A. Amrutha Vs The State of Telangna — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

A. Amrutha Vs The State of Telangna — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ Petition disposed of at the admission stage with the above observations: respondent No.4 (Tahsildar) directed to furnish copies of proceedings No.B/a226/2015 dated 21.03.2017 and connected records sought in the petitioners' application dated 13.12.2023 within eight (08) weeks; petitioners at liberty thereafter to seek cancellation of the pattadar passbook issued in favour of G.Narsimha or approach the competent civil court; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the mutation proceedings No.B/a226/2015 dated 21.03.2017 issued by respondent No.4 mutating the name of G.Narsimha in respect of the land in Sy.No.157 are illegal and arbitrary for want of notice to the petitioners, who claim coparcenary rights. +1 more

Court's answer

Having regard to the submissions, the petitioners' RTI application dated 13.12.2023 remaining unanswered, and the serious dispute on issuance of notice before mutation, the Court held that the ends of justice would be met if respondent No.4 (Tahsildar) is directed to furnish copies of proceedings No.B/a226/2015 dated 21.03.2017 and the connected records sought by the petitioners in their application dated 13.12.2023, within eight weeks from receipt of a copy of the order.

Ratio / Principle

After receipt of the said information, the petitioners were left at liberty to take appropriate steps in accordance with law, either by making an application for cancellation of the pattadar passbook issued in favour of G.Narsimha or by approaching the competent civil Court to avail the appropriate remedies available under law.

Key takeaways

With the consent of learned counsel for the petitioners and the Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, the writ petition was disposed of at the admission stage, and issuance of notice to the unofficial respondents was dispensed with in view of the nature of relief sought.ratio¶38

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition (Telangana High Court, Single Judge, C.V. Bhaskar Reddy, J., 20.02.2025) disposed of at the admission stage, with consent of counsel, without issuing notice to the unofficial respondents. Petitioners, claiming coparcenary rights as successors of their grandfather G.Anthaiah through their father G.Ramachander, challenged the mutation proceedings No.B/a226/2015 dated 21.03.2017 issued by the Tahsildar, Gandimaisamma Dundigal Mandal (respondent No.4), mutating the name of G.Narsimha in respect of Ac.1-20 guntas in Sy.No.157EE/A, Dhulapally village, Medchal-Malkajgiri District, and the consequent pattadar passbook and title deed issued to him under the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Act, 1971, alleging mutation without notice to them. Noting the dispute on issuance of notice and that the petitioners' RTI application dated 13.12.2023 remained unanswered, the Court directed respondent No.4 to furnish copies of the mutation proceedings and connected records sought in that application within eight (08) weeks, leaving the petitioners at liberty thereafter to apply for cancellation of the pattadar passbook or approach the competent civil court. No order as to costs; pending miscellaneous petitions closed.