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Challa Rani alias Swarajya Lakshmi v. The Union of India

Telangana HC10 Dec 2025WP/37887/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Secondary Family Pension; deceased Railway employee father Kancharla Krishna; South Central Railways; General Manager; Chief Workshop Manager Lalaguda Workshop Secunderabad; non-consideration of representation dated 21.03.2025/23.01.2025; writ of mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; Articles 14 15 21 300-A; Section 151 CPC interim application; withdrawal with liberty to approach appropriate forum; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; miscellaneous applications closed; no costs; Telangana High Court at Hyderabad; Justice Pulla Karthik; December 2025; no merits adjudicated.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum; miscellaneous petitions closed; no order as to costs. ¶34

Challa Rani alias Swarajya Lakshmi Vs The Union… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum; miscellaneous petitions closed; no order as to costs.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the action of Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 in non-considering the petitioner's representation seeking grant of Secondary Family Pension on the death of her father Kancharla Krishna (a retired Railway Department employee) is illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 15, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution and principles of natural justice, and whether directions should issue to consider the representation, conduct a detailed enquiry and grant the Secondary Family Pension. NOTE: raised in the prayer only; never adjudicated, as the petition was withdrawn.

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Ratio / Principle

Permission is accorded to the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition.

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Key takeaways

The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, granting the petitioner liberty to approach the appropriate forum.ratio¶34
Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed, and there shall be no order as to costs.ratio¶38

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Pull Karthik, J.), W.P. No. 37887 of 2025, decided 10-12-2025: Challa Rani alias Swarajya Lakshmi filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a writ of mandamus declaring illegal and arbitrary the inaction of Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 (General Manager, South Central Railways and Chief Workshop Manager, Lalaguda Workshop) in not considering her representation dated 21.03.2025 seeking grant of Secondary Family Pension on the death of her father Kancharla Krishna, who retired from the Railway Department, pleading violation of Articles 14, 15, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution and of natural justice, with an interim application under Section 151 CPC. When the matter was taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner sought leave to withdraw the petition with liberty to approach the appropriate forum. Permission was accorded and the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn granting the liberty sought; miscellaneous petitions, if any, were directed to stand closed with no order as to costs. No point on merits was adjudicated and no precedent was cited or considered.

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

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WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

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WRIT PETITION NO: 37887 OF 2025

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Between

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Challa Rani alias Swarajya Lakshmi,^{D/o. Late Kancharla Krishna,Aged} about 53 years, Occ. Nil, Fyo.^{H.No.11-4-698112, Erukala Basthi, Chilkalguda,} Secunderabad

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...PETrroNER

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AND

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The Union of lndia, Rep. by Principal Secretary, South Central^RailwaysNew Delhi.

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The Principal Secretary, Ministry of Railways, South Central^{Railways, New} Delhi.

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3- The General lvlanager, South Central Railways,^{Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad-} 4. The Chief Workshop [/anager, Lalaguda Workshop, Lalaguda,^{South Central} Railways' Secunderabad

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...RES'.NDENTS

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Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of^{lndia prayingthat in the} circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith,^{the High Courtmay b6} pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more^{particularlyonein} the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring^{the.action of the RespondentNos.3} and 4 in non-considering the representation^{of the Petitioner dated 21 .03.2025} and non-initiating to^grant the Secondary Family Pension^{to the Petitioner on the} death of father of the Petitioner by name^{KancharlaKrishna is illegal, arbitrary,} unconstitutio na I and violation of^{Articles 14, 15,21 and 300-4 of Constitutionof} lndia and also.violation of Principles of^{Natural Justice consequentlydirectthe} Respondent Nos.3 and 4 to consider the^{representationof the Petitionerdated} 23-01 .2025 and conduct the detailed enquiry^{and grantthe Secondary Family} Pension on the death of the^father of the^{Petitioner who retired from the Railway} Department.

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lA NO: 1 OF'2O25

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Petition under Section^'l s1 cpc praying that in the ;ircumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High cou t may be pleased to direct the Respondent Nos.3 and 4 to consider the r presentation of the Petitioner dated 23.01 .2o2s and conduct the detailed e r quiry and grant the secondary Family Pension on the death of the father of the ,etitroner who retired from the Railway Department pending disposal oi the Writ [) rtition.

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Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI R.ABHINAV FOR SRI RAPO _U BHASKAR Counsel for the Respondents: SRI G.VENK,ATESHVARLU, r ;ENTRAL GOW COUNSEL

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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THE HON'BLE SRT JTISTICD PULLA KARTHIK

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WRIT PETITION No.3 78A7 0F 20.2s

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THE TENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FryE

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Between:

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Challa Rali alias Swarajya Lakshmi.

. . . Petitioner

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The Union of India, Rep. by its Principal Secretarr., South Centrai Railways, New Delhi and 3 others.

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... Respondents

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ORDER:

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When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri R.Abhinav, learned counsel representing Sri Rapolu Bhaskar, Iearned counsel for the petitioner, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present Writ petition with a liberty for the petitioner to approach appropriate forum.

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Permission is accorded.

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Accordingly, this Writ petition is dismissed AS withdrawn granting liberty as sought for by the petitioner.

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Miscellaneous petitions, if any,^pendir 1 shall^stand

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closed. There shall be no order as to costs.

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