Hyderabad, May 31 -- The Telangana High Court has made it clear that revenue officials must state the legal authority under which they issue notices before taking any action. The court ruled that failure to specify the relevant Act will result in such notices being invalidated.

The judgment came in a case concerning 5.30 acres of land (old survey number 380) in Alwal Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri district, which is the site of a tannery and has been the subject of a long-running dispute between private individuals and the government.

The issue began when the land was classified as "Abadi land" (settlement land), but the survey department later identified it as private property.

In 2015, Mohammed Nizamuddin approached the High Court seekin...