Nimma Srikanth Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Nimma Srikanth Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition disposed of without directing issuance of pattadar pass book/mutation: respondent No.5 (Tahasildar, Chinthapally Mandal) directed to consider online application No.2300022520 dated 25.01.2023 and pass appropriate orders strictly in accordance with law within thirty (30) days; if the request is rejected, specific reasons shall be assigned and communicated to the petitioner; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed as a sequel.

Issue for consideration

Whether respondent No.5 (Tahasildar, Chinthapally Mandal) should be directed to consider and dispose of the petitioner's online application No.2300022520 dated 25.01.2023 for issuance of pattadar pass book and mutation/succession of Ac.4-20 gts in Sy.No.67B/2, Vinjamur village, whose non-action was challenged as bad, arbitrary and illegal.

Court's answer

Having received the petitioner's online application, respondent No.5 should have considered and disposed of it instead of keeping it pending.

Ratio / Principle

Respondent No.5 is directed to consider the petitioner's online application No.2300022520 dated 25.01.2023 and pass appropriate orders strictly in accordance with law.

Key takeaways

Except for the enquiry report relied upon by the petitioner and conducted by the MRO/Mandal Giridawar, no other document was filed by the petitioner in support of his claim regarding the subject property; the sufficiency of the claim is left to be determined by respondent No.5 in accordance with law.obiter¶35
If respondent No.5 is not inclined to accept the request, he shall pass orders assigning specific reasons and communicate them to the petitioner; the exercise shall be completed within thirty (30) days from receipt of a copy of the order.ratio¶37

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition (Art. 226) — High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (K. Lakshman J), W.P. No.26935 of 2025, decided 09.09.2025. Nimma Srikanth sought a mandamus directing issuance of pattadar pass book and mutation of Ac.4-20 gts in Sy.No.67B/2, Vinjamur village, Chinthapally Mandal, Nalgonda District, on his name, claiming succession to land stated to have been purchased by his late father Sathaiah (said to have died 14.04.2018); his online application No.2300022520 dated 25.01.2023 to the Tahasildar (respondent No.5) remained unacted upon. The Court observed that, apart from an enquiry report of the MRO/Mandal Giridawar (stated in the damaged text to be of February 2019), the petitioner had filed no other document, but held that respondent No.5, having received the online application, ought to have considered and disposed of it instead of keeping it pending. The writ petition was disposed of, directing respondent No.5 to consider the application and pass orders strictly in accordance with law within thirty (30) days, with reasoned communication to the petitioner if the request is declined; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions closed. No precedent was cited or discussed.

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

TUESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN

WRIT PETITION NO: 26935 OF 2025

Between:

Nimma Srikanth, S/o.Sathaiah, Aged about 35 years, Occ. Agriculturist, Rl/o. Vinjamur viltage of Chinthapally Mandal, Nalgonda District

AND

...PET|T|ONER

The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principle Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Near Tankbund, Hyderabad

The District Collector, Nalgonda District at Nalgonda, T.S.

The Joint Collector, Nalgonda District at Nalgonda, T.S.

4- The Revenue Divisional Officer, Devarkonda Divisions, at Devarkonda, Nalgonda District, Telangana State.

The Tahasildar, Chinthapally Mandal, Nalgonda District, Telangana State.

..,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, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Writs, Order or direction declaring the action of the Respondents in not issuing pattadar pass book and also not mutating the land extent Ac.4-20gts in Sy.No.67B/2 at Vinjamur village of Chinthapally Mandal, Nalgonda District on the petitioner name is bad arbitrary illegal and consequently direct the respondents for issuing pattadar pass book and mutation of the above said land on the petitioner name by considering the application No. 2300022 52 O dt.25-1 -2023 of the petitio ne r.

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl. P. VENKATESWAR RAO

Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ASSIGNMENT

The Court made the following: ORDER

THE HONOURABLE^{SRI JUSTICE IC LAI'J IHMAN}

WRIT PETTT^{ION No.26935 of 202:}

o RAL ORDER:

l{eard learned^{counsel for the petitioner andlearned} Assistant Government^{Pleader for Assignment apt'( aring for the} respondents

According to the^{petitioner, his father, tate ll i N Sathaiah'} has purchased the^{landadmeasuringAc'5-00guntar n Sy'No'678'} situated at Vinjamur^{Village, ChinthapallyMarc al, Nalgonda} District. He died on^{14.04.2018.The petitionerrs he onlylegal} heir. He has^{submitted an online applirz tion bearing} No.2300022520,^{dated25.01.2023, to responden No'5 with a} request to issue^{succession and mutationproceedin;; in respect o1'} the subject property.^{Despite receiving and ackrr} 'wledging^the said online application,^{respondent No'5 did not act I pon the same'} Aggrieved by^{the said inactionof respondent No'5, t re present writ} petition is filed.

A^perusal of^{the record would reveal tttr' though the} petitioner is claiming^{that his father purchasedthe ; bject property} on0l.05.1974,hehasnotfiledanydocument.1.1tpetitionerhas--

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relied solely on the enquiry report of February 2019, conducted by

the MRO / Mandal Giridawar. Except that, no other document has

been hled. However, having received the said online application, respondent No.5 should have considered and disposed of the same, instead of keeping it pending

In the light of the aforesaid discussion, the writ petition is disposed of, directing respondent No.5 to consider the online application bearing No.2300022520, dated 25.0 1.2023, submitred by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders strictly in accordance with law. If respondent No.5 is not inclined to accept the request made by the petitioner, he shall pass orders assigning specific reasons and communicate a copy of the same to the petitioner. However, he shall complete the said exercise within a period thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs.

As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall

stand closed.

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