Facts of the Case

This case concerns correction of a land revenue record, not any dispute over GST liability or GST law. M/s Mahmood Builders Private Limited sought correction of an error in the Dharani portal (Telangana's online land-records system) and the corresponding E-Pattadar passbook, where the entry in a column meant for the company's Corporate Identification Number (CIN) had wrongly captured its GST Number (36AACM3601L1ZL) instead of the correct CIN (U45200TG1990PTC011506), in respect of land admeasuring 4 acres 28 guntas in Kadthal Mandal, Ranga Reddy District.

Issues Involved

  1. Whether the District Collector's failure to rectify the erroneous entry (GST number in place of CIN) in the Dharani portal amounted to illegal inaction warranting a writ direction.

Petitioner's Arguments

  • The Dharani portal record wrongly showed the company's GST number instead of its CIN, and despite a representation dated 18 March 2023 (and an earlier submission in 2022), the error had not been corrected.

Respondent's Arguments

  • The Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue objected that the petitioner was required to submit its correction application through the proper Dharani module rather than approach the Court directly.
  • The petitioner's counsel responded that there was, in fact, no Dharani module available for uploading this specific type of correction request, and only applications filed under specified categories were being accepted.

Court Order / Findings

  • The Court disposed of the writ petition by directing the District Collector (respondent No.2) to consider the petitioner's application dated 18 March 2023 for correction of the record, and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law after issuing notice to all interested/affected persons, within 60 days of receipt of the order.
  • No order as to costs; the Court did not itself decide whether the correction should be made — it left that decision to the Collector.

Important Clarification

This is a land revenue records-correction matter — the mix-up between a company's GST number and its CIN in a government portal — and involves no ruling on any question of GST law or liability.

Sections Involved

  • Constitution of India — Articles 19, 21, 226 and 300-A
  • Telangana Dharani land-records administration framework

Decision – In Favour of

Disposed of in the petitioner's favour to the limited extent of directing the Collector to consider and decide the correction application within 60 days; not a decision on GST law.

Case Details

Court: High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad
Case No.: Writ Petition No. 15061 of 2023
Coram: Hon'ble Sri Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy
Date of Order: 30 June 2023

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