Manchikatla Satyanarayana And Another v. The State Of Telangana And 3 Others

THE HON'BLE Dr . JUSTI CE SHAMEEM AKTHER W RI T PETI TI ON No.1 6 3 0 4 of 2 0 2 0 ORDER:

This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is filed, wherein the following prayer is made: "to issue a Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the action of the Respondents 2 to 4 in not correcting the entries made in the revenue records in respect of Sy Nos.595 and 596, Jangaon Village, Ramagundam Mandal, Peddapalli District, in pursuance of the Proceedings No. D1/ 1387/ 2014, dated 9.10.2014, issued by the 2nd respondent, by duly disposing of the representations made by the petitioners dated 28.9.2015, 18.11.2019, 13.5.2020 respectively, as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, contrary to law and unconstitutional, besides being violative of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India, and consequently directing the respondents to consider and dispose of the representations made by the petitioners dated 28.9.2015, 18.11.2019 and 13.5.2020 within the stipulated period." 2.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents and perused the record.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are owners and possessors of land to an extent of Ac.11-06 guntas in Survey No.595 and an extent of Ac.1-35 guntas in Survey No.596, situated at Jangaon Village, Ramagundam Mandal. The petitioners' names were also incorporated in the revenue records as owners and possessors of aforementioned lands. While-so, in between 2004-05, the land grabbers hatched a plan, with the help of Village Revenue Officer, and altered the revenue records and incorporated the names of land grabbers in possessory column against the

petitioners. In the year 2014, the petitioners made a complaint before Hon'ble Lokayukta, Hyderabad, who in turn called for explanation from the-then District Collector, Karimnagar and the-then Revenue Divisional Officer, Peddapalli. The District Collector enquired into the matter and filed a detailed report, vide proceedings No.D1/ 1837/ 2014, dated 09.10.2014, stating that the names of the petitioners are continuously figuring in possessor column, but the original file is not available in the office of Mandal Revenue Office and further stated that the names of the petitioners in the revenue records are intact. Basing on the said report, the District Collector closed the complaint. Thereafter, petitioners filed representations dated 28.09.2015, 18.11.2019 and 13.05.

2020 to reconsider the matter afresh, by deleting the illegal entries made in the revenue records in respect of Sy.Nos.595 and 596. But, no action has been taken so far on the said representations and ultimately, requested this Court to direct the respondent Nos.2 to 4 to dispose of the representations submitted by the petitioners expeditiously.

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Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, on written instructions, would submit that pursuant to the representations of the petitioner, dated 28.9.2015, 18.11.2019 and 13.5.2020, the 4th respondent/ Tahsildar, Ramagundam Mandal, Peddapalli District, issued proceedings in File Nos.B/ 66/ 2019 and B/ 67/ 2019, dated 16.05.2020, clarifying the entries made in the revenue records in respect of the subject

property. Therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in this Writ Petition.

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Under these circumstances, since the representations of the petitioners were disposed of by 4th respondent/ Tahsildar, vide proceedings in File Nos.B/ 66/ 2019 and B/ 67/ 2019, dated 16.05.2020, nothing survives to adjudicate the relief sought for by the petitioners in this Writ Petition. However, it is open to the petitioners to workout the remedies available under law, as far as the proceedings, dated 16.05.2020 are concerned. 6.

With these observations, this Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ______________________ Dr . SHAMEEM AKTHER, J 5 t h Oct ober , 2 0 2 0 YVL/ SCS