Disposed

Chitturi Bhaskar Rao, v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC10 Sept 2025WP/25670/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Petitioners challenged attempted dispossession of their Khammam lands for a Munneru river protection wall without land acquisition notification or compensation. Petitioners agreed to accept alternative land; the court disposed of the writ directing them to represent within two weeks and the Tahsildar to grant four alternative lands within six weeks, restraining disturbance of possession meanwhile.

What did the court decide?

Direction to petitioners to make representation within two weeks; Tahsildar to grant four alternative lands within six weeks; no dispossession till then.

Chitturi Bhaskar Rao, Vs The State of Telangana — Land Acquisition | Telangana HC (2025)

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PRESENT

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THE^{HONOURABLESRI JUSTICE N'V'SHRAVAN KUMAR}

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NO:^256700F 2025 WRIT^PETITION

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AND

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1 The State^{of Telangana} '.^{Representedby its-PrincipalSecretary'Revenue} Department^{(LandAcqursrutl"i5i'ii"tili't' Hyderabad'}

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2 The District^{Collector - cum - Land AcquisitionOfficer' Khammam District'} Khammam.

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The^{Revenue Divisional Officer- cum- Land' AcquisitionOfficer'Khammam'} Khammam^District'

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The^{ExecutiveEnginebr' lrrigation Department' Khammam' Khammam} District.

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The^{Tahsildar, Khammam Urban Mandal' Khammam District'}

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The^{KhammamtrilunicipalCorporation'KhammamDistrict' Rep by its} MuniciPal^{Commisstoner'}

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.....RESPONDENTS

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petition Under , 226 of the constitr circumstances stated the affidavit of lndia praying that in the pleased to issue a wri '""0^""'on the High court may be , order or Direction ,orlr",,n writ of Mandamus, der oun't''arlv one in the nature of trying ro disposses ,n;'"'nn the arbitrary ";;; ot rn" respondent authorities in petitioners from their ,u, 257 and_2'Btotar to an situated in sy No 255' 256' q tent of 37 '147oo to.,"Jot Khammam u.brn Mr, Khammam o'tt,ti";1':"::::]::':n:f:: Protection wali on,n",'o'l' u'[ a cq u r n s p n u'l' na "'li'lio ;":".[ :,";;];:i:Tiili'ffi^{; H" :il:ho} :"J.,:il:: T:^j:T .: w rho ur pa y n s a n d, "J"H1'n;:;;::t",::-: to rne petitioners is illegat, void and opposed to Arricres 14. 1e ,; :;'::l ;"x" ::' :**i:, r,i::il,#^{.lr;;:Hi;,rj:#;:;} land' without acquiring their respective rands Linder , r"n- ^^^],^l:-trtro:lers compensation nd Acquisition Act 2013 and without payment for

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LA.NO :1 OF 2025

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petition Under Section 15.,l CpC pray ing that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition , the High Court may be pteased to direct the respondent autt totarto an extent of .r,.;T:il:tJrl':osses the petitiorle,rs from their lands situated in Sy.No.255, 256,257 and 258 of Burhanpuram Village, Khammam Urban l,,landal, Khammam District, pending disposal of the above writ petition

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Counsel for the petitioners : SRI MUMMANENT SR|NIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3 & 5 : Gp FOR REVENUE Counsel for the Respondent No.4 : Gp FOR lRRtcATloN

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Counsel for the Respondent No.6 : SRI P.SRIDHAR^RAo

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The Court^{made the followingORDER}

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TH^{E TIONOURABLESRI JUSTICEN'V'SHRAVAN KUMAR} ITIO^{NNo.2567Oof 2025}

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oRD^ER:

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Aggrieved^{by the action of respondent authorities in trytng} to dispossess^{the petitionersfrom their lan<ls situated in Survey} Nos.255,^{256' 257 &' 258'to an extent of 37 '\47 square yards of} Burhanpuram^{Village' KhammamUrban Mandat' Khammam} District^{for constructionof Munneru Protection Wa1l on the bank} of river^{Munneru'withoutacquiring petitioners'land' without} issuing^{landacquisition notihcation underRigtrtfor} Compensation^{andTransparency in LandAcquisition'} Rehabilitation^{and SettlementAct' 2013 and withoutpaying land} acquisition^{compensationto the petitioners' tbe presentwrit} U*"-^*: petition^{is filed' A consequentialprayer is'madq} l" respondent^{authorities not tointerfere rvith the peaceful} possession^{ar'rd cnjoyment of the petitioners'land' without} accluiring^{their respectivelar-rcis rrnder Land Acquisition Act'} 2013^{and withol-rt paymento[ compensation'}

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The facts^{of the case as stated in brief are that petitioners 1} and 2 have^{purchasedthe tand on 03'04'2009to an extent of} 77,253^{square yards inSrrrvey Nos'255'256' 257 &258'} Likcwise,pctitioncrsland-2alsopurchasedanotherpieceof

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lard on 10'04'2009 to an extent of 16,214sguare yards in the sarae survey numbers and petitioners 3 la,,d on 05.01.2011 to an extent "r r,.;:i:;":";:T: salne survey numbers from petitioner No.2. From the date of purchase of lands, all the petitioners e e in possession and enjoyment of the re spective lands without . rnterference from any third parties or authorities. Due to the flo. peopie were initialry effected. a""o.ai.,gry]::"#_X" constructed check dam on the said river and even after construction of the check dam, the area is affected by the floods. in that connection, the Government of Telalgala proposed to construct Munneru protection watt to safeguard the interest of the Khammam people from heavy floods. It is further submitted that last year also, the Khammam District was qffected due to Munneru floods. At that stage, the Government dismantled the old check dam and wanted to start construction of the said protection wall and got surveyed showing the effected areas. Accordingly, a survey report was prepared and in that survey report, petitioners' lands are totally affected and going to be SUbmefged^{after constructingthe said' Mlrnneruprotectionwal1'} Larer,^{rhe G}.**: :::"::':::^{::::li".- T:}

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further sr.rbmitted^{that some affected partiesapproachedthis} Court to protect rights^{over their lands by hling W'P'No'13447 of} 2025, which^{was disposed of protecting the interest of the} petitioners therein^{by an order dated29 'O4 '2025 and submit} that the petitioners^{in W'P'No' 13447 of 2025are also similarly} situated^{persons and prayed this Court to pass similar orders'}

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karned^{Assistant GovernmentPleader forLand} Acquisition^{placedcopy of instructionsissuedby respondent} No.5^_ Tahsildar,^{Khammam (U), stating that the Government} has decided^{to construct a retaining protection wall in Full Tank} Level (for^{short "FTL") and bufferzone of the MunneruRiver to} decrease the^{project affectedstructuresof KhammamUrban} Mandal and^{that so many houses were constructed on the bank} of river Munneru.^{It is further submittedthat as per the survey} conducted^{by the Irrigation and Revenue authorities' the subject} iand in Survey^{Nos'255,256' 257 &258 situatedat} Burhanpuram^{Village of KhammamUrLranMandal' Khammam} petitioners^{are covered in the} District, Pertaining^{to the writ} It is further^{submittedthat to} buffer zone^{of Munneru River'} safeguard^{the citizensagainstthe next rainv season floods'the} Government^{decided to speed. up retarningwall construction} work on^{both sides banks of Munneru River' It is further} submitted^{that most of the area coveredunder retaining wall}

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comes under buffer zone of the river. Since some private patta lands comes under the buffer zone, the Government has decided to allot suitable Government land on par with lands effected by the land losers at Yedulapuram Municipal limits of polepally Viliage of Kh arnmarrr (Rural) Malda,l. In the saicl circumstances, most of the I and owners have come forward and submitted their consent and willingness and co-operated for alternate land. It is further submitted that the subject land pertaining to the writ petitioners are also one of the part of the lands submerged in Mttnneru River bank as per preliminary survey conducted in the matter. The writ petitioners were informed several times to attend the meeting conducted with land affected persons to explain the details of a_lternative Iand and urgency of construction of retaining wall It is further subrqitted that most of the land owners have given willingness ald w-rit petitioners herein are not responding to show their lands either in the field or in the meetings a,d the matter has been intimated to the writ petitioners several times regarding the alternative land. 4. Heard learn.d "orr".i=for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government pleader for Re'enue appearing on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 3 and 5 and learned Assistant Government pleader for Irrigation appearing on behalf of respondent No.4.

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t"t:::::t"-" 5. Learned^{counsel for thepetitioners' ""} - submits^{that the petitioners are ready to accept the alternatrve} lands^{proposed' to be given by the respondentauthorities'}

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6 In that^{view of thematter, the Petitionersmaymake} a representation^{to that effect within a period of two(02) weeks} If such from^{the date of receipt of a copy of this order'} sildar^is representation^{is made' the respondent No'5 -Tah} directed^{to consider and immediately take steps in} granting four⁽⁰⁴⁾ alternativelandstothepetitionerswithinaperiodof thereafter^{strictly in accordancewith law' Till such} time,^the respondent^{authorities are directednot to disturb the p} O SSCSSiON of the Petitioners'

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7 Withtheaboveobservations'thiswritpetitionisdisposed of. No order^{as to costs'}

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Asa sequel thereto,^{miscellaneousapplications'ifany}

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pending, in this petition,^{shall standclosed}

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//TRUE^COPY//

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sD/-P. PONNA^KRISHNA / ASSISTANT^{REGISTRAR /}

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SECTION OFFICER

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To 1. The Principal^{Secretary, Revenue Department (Land Acquisition)' Secretariat'} State of Telangana^{at Hyderabad.}

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Z. ine Oistrict Cdllector^{- cum- Land Acquisition Officer,, Khammam District'} Khammam.

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ih; C;6ue^{Divionsai Officer- cum - Land, Acquisltionofficer' Khammam'} Khammam District.

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4 iil Executive^{Engineer, lrrigatlon Department,Khammam' Khammam} District.

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S. ifre fafrsitdar,^{Khammam Urban Mandal, Khammam District'}

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O. ii.'" lrrr"ii,pil'^{Commissioner, Khammam MunicipalCorporation"Khammam} District.

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z iwo c-cs to Gp^{FOR tRRtGATtoN,High cou( for the state of Telangana at} Hyderabad. [OUT]

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Hyderabad. [OUT]

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f . iwa CCs to^'GP FbR^{REVENUE, High Court for the State of Telanganaat} Hyderabad. [OUTI

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DATED:10 togt2l2l

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