Mallagalla Chandrakala Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Mallagalla Chandrakala Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ petition disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to submit F-Line application to respondent No.4 with all relevant documents seeking survey and demarcation; respondent No.4 directed to consider it, conduct survey and demarcate boundaries, or, if not inclined to accept, assign specific reasons, pass a reasoned order and communicate it to the petitioner, completing the entire exercise within 45 days of receipt; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether respondent No.4 (Mandal Revenue Officer, Shabad) is bound to consider the petitioner's application and conduct survey and demarcation of her agricultural land admeasuring Ac.1.20 guntas in Sy.No.1729/2 (old Sy.No.1729), Shabad Village, Ranga Reddy District. +1 more

Court's answer

On receipt of the F-Line application, respondent No.4 shall consider the same and conduct survey and demarcate the subject property by fixing boundaries.

Ratio / Principle

Since the petitioner is seeking conduct of survey and demarcation of the subject property by fixing boundaries and not preferring any appeal, she cannot submit online applications mentioning service name as 'Appeals on Demarcation'; instead she has to submit an F-Line application to respondent No.4 along with all the relevant documents with a specific request to conduct survey and demarcate the subject property by fixing boundaries.

Key takeaways

If respondent No.4 is not inclined to accept the request made by the petitioner, he shall assign specific reasons, pass a reasoned order and communicate the copy of the same to the petitioner, and shall complete the entire exercise within forty five (45) days from the date of receipt of the said F-Line application.ratio¶35

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition (Article 226) disposed of by the High Court for the State of Telangana (K. Lakshman J.). The petitioner, claiming to be absolute owner and possessor of Ac.1.20 guntas in Sy.No.1729/2 (old Sy.No.1729), Shabad Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, had submitted online application No.AODO224OOO62585 dated 27.05.2024 styled 'Appeals on Demarcation' to the Mandal Revenue Officer (respondent No.4) seeking survey and demarcation; it was acknowledged but not acted upon. Held: as the petitioner seeks survey and demarcation and not an appeal, she cannot use the 'Appeals on Demarcation' service; she must submit an F-Line application with all relevant documents. On receipt, respondent No.4 shall consider it and conduct survey and demarcation by fixing boundaries; if declining, he shall assign specific reasons, pass a reasoned order and communicate it to the petitioner, completing the entire exercise within 45 days. No costs; miscellaneous petitions closed.

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IN THE HIGH GOURT^{FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA} AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction)

IVONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF^SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY^FIVE

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE^{K. LAKSHMAN}

WRIT PETITION NO:^{25883 OF 2025}

Between:

W/o. Balakrishna MurthY^Aged 36 years Occ Ivlallagalla Chandrakala, Agriculture Rl/o. Shabad Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana State

PETITIONER

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The State of Telangana,^{Rep. by its Secretary, Dept of Revenue, Secretariat,} Hyderabad, Telangana State

The District Collector,^{RangaReddy District, Telangana State}

The R"u"nre Divisional^{Officer, ChevellaDivision,Shabadltllandal, Ranga} Reddy District, Telangana^State

The Mandal Revenue Officer, Shabad^{Mandal, Ranga Reddy District,} Telangana State

The D"eputy lnspector of^{Survey,Shabad Mandal, RangaReddy District,} Telangana State

The Miandal Surveyor, Shabad^{Mandal, RangaReddyDistrict,Telangana} state

.. RESP.N,ENTS Petition under Article 226 of lhe^{constitution of lndia praying that in the} circumstances stated in the^{affidavit filed therewith, the High court maybe} pleased to issue a writ order or a direction,^{more particularly one in nature of writ} of l,4andamus directing the^{Sth Respondent to considerthe onlinegrievance} application of Appeal on^{Demarcation submitted vide ApplicationNo'} A0D022400062585 dated 2710512024^{and conduct surveyanddemarcate} boundaries for the^{petitioner'sagricultural lands consistingof Ac.1 .20 gts in sy} No.172912(Old Sy.No.1729)^{situatedat ShabadVillage,Shabad Mandal,Ranga} Reddy District,^{Telangana state andalso declare the actionof the respondents} in not conducting the^{survey as arbitrary, unjust and violativeof Article14, 21} and 300-A of the Constitution^{of lndia}

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lA NO: 1 OF 2025

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in th: circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High C,rurt may ber pleased to direct the 5th Respondent to consider the online grievance applicaticn of Appeal on Demarcation' submitted vide Application No. A0t)022400062585 dated 27-05-2024 and conduct survey and demarcate bounda'ies for the petitioner's agrrcultural lands consisting of Ac.1 .20 gts in Sy No.1729r2(Old Sy.No. 1729) situated at Shabad Village, Shabad l,4andal, Ranga Re< dy District, Telangana State, pending disposal of the writ petition in ihe interest of equrty of .justice Counsel for the Petitioner: M/s. OM LAW FIRM

Counsel for Respondents: SRI L. RAVINDER, AGP FOR REVENUE

The Court made the following: ORDER

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN

WRIT PETITION No.25883 OF 2025

ORAL ORDER:

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner ald Mr.L.Ravinder, learned Assistant Governrnent Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents.

The Petitioner herein is claiming that she is the absolute owner and possessor of the land admeasuring Ac. 1.20 guntas in Sy.No.1729 l2 (old Sy.No.1729) situated at Shabad Village and Mandal, Ranga Rddy District. In proof of the same, she has Iiled copies of the latest passbook and title deeds. She has submitted F-Line application bearing No.AODO224OOO62585, dated 27.05.2024, to respondent No.4, with a request to conduct survey and demarcate the subject property by fixing boundaries. Despite receiving and acknowledging the said F-Line application, respondent No.4 did not act upon the same. Aggrieved by the said inaction of respondent No.4, the petitioner has hled the present rvrit petition.

A perusal of ttre said online application submitted by the petitioner would reveal that she has mentioned service

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name as 'Appeals on Demarcation', and at^'.he top of the said applications, it is stated as Appeals on Demarcation Receipt'. There is no order to prefer an z ppeal by the petition<:r. In fact, the petitioner IS seeking to conduct survey and demarcate the subject property by fixing boundar-ies. Therefore, she cannot submit the zrfore said online applications mentioning service narne rrs 'Appeals on Demarc;ltion'. Instead, she has to srrbmit F-Line application to respondent No.4, along with a I the relevant documents rvith a specific request to condu,tt survey and demarcate the subject property by fixing borrndaries. On reieipt of the said F-Line application, resl;ondent No.4 shall consider the same in accordance with la,r.

4 . In the light of the aforesaid discuss ion, rhe writ petition is disposed of, granting liberty to thr: petil-ioner to submit F-l,ine application to respondent No.4, along rvith a,11 the relevant documents, with a specifi c requesl. to conduct a survey and demarcate the subject propertl' by fixing boundaries. On receipt of the said F-line arpplication, 4th respondent shall consider the same, conduct survey and demarcate the subject property by fixing ltounclaries. If

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respondent No.4^{is not inclinedto acceptthe request made} by the petitioner, he^{shall assign specific reasons, Pass a} reasoned order^{and communicatethe copy of the same to} the petitioner.^He shall^{completethe entire exercise within} forty five⁽⁴⁵⁾ days from^{the date of receipt'of the said F-}

line application.^{There shall be no order as to costs'}

As a sequel, miscellaneous^{petitions pending, if any,}

shall stand closed.

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SDi.P. PONNA KRISHNA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR G)-

SECTION OFFICER

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s Tlre trrt"inOar Surveyor,^{Shabad1vlandal,Ranga Reddy District,Telangana} State

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DATED: 0110912025

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ORDER

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DISPOSING OF^{THE WRIT PETITION}

WITHOUT COSTS

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