Telangana HC Seeks Police Reply On Alleged Interference In Property Dispute
The judge was dealing with a petition filed by Mendu Anil Kumar, who contended that he was the owner and possessor of a plot in Thumkunta, purchased through a registered sale deed in 2018, and that he has been paying property tax and electricity charges regularly.
Hyderabad: Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Friday directed the Cyberabad police commissioner and Shamirpet station house officer SHO to submit their contention in a writ petition alleging unlawful interference by the police in a civil property dispute. The court asked how the police could decide the title over the land and place private persons in its possession.
The judge was dealing with a petition filed by Mendu Anil Kumar, who contended that he was the owner and possessor of a plot in Thumkunta, purchased through a registered sale deed in 2018, and that he has been paying property tax and electricity charges regularly. He stated that on December 9, with the support of the Shamirpet police, one Venkat Reddy had allegedly trespassed into the property, forcibly dispossessed his security guard, and occupied the premises.
According to the petitioner, despite producing his title documents through an ex-sarpanch, who lodged a complaint on his behalf, the police declined to consider his registered ownership and instead relied on a notarised agreement of sale produced by the private person. The petitioner argued that the police had no authority to decide civil title disputes or place any party in possession, and that their actions amounted to usurpation of civil court jurisdiction and violation of Article 300-A of the Constitution.