Traders told not occupy footpaths till petition is disposed
Hyderabad High Court (Photo: DC archives)
Hyderabad: A division bench of acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt of the Hyderabad High Court on Monday found fault with the GHMC for citing a court order to remove encroachments from footpaths on the road in Siddiambar Bazaar and Mahbubgunj of the city. While dealing with a petition by Mahbubganj resident Laxminivas Agarwal seeking removal of encroachments, the bench asked the GHMC deputy commissioner about action taken to remove encroachments.
The official said that the assistant commissioner of the GHMC’s medical and health wing issued notices to the shopkeepers who have allegedly occupied footpaths.
The bench asked the official to place a copy of the notice and also the trade licence issued to traders before it. After examining the notice and finding that the notice did not contain date and is not in accordance with law, the bench asked the official, “What is the necessity for mentioning in the notice issued to traders that it is following a court order?” The bench said, “It appears that the civic authorities are hand-in- glove with traders and that is why they are unable to take action.”
The bench pointed out that there was no provision in the licence to withdraw it if the trader was found occupying footpaths.
Counsels representing the traders submitted that about 12 traders of the locality had filed applications seeking to implead them as parties to the petition. Counsels submitted that their clients have been running shops in the area since 80 years and at that time there was no footpath in front of the shops.
The bench asked how they can claim that there was no footpath then and asked them to file affidavits assuring the court that they will not occupy footpaths till disposal of the petition and posted the case to July 20 after asking the GHMC to file an action taken report.
HC allows AP to pay compensation
A division bench comprising Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice A. Shankar Narayana of the Hyderabad High Court on Monday permitted the AP government to pass award to pay compensation to the displaced farmers under the right bank canal of Indira Sagar Polavaram project in West Godavari and Krishna districts.
The bench was hearing the plea of the state government to vacate status quo granted in 2007 on acquisition of the lands for the project. The government has proposed to carry the Godavari water to the Krishna river through the right canal under the Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme.
Dammalapati Srinivasa Rao, additional advocate general of AP, submitted that all the affected farmers in West Godavari had agreed to receive Rs 31 lakh per acre and in Krishna district, most of the farmers agreed for Rs 36 lakh per acre. He urged the court to permit the government to pass the award as many farmers arrived for settlement.
M.V. Durga Prasad, counsel appearing for the affected farmers, urged the court to grant some more time to the farmers to arrive at a decision based on the proposal offered, or else, refer the matter to the Lok Adalat.
The bench said as the most of the farmers agreed to give consent for the compensation offered by the government, it is for the government and the farmers to settle the issued and receive award.
AP seeks time for Kolleru Lake
Making it clear that the authorities have to take steps to protect the Kolleru Lake as per directions of the Supreme Court, the Hyderabad High Court on Monday granted time to the AP government till June 29 to file its counter affidavit on a plea seeking protection of the lake.
Counsel representing AP submitted that the matter was pending before the SC and that the government had been submitting action taken reports periodically.
HC grants relief for BC students
In a relief to BC students whose Castes were deleted from the list of BCs aspiring for engineering admissions, Justice A.V. Sesha Sai on Monday directed the Telangana State government to consider the aspirants as BCs and provide admissions to them for the current academic year. The judge granted the interim order while dealing with a batch of petitions by parents of students in deleting 26 castes from the list of BCs through GO 3 and 16.
HC staff for raise in retirement age
Several assistant registrars and court officers working in the High Court on Monday moved a petition seeking to extend the benefit of increasing retirement age from years 58 to 60 to the employees of the HC.
V Lakshmi Kantha Reddy and others have challenged the legality and validity of the proceedings issued by the registrar general who informed them about the date of their retirement on attaining the age of 58 years.
They submitted that the age of superannuation of employees is governed by the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act, 1984 and after the amendment of the Superannuation Act with effect from June 27, 2014 the members of the AP High Court service are entitled to continue in service up to 60 years.
They urged the Court to set aside the proceedings issued by the registrar general and to continue them in service up to age of 60 years.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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