Facts of the Case

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The petitioner, claiming absolute ownership and possession of about 9 acres 15 guntas of agricultural land spread across three survey numbers in Rajapeta village, Wanaparthy Mandal, had filed an F-line application on 22.05.2020 before the Mandal Surveyor, seeking survey and demarcation of her land by fixing its boundaries, in support of which she produced her pattadar passbook and title deed. Despite acknowledging receipt of the application, the survey authorities took no action on it, prompting this writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the survey to be conducted.

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Issues Involved

  1. Whether the revenue authorities could be directed to act on a pending land-survey application that had remained unaddressed for nearly three years.

Petitioner's Arguments

  • The petitioner is the absolute owner and possessor of the land in question, has submitted a proper F-line application with supporting title documents, and the authorities have failed to act on it despite acknowledging receipt.

Respondent's Arguments

  • The Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submitted, on instructions, that the concerned authority would consider the pending application and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law.

Court Order / Findings

  • The Court directed the Mandal Surveyor to consider the petitioner's F-line application, conduct the survey, and demarcate the land by fixing boundaries strictly in accordance with law, after putting the petitioner and all affected parties on notice and affording them an opportunity of hearing.
  • If the authority was not inclined to accept the petitioner's request, it was directed to assign specific reasons in a reasoned order communicated to the petitioner.
  • The entire exercise was to be completed within 45 working days from receipt of the order; the writ petition was disposed of accordingly, with no order as to costs.

Important Clarification

This is a pure land-revenue matter — survey and demarcation of agricultural land — with no GST connection at all. It appears in this document set purely because of an unrelated search-indexing artifact, and offers no GST-law guidance.

Sections Involved

  • Revenue/Survey and Settlement laws applicable in Telangana — governing F-line applications, survey and demarcation
  • Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226

Decision – In Favour of

Allowed in favour of the petitioner — the survey authority was directed to conduct the survey and demarcation within 45 working days.

Case Details

  • Court: High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad
  • Case No.: Writ Petition No. 11910 of 2023
  • Coram: Justice K. Lakshman
  • Date of Order: 26.04.2023

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