M. Laxamma Vs The District Collector

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 any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus the action of the respondents without issuing any notice, opportunity, dispossessing the^petitioner from house bearing No 16-2-741ID/S/A to D admeasuring 650 sq^yards Gaddiannaram near T.V. Tower, Dilsukhnagar road, Hyderabad is illegal, arbitrary and also in violation of^principles of natural^justice and in violation of Article 14,21 and 300 A of the Constitution of lndia. Consequently direct the respondents not to interfere in the said house without following due process of law.

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l.A. NO: 1OF 2012(WPMP. NO: 25698 OF 2012)

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Petition under Section 1 5'l CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the^petition, the High Court may be^pleased to direct the respondents not to interfere in the^petitioner's house beartng No. 16-2741lDl5A to D admeasuring 650 sq.^yards Gaddiannaram Near TV Tower,

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Dilsukhnagar Road, Hyderabad without following due process of law pending, disposal of the main writ petition

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Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI M. A. K. MUKHEED

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Counsel for the Respondents: AGp FOR REVENUE

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. SHRAVAN KUMAR

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W.P. No.2OOS6 of 2OL2

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ORDER

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'l'hc petitioner is aggricvccl l-.r.1, thr: :rction ol' rhe respondcnts in truit.ri3 Lo disprisscss rltc pc.[itiorlcr lrom thc holrse bearing No.16-2-74I/Dl5/A to D admeasuring 650 sq.yds., Gaddiannaram near TV Tou,er, Dilsukhnagar Road, Hyderabad, (hereinafLer relerred to as 'tl-re subject propertv') u,itholrt issuing erny noticc and rrpporrunitl lhc prescnr u rir pr:ririon is filcd.

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Briel facts o[ the case are that thc pctitioncr claims to be the ou n<'r' ir nd posscssor of tlLc sr.rb jr:ct pr opcrt\r l.raving purchasecl the sirm. tr1, $a_' o[ registcrecl saic rlccd viclc ])o(iument No.2340 ol 19g3 dated 10.08.1983 and since then thc peLitioner is in peaceful posscssion and cn.joymcnt tlrithout any intcrruption and also paying th. elet trrciL' chargr:s .rrd pr.pcrty tax to lho GFIMC. The respondcnt No.2, u.der the instructions of Lhe rcspondent No. 1, visited the house oi'Lhc peririoner on 06.06.20r2 and 26.06.2o12 trying to interfere and thrt:atcnrr.rg to clisposscss ttrr: pcLition<:r lrr>m the sub.1ect property rt rtlrrrrrl issui c Jn\ jtcll( c ur (,1)p(,t.tunt[.

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It is fr-rrther submitted that the rcspondents are claiming the cntu'c Asmangarh land rn Si1'.No.318/ 1, ac.lmeasuring Acs. 109.21 qunters situate:cl ar (iadd i:.r n nararn village, Saidabad Mandal, Hl'derabad as Government lat'rd u,ithout zrny basis rvhcrein morc than thrc:t clc.arlcs rn:rn' rcsidcnri:,rl ho,sr:s lr:.*,c carne up and pcople are

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residing in t^cir rcspe.l ive houses. Alr the arutrror.ities hzrr,c sivcrr pe rmission lbr consl ructloll of houses in tl_r, r said a rca and Governmcnt filc<i variorrs cascs against the enLrrc [anrl and ]ost thc cases and thc Ia.d is ciecl:rrcd as prir'at. lar,d. l.)l:r, r_csponcl.,t N().2 has filcd LGC casc No.54 of 2002 belorc the Spccial C)or_rrt urrclcr A.p. Land Grabbing (prohibiLior-r) Act, Hyderabad clarnring rhat tlrc said land bclongs (o (iovernmcnt and thc samc was clisn_rrssed. ,rtssailir.rg the same, W.P. No.167g9 of 2Oll n,as filed before thrs Court and the same is pcnding.

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4- on behalI or-lhr: r'r'spon(rcnts No. l ancl 2, corLn(cr aricr.rvr( hars been filed, inter alio, statilrg lhat lhe (iaddiar_rnara m vrllagc ,vas zu] ex-sarfekhzrs vilkLge and after mergcr of sarfekhas *,ith the ])iwani (Governmc'rL) u,rlcr serrfckhas merser regtrration r]5gr fash i.e r94r) A.D. the villagc u,as vcstccl rvith the (]ove rnm.nl. Surv(tv u,as conducted during the sarlel<has pcriod in 1326 F..,tsli, (191(r A.D.). Thereafter, revision survcv of (]addiannaram villag,: rvas corductr:rl during thc vcar 1.1J2 fasli i.c: l(142 n.l). arnd in Lhc r,-rvision survc. the survey nuntlrr:rs 3OO I f , 300/2 & 300/3 u,cre change,d and allocatcd as 318/ l, 318/2, 31g13, respectivcly Thc old entries and extents are rctaincd in the revision survey against lLLe ncrv surve-1, numbers. According to thc surve]. map of 19,., I , the Ie nd ir.r Sy.No.318/2 rl,zrs shr>u,r-r in respect of palace only bcaring Municipal House No. 15-1-741 and is knou,n as Fern HiIl. Htr[I the Nizam has entercd inlo an itgrcclr)( r.tl rr,.ill-r Lltc, Crtyc,r-nmcn1 3i It,rclia, rl:rtcc]

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25.01. 1950 claiming the palacc zrs his private property. The Trust dccd creaLed by HEH the Nizam Mir Osman Atr Khan, dated 2 1 .03, I 9o7 in respect ol licrn II ill, palacc wherein open land was sho.,r,n as boundary. acljacen t to thc bui.lding belonging to sarfekhas. Thc FIEH the Nizam was treated as the owner of the building and the rest of thc land bclongs [O sarfckhas, rvhich is subsequently merged ri,it h [)rri arr-ri ((]or.ernme,t).^.lhcrc;r l.tcr,,lktu,. Survey r.r,as conductcd during rtre year 1964 69 under thc Ap (S&B) Act, 1923 and the norificarion u/s 6(r) or r.he said Act was issued inviting all thc concerned to participate in the Survey. According to Town Survev, thc 51 . No.3l8/ 1 is corrclated to thc lollowing TS No,s 1) TS No.l to 56, Bl.ck A, Ward No. 170. 2) TS No.2 ro 40, Block - B, Ward No. 170. 3) TS No. I ro 60, Illock.t), Ward No. 170. 4) TS No.2, 3, 5 to 65, [],rck I,', Warcl No. 17, All tlt. ub<;v. lancls are classified as Kharij Khata. The Tog.n Slrrve,y u,as concluded and final notification was issuccl as rcquirecl t,ri s 13 o1' Ap (S&t3) Act, I923 vide Gazerrc NotilicaLion No.36, clarcd l2.OZ.l977. ,l.he cntries in Tori,n Survc}. I-ar-rd rcgister ha'e becomc linal as no suit u,as hled qucstioning thc said cntries r.r,itl-rin 3 vears as provided rJ /s L4 of the said Act. F-urthcr, rn the Tou.r.r Survev llcgrstcr, the land in the abovc town survr-r., numbers \.erc sho*..t.r as Kha.l Iihatha, in Column No. l0 with toLal extent as 55744, in Column No. l7 and recorded as vacant land in Coiumn No.20 ancl 22. It is ft.rrthr:r submitted that the entries in tlrc Torr, sur,a.' r-cc.rcl:. *.ill pr.r.;:il ()v(.r. a.). othcr document and are

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conclusive prooI as thev bec<;nrc l'inirl :rrrci rcnrerinc:] nnchalk:nged :ts proviclcd U/s 14 of Lhc AP (S&.tl) AcL, I923.

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It is further submitted that thc land clairned by the petitroner is part and parcel ol land in Sr. No.3l8,/ I rrdmi:asurrirrg 109.29 gts u'ith a hillock and Lhis \:als ncvcr slrorvn rn lrrsscssion of fll,,H rhc lJrzam as averred by the petitioncr.^'l'he Iand rn S-v. No.3-812 admr--asuring Ac.5.00 gts., uras shou'n as having a palacc :rnd alpurtenanL vacant land surrounded b1' a comJtor.rr-rd rr all ancl s:rne is treated as belonging to HEH thc Nizam. Ar:cording to the Tos-:i Survey, the land in question in TS No. 2, Block - t-, Ward No. 170 is classified as Kharij Khata land. The samc n,as publrshccl in AP Ga;:et:e No.3(t. datcd 72.O7.1977 and it has l)cr:orrc Iinal ;rncl conclusir,c lrroof u/s 13 of Al, G^zette No.36, dated 12.O7.1977 and Lulless it is mrrdified by a decrec of civil suit u,ithir-r (3) vcars lrom thc d:rtc ol Gazettc Notifi<:aLion.

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It is [urthcr subrnittcd ,rl l]irr,r i4 o[ thc coLmter that t]c Statc of AP represented by the MRO, Saiclabad, lilcd a L: nc1 Grabbing case against thc cncroachers in Sr'. No.318/I in thc Special Court undcr A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act ir.r l,GCs No.4/.2O02, 5+ l2OO'2, 32 I 2OO4 and 8 l2OO1 . 'l'lrc sa rnr: h;rvr: becn d isposcd ol on 17.O9.2O1O and the pe[itioncr hcrcin is rcspondert No.1 in L.G.C. No.54 l2OO2, rr,hich \'as drsposccl ol ag.llnst th,r Governmellt Aggricved b,v the said ordcrs oI thc Spcctal Corrrt, zrplteals r.r'crc preferred rn High Court & W.P. Nos.166 18 of 2Of ., 16789 ot 201i, 14950 of 2011 and 1409 ol 201^'l , in ri,hir:h thc Fiigl'r Co-.rrr u'as ,/ /,

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plcased to grant inlerim orders in lavour of Government with a direction Lo stop the construcLion bcing carried on Government land in cn[irc St'. No.318/ 1 situated at Gaddiannaram Village, Saidabad Mandal, suspending the said LGC orders dated 17.O9.2010. Despite thc Slolu.s Quo orders issr-rcd l.>r' rhc IIigl-r CourL, the petitioner herein startcd construction on thc suiL scheduled properly in Sy. No.3i8/ 1. trventually, iL is submitted that the petitioner has not approached this Court u,ith clean hands and su pprcssed the material facts only to usurp the vaiuable Clo.crnmenL lzrnd on one prelext or the other and sought to dismiss the urjl pclirion.

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Heard the learned counsel lor the pctitioner and the learned Assist:lllt Govcrnment I'lt:;rdcr ftrr thc rcspondents and perused the rnatcri:rl madc availalllc on thc record

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U. The learned counsel on either side have reiterated their respectivc affirlavrt.lvcrnrcnts in sr-Lpport of lhcir case

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As could be scen from the proceedings of this Court, it is noLrced that this Cor-i11 r.r.'hile orcle ring rule nisi passed interim order ilt WPMI'. No.25{)(18 ol 20 l2 clirccting the partics lo maintain status quo unLil lurthor ordcrs.

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At this juncture, it is to be noted that the petitioner has filed a copv ol'thc salc decd datcd 10.08.1983 wherebl, the petitioner has purchased the Iand to an extent of 65O square yards pertaining to house propertl, bea.ring Mur-ricipal No.16-2-741/D/5 and 14, situated

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at Gaddiannaram, Near^'l'V Tou.er, Dilsukhnagar Road, Hyderabacl. Petitioner also filcd copics ol rhc mu,icipal r zrr reccipts dated 31.07.2010 issued b' thc (lHMC, :rn<.l also lilcd copies of electricity bills stood in [he name of the petitioner, in su[)port of petitioncr,s possession over the subject property. Sincc hcre are disputed question of facts, lr,hich cannoL bc dccided basr:d on the aff davils b1, this Court and there are pcndir-tg^.rvrit pctitions vr<k: ./. p. Nos. i 66 1 g of 2011, 16789 oi 2011, 14950 of 2011 and 1469 c,f .2O11, bcfore rhis Court, this Courl is of lhe corrside red .pini.n rhr.Lt the partles shall workout their rcmedics rn thc pcnding u-rir pr:titrorLs be ftrre t his court and avail othcr reme dies as :rvzrilable u^dcr ler*,. I Io,,veve r, i: is made clear that this Cor.rrt has.r'rot expressed any opinion on the merits of the case with rcgarcl to possr:ssion afrd Litlc of fLLc subject property and the partics may pursuc \'rit pctitions i.e. W.l). \os. 1661g of 20 1 1, 76789 of 2077, 14950 of 20I I at-rd 1409 of 2O I l, silated to havc been pending beforc this Cour ..

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With thc above obscrvatior.rs, tl'ris u'riL lretitiorL is disltosed ol, There shall be no order as Lo costs.

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As a scquel, miscellzrncous zrpplications, il' an_y pcnding,

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shall stand closed.

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SD/- AHMED ABDULLA KHAN 4\tlqrANr^REGTSTRAR

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To, 1. The Distrjct Collector. Hyderabad District, Nampally, Hyderabad. 2. The Tahsitdar, saidabad tttanoa[ n"t"ii'orJ.^{-" ,} J. une UC to Sri lV. A. K. Mukheed Advocate tOpUCl 4. Two'CCs to Gp for Revenue, nisjn C-ou rt ioi if," SGte oj,Tetangana, at Hyderabad [OUT1 5. Two CD Copies TJ $*-

HIGH COURT

DATED:0610812025

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WP.No.20056 of 2012

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DISPOSING OF THE WRIT^PETITION