Satoor Ramesh Goud v. The State of Telangana
Case brief
What is this about?
Telangana Abolition of Inams Act 1955 Section 24; Section 28 revision; occupancy rights certificate ORC; Additional Collector (Revenue) Medak appellate order dated 22.07.2024; RDO Narsapur Division; Inam Tribunal; audi alteram partem; order behind the back; civil consequences; jurisdictional overreach; annulment of registered sale deeds; pattadar passbook; Dharani/Bhu Bharathi mutation; subsequent purchaser bona fide; WhatsApp notice improper service; Satender Kumar Antil v CBI 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1578; Vineeta Sharma v Rakesh Sharma (counsel reliance); de-novo enquiry; Form-II notice; impleadment of purchasers; status quo possession revenue entries; 90 working days timeline; Sikindlapur village Shivampet Mandal Medak; Sy.Nos.46-66, 78-87; Ac.372-32 gts; Wakf notification; Records of Rights; writ petitions disposed no costs; interim order 12.08.2024.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of by common order: impugned appellate order dated 22.07.2024 set aside only to the extent it declared the petitioners' registered sale deeds, pattadar passbooks, mutations and third-party interests null and void (being jurisdictional excess and in violation of natural justice); remand to the RDO/Inam Tribunal, Narsapur for a comprehensive de-novo enquiry under the Telangana Abolition of Inams Act, 1955 maintained, with liberty to the petitioners to seek impleadment, mandatory Form-II notices to all rival claimants/alleged inamdars/legal heirs/writ purchasers/persons in possession, findings to be recorded uninfluenced by earlier observations, disposal preferably within ninety (90) working days, and status quo as to possession and revenue entries maintained until completion; no order as to costs; pending miscellaneous applications closed.