D Mallaiah v. State of Telangana
Case brief
What is this about?
Telangana HC writ petition closed without costs (W.P. No. 22800 of 2020, Justice E.V. Venugopal, 15-09-2025). Petitioners D. Mallaiah and D. Srinivas vs State of Telangana, District Collector and Tahsildar, Karimnagar Rural Mandal. Grievance: passbooks of D. Mallaiah and wife Kanukamma (T17090070177/Khata 294; T17090070522/Khata 882) taken away and retained by revenue authorities without authority of law; mandamus sought under Article 226; IA No. 1 of 2020 under Section 151 CPC. Passbooks returned by official respondents after filing; cause no longer survives; petition closed with liberty to pursue remedies in accordance with law; no costs; pending miscellaneous petitions dismissed. Keywords: passbook, khata, mandamus, Article 226, Section 151 CPC, Karimnagar, Revenue, closed without costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition closed granting the liberty sought to the petitioners to pursue their remedies in accordance with law, if any cause still survives; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand dismissed.