD/.T.TIRUMALA DEVI DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER 1 One CC to Mis. OM LAW FIRM , Advocate 2 Two CCs to Gp FO R HOME, Hi gh Cou( fo^loP r the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad touTJ 3.7 wo CD Cop res

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HIGH COUR'T

DATED:2410.tt2025

ORDER

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