The State Of Telangana vs. Merugu Narsaiah @ Narsimha Reddy

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 915-918 OF 2021 (Arising out of SLP(C)Nos. 10093-10096 of 2020)

THE STATE OF TELANGANA & ORS. Appellant(s)

VERSUS

MERUGU NARSAIAH @ NARSIMHA REDDY & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 919-921 OF 2021 (Arising out of SLP(C)Nos. 10249-10251 of 2020)

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 922 OF 2021 (Arising out of SLP(C)No. 11664 of 2020)

ORDER

Leave granted.

These appeals take exception to the judgment and orders dated 03.06.2020, 10.07.2020 and 03.09.2020 passed by the High Court of Judicature for the State of Telangana in Writ Petition Nos. 37769 of 2017, 16344, 21740 and 26575 of 2019, Writ Petition Nos. 3420, 9146 and 25664 of 2019 and Writ Petition No. 2188 of 2020 Signature Not Verified Digital Court allowed these Writ<br>DEEP AS A SING<br>Transport ively, whereby the High Court allowed these Writ<br>17:11:5315<br>Reason: Petitions and issued consequential directions to the appellants.

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

For the nature of order that we propose to pass, it is not necessary to advert to the factual matrix of the case or the details noted in the impugned judgment.

In our opinion, it is appropriate that the impugned judgment and order is set aside and parties are relegated before the High Court for reconsideration of the Writ Petitions afresh on their own merits and in accordance with law. Ordered accordingly.

We restore the Writ Petitions to the file of the High Court to its original numbers and request the Chief Justice of the High Court to take all these writ petitions for hearing expeditiously.

To observe sobriety, we refrain from expressing any opinion which may cause avoidable embarrassment to constitutional functionaries.

However, we place on record statement made on behalf of the State of Telangana that no request for adjournment, on any count, will be sought when the matter is fixed for hearing before the Chief Justice's Court.

The parties to appear before the Chief Justice's Court on 26.03.2021.

The appeals are disposed of in the above terms.

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Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

…...................J (A.M. KHANWILKAR)

…...................J (DINESH MAHESHWARI)

…...................J (KRISHNA MURARI)

New Delhi March 16, 2021 ITEM NO.10 Court 5 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XII-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 10093- 10096/2020 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 03-06-2020 in WP No. 37769/2017 03-06-2020 in WP No. 16344/2019 03-06-2020 in WP No. 21740/2019 03-06-2020 in WP No. 26575/2019 passed by the High Court For The State Of Telangana At Hyderabad) THE STATE OF TELANGANA & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS MERUGU NARSAIAH @ NARSIMHA REDDY & ORS. Respondent(s) IA No. 116887/2020 - APPLICATION FOR SUBSTITUTION IA No. 116890/2020 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SUBSTITUTION APPLN. IA No. 82367/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 82366/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 82497/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH SLP(C) No. 10249-10251/2020 (XII-A) IA No. 95034/2020 - APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING ORIGINAL VAKALATNAMA/OTHER DOCUMENT IA No. 84215/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 84214/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 84039/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) SLP(C) No. 11664/2020 (XII-A) (FOR FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 98514/2020 IA No. 98514/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) Date : 16-03-2021 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNA MURARI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi,Sr.Adv.

Mr. P.Venkat Reddy,Adv. Mr. P.Srinivas Reddy,Adv. Mr. Arya Tripathi,Adv. For M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. C.S.Vaidyanathan,Sr.Adv. Mr. B.S.Prasad,AG,Telangana State Mr. P.Venkat Reddy,Adv. Mr. P.Srinivas Reddy,Adv. Mr. Arya Tripathi,Adv. For M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. A.Ramalingeshwar Rao,Sr.Adv. Mr. Ch. Ravi Kumar,Adv. Mr. Sravan Kumar,Adv. Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, AOR Mr. U.A.Rana,Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehta,Adv. For M/s. Gagrat & Co., AOR Mr. Saurabh Ajay Gupta, AOR Mr. Nishant Bishnoi,Adv. Mr. Siddhrth Nayak,Adv. Mr. Ayush Anand,Adv. Ms. Srishti Prabhakar,Adv. Mr. Amol B. Karande, AOR Mr. A.Ramalingeswara Rao,Sr.Adv. Mr. Ch.Ravi Kumar,Adv. Mr. Pramit Saxena, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

The application for substitution of legal representatives of respondent No.30 in SLP(C) No. 10095 of 2020 is allowed after condoning the delay in filing the substitution application.

Leave granted.

The appeals are disposed of in terms of the signed order.

Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

(DEEPAK SINGH) (VIDYA NEGI) COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH) [Signed order is placed on the file]

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