Petitioner may move SC against HC order
Hyderabad High Court
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday quashed a case pending against Tamil Nadu Governor, K. Rosaiah with the ACB in Hyderabad with regard to allotment of land in Ameerpet in 2010 when he was Chief Minister of undivided AP. Justice Raja Elango was allowing a quash petition filed by Mr Rosaiah challenging an order passed by the principal special judge for the ACB cases in Hyderabad on June 18, 2012, taking cognizance of a complaint by an advocate, Mohanlal seeking a probe into alleged irregularities in de-notifying 9.14 acres in Ameerpet, which was worth Rs 200 crore at that time, from the land acquisition process and re-conveyance of the land to the original owners.
The special court for ACB cases on December 27, 2010, had directed the ACB DG to register a case against Mr Rosaiah, and 14 other persons. The complainant brought to the notice of the court that the government had earlier acquired the land, under possession of the HMDA, and paid compensation. Following the decision of Mr Rosaiah, the government issued a GO on July 15, 2010, withdrawing the land from the acquisition process. Mr Mohanlal’s advocate said they are considering an appeal in the SC.
HC says no review of rules:
The High Court on Tuesday made it clear that it cannot review the rules made by the government based on apprehensions or for academic purposes. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt was dealing with a petition filed by one Chanda Lingaiah Dora challenging Rule 3 (2) to the extent of granting of licence to set up a retail IMFL and foreign liquor shop to any other candidate other than tribal under the AP Excise (Grant of Licence of Selling by shop and condition of licence) Rules 2012.
Agri Gold case: Orders reserved
A division bench of the High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip. B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt on Tuesday reserved its orders to Friday with regard to constitution of a committee to oversee the auction of properties of Agri Gold Group and distribution of amounts among the depositors. The bench was dealing with a PIL by the Telangana Agri Gold Customers and Agents Welfare Association, seeking a direction to hand over the case to CBI or ED.
Sharath Kumar, special counsel for the Telangana government had submitted a list of names of experts who can be part of the committee and urged the court to consider more than one auctioneer as the properties are located in AP, Telangana and Karnataka to avoid delay in the auction. Dammalapati Srinivas, additional advocate general of AP submitted that as per regulations of the CRDA approval for the layouts to be granted for the lands located within 500 meters of habitations, permission for the lands of Agri Gold cannot be granted as they were located 40 kms from Vijayawada.
The company chairman A. Venkata Rama Rao has filed an undertaking before the bench following its direction that he has to give the details of the assets owned by the company management and an undertaking that they are free from encumbrances. The bench also directed all other directors of the company to file similar affidavits prior to Friday and asked the counsel for the respondents and the petitioner to inform the court whether the AP Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishments Act will come in the way in passing the order for permitting the auction of properties of the company to refund the amounts to investors.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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