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V.Gangadhar Reddy v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC27 Feb 2025WP/3898/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Telangana High Court (Hyderabad), N.V. Shravan Kumar J., 27-02-2025; WP No.3898 of 2025 dismissed as withdrawn without costs; challenge to District Collector Ranga Reddy letter dt.10.06.2021 barring registration of sale deeds in Sy No.124 Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal; Sub-Registrar refusal to register Plot No.16 in Sy No.124/U (202 sq.yds / 169 sq.mts.); Stamps and Registration Department; Article 226 mandamus; Registration Act 1908; withdrawal at hearing; no merits adjudicated; no cases cited; counsel Surabhi Kakkad for petitioner, GP for Revenue for respondents.

What did the court decide?

None on merits. Leave to withdraw granted; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; pending miscellaneous petitions closed; no costs. ¶30

V.Gangadhar Reddy Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

None on merits. Leave to withdraw granted; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; pending miscellaneous petitions closed; no costs.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the action of the 4th respondent in issuing the letter dated 10.06.2021 directing the 3rd respondent (Sub-Registrar) not to accept and register sale deeds in respect of the land in Sy No.124 of Gopanpally Village, and the 3rd respondent's consequential refusal to register the document for Plot No.16 in Sy No.124/U, was illegal, arbitrary and violative of the petitioner's constitutional guarantees and the Registration Act, 1908 — raised in the writ prayer but not adjudicated, the petition having been withdrawn.

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Ratio / Principle

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

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Key takeaways

Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.ratio¶30
Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the writ petition shall stand closed; no costs awarded.ratio¶33

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition (Article 226) by V. Gangadhar Reddy challenging (i) the letter dt.10.06.2021 of the 4th respondent (District Collector and Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District) directing the 3rd respondent (Sub-Registrar, Serilingampally) not to accept and register sale deeds in respect of the land in Sy No.124 of Gopanpally Village, and (ii) the 3rd respondent's refusal, by reference to that letter, to register the document for Plot No.16 in Sy No.124/U admeasuring 202 sq. yards (169 sq. metres), Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally; interim application under S.151 CPC also filed. When the matter was taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner sought leave to withdraw the writ petition. The Court permitted withdrawal and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn; pending miscellaneous petitions were directed to stand closed; no costs. No findings were recorded on the merits of the challenge to the Collector's letter or the refusal of registration.

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[^{3255 ]}

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

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THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

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PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR

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WRIT PETITION NO: 3898 OF 202s

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Between:

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V.Gangadhar Reddy, S/o Subba Reddy, Aged about 34 years, OCC. Business, Rl/o H.No.1-1001271211, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District.

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...PETITIONER

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AND

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I The State of Telangana, Represented by^{its PrincipalSecretary (Stamp and} Registration) Secretariat Building, Hyderabad.

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2 The District Registrar, Ranga Reddy District,^{PrashanthNagar, Moosapet,} Hyderabad.

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The Sub-Registrar, Serilingampally, Hyderabad.

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4 The District Collector and lVlagistrate, Ranga Reddy^{District, KongaraKalan,} Ranga Reddy District.

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...RESPONDENTS

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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 Wrii, Order or direction more^particularly one^{in the nature of} Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent^{in issuing the letter} dt.10.06.2021, directing 3rd respondent not to accept and register the sale deeds in respect of the land in Sy No.1 24 of Gopanpally Village, though the land in Sy No.124 of Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Village, Ranga Reddy District is not part of any government land and the action of 3rd respondent in refusing to register the documents in respect of the Plot bearing No.1 6, in Sy No.'1 24i U, admeasuring 202 Sq yards or 169 Sq meters, situated at Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Village, Ranga Reddy District, by referring to the letter dt.10.06.2021 of the 4th respondent, as illegal, arbitrary, in violation of Articles

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14, 21 and 3004 of cc,nstitutionar of India and arso in viorertion of rr:>gistration Act, 1908, besides in vioration of principres of Naturar Justice and cons,:quentry direct the respondent no.3 rrerein to register and rerease the s,?re de,ec presented by me in respect of the e bove property.

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lA NO: 1 OF 2025

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Petition under Section 151 cpc praying that in the circumsitances stated in the affidavit fired in support of the petition, the High court may :e preased to grant interim direction, directing the respondent No.3 to register and the rerease the sare deed presented by me in respect of prot bearing Nro.16, in sy No.124lU, admeasuring 202 Sq yards or 169 Sq meters, situated zrt Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Village, Ranga Reddy District, without rr_,ference to the letter dt'10 06 2021 communicated by the 4th respondent, pending dir;posar of the above writ petition.

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Counsel for the petitioner: SRI SURABHI KAKKAD

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Counsel for the Respc,ndents: Gp FOR REVENUE

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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IIONOURABLE SRI JT'STICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR

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Writ Petition No.3898 of 2O25

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ORDER