Anjum Pervez Mohammed Vs The State of Telangana… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Anjum Pervez Mohammed Vs The State of Telangana… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Dismissed

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents' attempt to demolish the petitioner's house properties (municipal door No 9-991413, admeasuring 200 sq. yds. each, in Sy Nos. 869/19, 869/29 and 869/59, Chennur Village, Chennur Mandal, Mancherial District) without issuing notice and without following due process of law is illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution. +1 more

Ratio / Principle

Since nobody appeared for the petitioner on 25.08.2025, on 01.09.2025, or when the matter was listed under the caption 'For Dismissal', the petitioner was not interested in prosecuting the matter vigilantly and diligently, and the writ petition was liable to be dismissed for non-prosecution.

Key takeaways

Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution, with no orders as to costs, and pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.ratio¶29

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No. 186 of 2022 (High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, Special Original Jurisdiction), filed under Article 226 of the Constitution by Anjum Pervez Mohammed against the State of Telangana and revenue authorities (Collector, Tahsildar, Mandal Revenue Inspector and Village Revenue Officer, Chennur), seeking a writ of mandamus declaring illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional the respondents' attempt to demolish her house properties (admeasuring 200 sq. yds. each in Sy Nos. 869/19, 869/29 and 869/59, Chennur Village, Chennur Mandal, Mancherial District) without notice and without due process, alleged to violate Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A; IA No. 1 of 2022 under Section 151 CPC sought interim restraint on demolition. Held: the petition was listed under the caption 'For Dismissal' and, there being no representation for the petitioner on 25.08.2025, 01.09.2025 or on the date of hearing (while the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent Nos. 1 to 5 was present and took no objection), the petitioner was deemed not interested in prosecuting the matter diligently; the writ petition was dismissed for non-prosecution with no order as to costs, and pending miscellaneous applications stood closed. The substantive grievance regarding the threatened demolition was not adjudicated on merits.

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

MONDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V. VENUGOPAL

WRIT PETITION NO: 186 OF 2022

Betvreen:

Anjum Pervez Mohammed, W/o Mohammed Nawazuddin, Aged. 38 yrs., Occ. Household. No 27-129, Chennur Village, Mancherial District.

...PETITIOI'IER

AND

1 The State of Telangana, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad.

2 The Collector, Mancherial District.

The Tahsildar, Chennur Village, Chennur Mandal, Mancherial District.

The Mandal Revenue lnspector, Chennur Village, Chennur [\ilandal, [/ancherial District.

The Village Revenue Officer, Chennur Village, Chennur Mandal, Mancherial District.

..,RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the 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 direction more particularly one in the nature of a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in trying to demolish house properties of the Petitioner bearing municipal door No 9-991413, admeasuring 200Sq Yds each in Sy No 869/19, Sy No 869/29 and Sy No 369/59. situated at Chennur Village. Chennur Mandal, Mancherial District without issuing notice/intimating the Petitioners and trying to without following the due process of law as being illegal, arbitrary, u nconstitutional, colorable exercise of power, and in violation of Articles 14,19,21 & 300-,4 of the constitution of lndia and consequently direct the respondents not to demolish house of the Petitioner bearing municipal

door No S-ggt4l3, admeasuring 200Sq^{Yds in Sy No 86911 {, Sy No 869/29&} Sy No 869/59 situated at chenr-rur^{Village, chennurMandal. MancherialDistrict} without following the due process of^{law pendingdisposal of t- ) writ petition}

lA NO: 1 OF 2022

Petition under Section 151 CPC^{praying that in the crrr) rmstancesstatedin} the affidavit filed in support of the^{petition, the High Courmaybe pleased to} direct the respondents^not to^{demolish house of the Petitior,rr bearingmunicipal} door No^g-ggl4l3, admeasuring 200 Sq^{Yds each in sy No tir 9/19'Sy No 869/29} and Sy No 869/59 situated at^{Chennur Village, Chennur Mandal,['4ancherial} District without following the due^process of^{law pending jisposal of the writ} petition

Counsel for the Petitioners : SRI^{hlARGlSAFSHAN KHAN}

Counsel for the Respondents: AGP FOR^{REVENUE (TG)}

The Court made the following: ORDER

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL

WRIT PETITION No.186 of 2022

ORDER:

None appears for the petitioner. Even on the previous dates of hearing i.e., on 25.O8.2O25 and 01.09.2025, therc u.as no reprcsentation for the petitioner. Today, though thc matter was listed under the caption 'F or Dismissal', none appeared for the petitioner. Thus, it appears that the petitioner is not interested to prosecute thc maLter vigilantly and diligently any more, thercfore, this writ petition is liable to bc dismissed for non-prose cution,

Learncd Assistant^(ioventment Pleader for Revenue, for respondent Nos. 1 [o 5 is present and takes no objcction to the same

Accorclingly, this writ petition is dismissed for non prosccution. There shall be no orders as to costs

Pt:nding miscellaneous applications, i[ any, shall stand

closed

SD/. M. NAGAMANI ASSISTANT^REGISTRAR /,. -'-/ //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER

To,

One CC to^{SRI. NARGISAFSHANKHAN,Advocate[OPUC]}

Two CCs to^{GP FOR REVENUE (TG) ,High Court for the State of Telangana} touTl J Two CD Copies PVL GJP Str

HIGH COURT

DATED:0810912025

ORDER

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WP.No.186 of 2022

DISMISSING THE WRIT PETITION

FOR NON.PROSECUTION

WITHOUT COSTS

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