Telangana High Court gives government one month to solve Kalyan Nagar land row

Hyderabad: Hoping that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would do justice to 287 plot-owners of Kalyannagar Co-operative Housing Society, Yousufguda, who lost their land to land-grabbers, the Telangana High Court has given one month to the state government to resolve the issue.

A division bench comprising Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice T. Amarnath Goud was dealing with a petition filed by the society which alleged that its 38 acres of land was usurped by some people who renamed it ‘Karmika-nagar’ in association with politicians.

Though previous governments had assured the alternative land, nothing had happened in two decades. The bench said the plight of the petitioners constituted a “classic example of the failure of both the executive and the judiciary”.

The bench summoned special chief secretary (revenue) Rajesh Tiwari, for not abiding by his own undertaking and filing a vague affidavit before the court for not complying with its orders. Referring to his submission that the proposal to allot land to the society had to be cleared by the state Cabinet, the bench said it hoped that the government would decide the simple issue. “With due respect, it would not require Alexander the Great to settle the issue”, the bench remarked.

Justice Chauhan said, “I heard the Telangana CM is dynamic and he has a vision for the people and is far ahead of other leaders. I am sure he would pull up the bureaucrats for their failure and hope he will resolve the issue in 10 minutes.”

The bench said the government should understand that the society members were not asking for the Falaknuma Palace. “The attitude of the British Crown is not right for a democratic system of governance” the court said. “There is a limit to the patience of the judiciary. People here are extremely patient,” Justice Chauhan said.