Salla Chandra Reddy, v. The State Of Telangana

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE CHALLA KODANDA RAM W.P.No. 38366 of 2014 DATE: 27.01.2015 Between:

Salla Chandra Reddy .. Petitioner And

1. State of Telangana

2. The District Collector

3. The Tahsildar .. Respondents

O R D E R:- This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the respondent No.3 in not mutating the petitioner's name in the revenue records and not issuing pattadar passbook and title deed in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.15.23 guntas in various survey numbers situated in Uppal Khalsa village, Uppal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, as arbitrary and illegal, and consequently, direct the 3rd respondent to mutate the petitioner's name in the revenue records and issue pattadar passbook and title deed. When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents has placed on record, instructions received from the 3rd respondent-Tahsildar and submitted that the application in Form-X stated to have been submitted by the petitioner in Uppal Mandal Office for mutation of his name against the survey numbers and connected file have not been traced out in the office. He has also submitted that there is a ban on regularization of unregistered document under Form-X as per the Rules existing as on today.

In view of the above submission, this Court is not inclined to go into the merits of the case, but directs the 3rd respondent-Tahsildar to communicate the Instructions including any other objections that may be raised against the

application said to have been submitted by the petitioner, to the petitioner within a period of ten days from today. On receipt of such communication from the 3rd respondent-Tahsildar, it is open for the petitioner to take appropriate steps. As and when an application in the prescribed form complying with all the formalities is filed, the 3rd respondent shall pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law within a period of three months thereafter. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue undertakes to inform the Tahsildar through a letter about the order of this Court which shall be construed as a communication of the orders from this Court.

With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. However, this order shall not be construed as expressing any opinion on the merits of the case. No order as to costs. As a sequel to the disposal of the writ petition, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any pending, shall stand disposed of as infructuous.

_______________________ CHALLA KODANDA RAM, J 27.01.2015 bcj