Hyderabad, July 8 -- The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, July 7, expressed concern over the growing number of petitions being filed over delays in routine revenue administration and directed the Revenue Department to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure the timely disposal of applications.

Justice NV Shravan Kumar asked the Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department to prepare the SOP and submit a report to the court within four weeks. The court observed that issues such as disposal of F-Line applications, correction of revenue records, restoration of missing survey numbers and mutation requests should ordinarily be resolved at the departmental level without forcing citizens to approach the court.

Petition filed by N...