Telangana HC Stays Proceedings on 17 Acres of Gopanpally Land

The court directed the revenue authorities to not alienate the land until further orders. The court also sought counters from the revenue and registrations and posted the matter to September 2.

The society had approached the court challenging the proceedings issued by principal secretary, revenue, dated June 23, amending revenue entries by de-notifying part of its land from the prohibitory list under Section 22A of the Registration Act, despite a status quo order issued by the High Court in another petition.

The disputed portion of the land includes 8.36 acres out of 12.2 acres in Survey No. 36/AA and 8.8 acres out of 10 acres in Survey No. 36/E, totalling 17.4 acres, out of the society’s total 22.2 acres in Gopanpally, Serilingampally mandal of Rangareddy district.

The society contended that the impugned proceedings, which retained only certain portions of the land — 3.24 acres in Survey No. 36/AA and 13.2 acres in Survey No. 36/E in the prohibitory property list were illegal.

Telangana HC to Hear Pleas Against Land Acquisition for Greenfield Radial Road

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court will hear arguments on Monday in petitions filed by several landowners and agriculturists who challenged the government proceeding with the acquisition of land for the greenfield radial road from Outer Ring Road (ORR) interchange at Raviryal to the proposed Regional Ring Road at Amangal in Rangareddy district.

Though the petitions were filed two months ago by more than 45 landowners, the High Court had adjourned the matter at the request of the Advocate-General who sought time to file a detailed counter. As the notifications and tenders were reportedly finalised, the landowners requested the court to consider their pleas.

The landowners complained that the acquisition proceedings were in violation of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act. They stated that that the authorities under Sections 16 to 18 of the Act issued notices and held gram sabhas and public hearings in May and June. No census or household survey of the affected families was conducted and no draft rehabilitation scheme was either prepared or shared in the project-affected villages and affected persons in written form.

They said they had submitted representations to the authorities, bringing the illegalities and infirmities to their notice but no corrective action was taken. The authorities proceeded to notify relief and rehabilitation scheme and thereafter issued a final declaration under Section 19(1) of the Act, without compliance with the mandatory provisions of the legislation.

The petitioners said that no clearances from the forest and environment departments had been acquired to lay the proposed radial road. They pointed out that there were three roads to link Amangal and the ORR.

The government filed counter stating that grama sabhas were conducted and the objections raised by the petitioners were examined and settled according to the provisions of the law.