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M/s. Sree Balaji Nagar Residents Welfare Society v. The State of Telangana

Telangana HC2 Sept 2025WP/674/2022

Case brief

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What is this about?

Telangana High Court, WP No.674 of 2022, decided 02-09-2025 by Justice E.V. Venugopal. Sree Balaji Nagar Residents Welfare Society v. State of Telangana & others. Subject: demarcation and fixation of boundary stones for Sy.No.333, Ameenpur Village/Mandal, Sanga Reddy District; surveys of 30/09/2013, 12/11/2013, 04/02/2014; Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act 1923; Article 226; Section 151 CPC. Disposition: writ petition dismissed as withdrawn, no costs; pending miscellaneous petitions dismissed. No ruling on merits; no precedents cited; no dissent.

What did the court decide?

No relief on merits; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with no order as to costs, and pending miscellaneous petitions dismissed as a sequel. ¶44

M/s. Sree Balaji Nagar Residents Welfare Society… — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

No relief on merits; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with no order as to costs, and pending miscellaneous petitions dismissed as a sequel.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the inaction of Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 in not demarcating and fixing the boundaries of the land in Sy.No.333, Ameenpur Village and Mandal, Sanga Reddy District, despite the surveys said to have been completed on 30/09/2013, 12/11/2013 and 04/02/2014 and the survey report submitted by Respondent No.4 to Respondent No.2, was illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and in violation of the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923, and whether Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 should be directed to demarcate and fix boundary stones as per that survey report. (Note: this issue was raised in the prayer but was not adjudicated, as the petition was withdrawn.)

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Ratio / Principle

Recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that the cause does not survive, and noting no objection from the respondents, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with no order as to costs.

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Key takeaways

As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in the matter shall stand dismissed.ratio¶31

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition (Art. 226) by a registered residents' welfare society seeking a writ of mandamus to direct Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 (Regional Deputy Director and Assistant Director, Survey and Land Records) to demarcate and fix boundary stones for land in Sy.No.333, Ameenpur Village and Mandal, Sanga Reddy District, pursuant to surveys said to have been completed on 30/09/2013, 12/11/2013 and 04/02/2014 and a survey report submitted by Respondent No.4 to Respondent No.2, alleging illegality, arbitrariness and violation of the Telangana Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923. An interlocutory application under Section 151 CPC sought interim directions on the society's representation dated 30/07/2020. At hearing, counsel for the petitioner sought withdrawal stating the cause did not survive for consideration, making an endorsement on the bundle; the Government Pleader for Revenue raised no objection. Held: the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with no order as to costs, and pending miscellaneous petitions stand dismissed. The merits of the demarcation grievance were not adjudicated; the order sets no precedent on survey or boundary-fixation law.

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lN THE HIGH COURTfO_R_THE ST_ATE OF TELANGAI'IA AT HYDERABAD

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(Special Original J urisdiction)

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TUESDAY THE SECOND DAYOF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENWFIVE PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRIJUSTICE E.V. VENUGOPAL

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WRIT PETITION NO:674 OF 2022

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Between:

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M/s. Sree Balaji Nagar Residents Welfare Society,^{(Regd.No.3644/20-01), at} Survey No.333, Ameenpur Village and Mandal, Sanga^{Reddy District,} Repre-sented by its President SriN.S. Ranganath^{S/o Late Sri Sitarama Rgo,} Agbd about 86 Years, Occupat'on: Retired from Government^{Service, Rl/o} 7158, Vengalrao Nagar, Hyderabad-sO0 038.

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...'ET'T'ONER

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AND

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The State of Telangana, Represented by its^{Principal Secretary, Revenue} Department, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad.

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Tha Commissioner-of Survey, Settlement and^{LandRecords, Hyderabad.}

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The District Gollector, Sanga Reddy District,^{At Sanga Reddy.} 4. The Regional Deputy Diredor, Survey, Settlement^{and Land Records,} Hyderabad

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The Assistiant Director, Survey and Lands Records,^{Sanga Reddy District,At}

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TheTahsildar, Ameenpur Mandal, Sanga^{ReddyDistrict-}

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...RES'ONDENTS

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Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of^{lndia praytng that in the} circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith,^{the High Court may be} pleased to issue a writ, order or direction, more^{particularly in} the^{nature of Writ of} Mandamus declaring the inaction oJ the^{respondentsparticularly Respondent} Nos.4 & 5 herein, in not demarcating and^{fixingthe boundaries thereat despite} conducting and completing the necessary^{survey on 30/09/2013,1211112013and} O4tO2t2O14 and also submitting a survey report^{thereof by the Respondent No.4 to} the Respondent No.2, in respect of the land in^{Sy.No.333,situated at Ameenpur} Village and Mandal, Sanga Reddy District, as^{fllegal, arbitrary,unconstitutional} apart from being in gross violation of^principles of^{naturaljustice and contraryto} the^provisions of the Telangana Survey and^{Boundaries Act, 1923 and Rules} made there under, consequently, direct ttre^{RespondentNos.4 and 5, to take} immediate steps for demarcation and fixation^{of boundary stones as per the} survey report submifted by the Respondent^{No.4 to the RespondentNo.2, in}

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nespect r)f the subject land in. the said Sy.^{No.333 of AmeenpurVillageand} Mandal,^iSanga Reddy District. lA NO: I OF 2022

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Pe,tition under Section 151 CPC^praying that^{in the circumstancesstated in} the affidavit filed in support of the^{petition,the High Court may be pleased to direct} the Respondent No.2 to consider the^{representationdt.3OtO7t2O20submittedby} the Petitioner Society; by directing the^{Respondent Nos.4& 5 to act upon the} letters dt 1410212020, O4l11l2O2O^{including 23n1f2O2Oissued by the Respondent} No.2, imrnediately for fixation of boundary stones^{in respect of Sy.No.333, situated} at Ameerrpur Village and Mandal, Sanga^{ReddyDistrict, pendingfinal disposal of} the abovr: writ^petition.

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Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI K. RAGHAVENDRA REDDYfoT SRI V. RAMAKRISHNA R.EDDY

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Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE^(TG)

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HON'BLE SRI^{JI'STICE E.V.VENUGOPAI,} of

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ORDER:

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Sri K. Raghavendra^{Reddy,learnedcounsel} representing learned^{counsel on recordfor petitioner} seeks permission^{of this court to withdraw the writ} Petition stating that^{the cause in the same does not} survive for consideration.^{He also made an endorsement} to the said effect^{on the bundle.}

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