Samala Aruna, v. The State of Telangana
Case brief
What is this about?
Mutation of revenue records; pattadar passbooks; sadabainama / unregistered sale deed; regularization of sadabainama; Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 2020 (Act 9 of 2020) repealed; Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025 (Act 1 of 2025); Bhu Bharati Web Portal; online application; mandamus under Article 226; reasoned order; three-month timeline; inaction of revenue authorities; Narsapuram Village, Venkatapur Mandal, Hanamkonda/Mulugu (erstwhile Warangal) District; High Court for the State of Telangana; W.P. No. 7758 of 2025; Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a fresh online application in the prescribed format in the Bhu Bharati Web Portal seeking regularization of sadabainama, mutation of her name in the revenue records and issuance of pattadar passbooks for the subject lands; respondent-authorities to examine and consider the application under the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights in Land) Act, 2025 and the Rules, failing fulfillment of requirements to pass a reasoned order in accordance with law and communicate it, completing the entire exercise within three months from receipt of the application. No order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed.