Hyderabad: The city civil court has dismissed an interlocutory application filed by the Majlis-E-Sahebzadagan Society to join an ongoing partition suit concerning properties of the VII Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan.The order was passed by XI additional chief judge R Danie Ruth on Jan 22. The certified copy of the order surfaced on Monday.The application was filed in a suit initiated by Nawab Najaf Ali Khan — grandson of the VII Nizam and son of Prince Hasham Jah Bahadur — along with others, seeking partition of family assets.The Majlis-E-Sahebzadagan Society, registered in 2020 under its president Sahebzada Mir Mujtaba Ali Khan, claimed that it represents around 4,500 descendants of the first six Nizams of the Asaf Jahi dynasty. The society cited trusts such as the 1950 Sahebzadas of Sarf-E-Khas Trust and earlier rulings, including a 1967 high court ruling that quashed the successor certificate issued to late Nawab Mir Barkat Ali Khan.Counsel for Nawab Najaf Ali Khan countered that the properties —Falaknuma Palace, Chowmahalla Palace and King Koti Palace — were recognised as the private properties of the VII Nizam under a 1950 agreement with India and a 1953 govt letter.After hearing the submissions, the court held that the society had failed to establish a direct stake in the properties under dispute. The judge noted that the society had not demonstrated authorisation from its members to intervene in the case, nor shown a clear link between the properties and any trust it relied upon.The main partition suit will continue before the court.
