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Guvva Jaihind v. The state of Telangana

Telangana HC4 Feb 2025WP/2996/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Keywords: Telangana High Court; Writ Petition No.2996 of 2025; Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy; Article 226; writ of mandamus; inaction of Mandal Revenue Officer Raghunathpally; petitioner representation dated 18/09/2024; assigned land Acs.3-20 guntas Survey No.197; Janagaon District; forcible dispossession; anti-social elements; local political leaders; District Collector directions; two weeks; disposed without costs; Section 151 CPC application; action status report; G.O.Ms.No.1406.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of: petitioner permitted to submit a representation ventilating all grievances to the District Collector, Janagaon District, who shall examine it and pass orders in accordance with law within two weeks of receipt; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications closed. ¶54

Guvva Jaihind Vs The state of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the inaction of respondent No.2 on the petitioner's representation dated 18/09/2024 is illegal, unconstitutional and an abrogation of statutory duty, warranting a direction that respondent No.2 act upon that representation. +1 more

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Court's answer

Taking into consideration the petitioner's submission that he has no means to approach any authority or competent Civil Court, the Court deemed it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition by permitting the petitioner to submit a representation ventilating all his grievances to the District Collector, Janagaon District, who shall examine the same and pass orders in accordance with law.

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Ratio / Principle

The District Collector's examination of the representation and passing of orders were to be completed within two weeks from the date of receipt of such representation.

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Key takeaways

With the above observations the writ petition is disposed of; there shall be no order as to costs; miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed.ratio¶34

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No.2996 of 2025, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Special Original Jurisdiction), Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy, disposed of on 04-02-2025. The petitioner, an advocate aged about 40 and holder of assigned land admeasuring Acs.3-20 guntas in Survey No.197 at Raghunathpally Village and Mandal, Janagaon District (assigned in File No.81767312006 dated .11.2006 under Government policy in G.O.Ms.No.1406), complained that respondent No.2, the Mandal Revenue Officer, failed to act on his representation dated 18/09/2024, while anti-social elements allegedly at the instance of local political leaders sought to forcibly dispossess him. The Court disposed of the petition, permitting the petitioner to submit a representation ventilating all his grievances to the District Collector, Janagaon District, who was to examine the same and pass orders in accordance with law within two weeks of receipt. No order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications stood closed.

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

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TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENry FME

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. BHASKAR REDDY

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WRIT PET]TIO NNO : 2996 OF 2025

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Between:

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9uwa^{Jaihind,S/o Venkataiah,Aged} about 40^yeas, 0cc. Advocate Rl/o Kanchana Paily Viilage, Raghunaineiilv ttti"Jil, J",jagoan District.

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...PETITIONER

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AND

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1 . The state of Telanoana, Represented by principle Secretary, Reveirue

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Department Secrelariat Buit?itnqi. iivolirorj"'''"'

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The Mandal revenue officer, R;ghuriattrpif fV, .lanagoan, Mandal Janagoan District

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...RESPONDENTS

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Petition under Articre 226 ot the constitution of rndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit fired therewith, the High court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particurarry, one in the Nature of writ of Mandamus considering the inaction, on the part of respondent No'2 as of lllegal, un constitutionar and in abrogation of statutory duty, casted on the respondent No.2 to the writ petition, in consequentiaily, direct respondent No.2 to act, on the Petitioners representation Dated 1gtO9l2O24.

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lA NO: 1 OF 2025

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Petition under section 1s1 cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed ih support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to direct place the action status report, on the petitioners representation daled 1gt09l 2024, before this Honorable court.

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Counsel for the Petitioner: SRt M.RATHAN SINGH Counsel forthe Respondents: Gp FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE TION'BLE SRIJUSTICE C.V. BHASKAR REDDY

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WRIT PETITION No.2996 OF 2025

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ORDER:

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This writ petition is filed seeking following reliefi

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"... pleaseat to issue an appropriate writ or.der or direction mori' particularll, one in the Nature of Writ of Mctndcmus considerintr the inaction on lhe Part of respondcnt No.2 as of lllegal, un conslilutional and in abrogation of statutory duty casted on tht: respondent l{o.2 to the writ Petition in consequentiully direct respondent Aro.2 to act on the Pclitiotlcrs reprcsentdtion Datea I8/09/ 202cr ond Pass ... "

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It is stated that the petitioncr. is thc owner and posses:;or ct-the

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land adrneasr,ring Acs.3-20 guntas in Survey No.l97 situatci at Raghunathpally'Village and Mandal, Janagon District, r.vjrich was assigned to the petitioner in File No.81767312006 dated .11.2006 as per the policy, enunciated by the Govemment in G.O.Ms.No.1406 dated 25.07 .ll)58. The name of the petitioner is recorded in revenue records and he is also receiving incentives for cultivating thr: subject land. The grir:r,ance of the petitioner is that at the instance of local political leaders, the anti social elements are making effortr; to grab the said land of the petitioner by dispossessing him forcibly.

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3 . Considered the submissions of the leamed counsel for the

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respective parties and pemsed the record.

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4 It is stated that the petitioner is not having any means to approach any authority or competent Civil Court seeking to restrain the antisocial elements frorn dispossessing hirn from the subject assigned land. Taking into consideratior the said subrnission, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition by permitting the petiticner to subnrit a representation, ventilating all his grievances. to the District Collector, Janagaon District, who in turn shall examine the same and pass orders, in accordarrce rvitlr law, rvithin a period of two rveeks from the date of receipt of such representation.

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