Yakari Yadaiah Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Yakari Yadaiah Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to consider and dispose of the petitioner's online application (ID No. 19T060200091026 dated 16.07.2025) strictly in accordance with law within sixty (60) days, passing and communicating a reasoned order if the request is rejected; pending miscellaneous applications, if any, stand closed; no order as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether the inaction of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in not considering the petitioner's online application (Transaction ID 19T060200091026 dated 16-07-2025) and representation dated 08-07-2025 for issuance of a pattadar passbook is arbitrary/illegal, and whether they should be directed to consider and dispose of the application. +1 more

Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of by directing respondent Nos.2 and 3 to consider and dispose of the online application bearing ID No. 19T060200091026 dated 16.07.2025 strictly in accordance with law, considering that the property is in Ameenpur Municipality (an urban area) and is not agricultural land, and noting the abnormal delay on the part of the petitioner in submitting the online application.

Ratio / Principle

By virtue of sub-section (7) of Section 3 of the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025 (under which the Act does not apply to non-agricultural land in urban areas as may be notified by the Government), and as the subject property is admittedly not notified by the Government as of now, the provisions of the Act, 2025 and of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 2020 are not applicable.

Key takeaways

If respondent Nos.2 and 3 are not inclined to accept the request made by the petitioner, they shall assign specific reasons, pass a reasoned order and communicate a copy of the same to the petitioner.ratio¶40
Respondent Nos.2 and 3 shall complete the entire exercise within sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.ratio¶40

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

W.P. No. 30122 of 2025 — High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Special Original Jurisdiction) — Yakari Yadaiah v. The State of Telangana and others — decided 06-10-2025 by the Honourable Sri Justice K. Lakshman (oral order, single judge). The petitioner, claiming to be absolute owner of Acs.4.10 guntas in Sy.No.30, Sulthanpur Village, Patancheru Mandal, Sangareddy District on the strength of a Final Patta Certificate dated 23.0(r.1995 [as printed], submitted online application ID No. 19-1060200091026 dated 16.07.2025 seeking mutation of his name in the Bhu Bharati Portal and issue of an e-pattadar passbook, along with a representation dated 08-07-2025; respondent Nos.2 and 3 acknowledged but did not act. His Article 226 mandamus prayer sought directions to consider the application per the Telangana pattadar passbook Act. The learned AGP submitted that the property being in Ameenpur Mandal, the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Rules, 2025 are not applicable. The Court noted that Section 3(7) of the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025 excludes non-agricultural land in urban areas as notified by the Government; admittedly the subject property (in Ameenpur Municipality) is not so notified, hence the provisions of the Act, 2025 and of the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 2020 were held not applicable. The writ petition was disposed of directing respondent Nos.2 and 3 to consider and dispose of the online application strictly in accordance with law within sixty (60) days, taking into account that the property is urban, non-agricultural land and that there was abnormal delay by the petitioner; if the request is not accepted, specific reasons are to be recorded in a reasoned order communicated to the petitioner; no order as to costs.