Telangana Government Orders JNTU-H to File Case Against KES Bosses
With the higher education department directing JNTU-H’s registrar to lodge a criminal case, the long-running affiliation controversy over KITS-Women moves from administrative back-and-forth to the realm of criminal investigation and due process.
Hyderabad: The Telangana Higher Education (VC) department has asked the registrar of JNTU-Hyderabad to file a criminal case against Kakatiya Educational Society (KES) chairman Neela Satyanarayana and others for alleged use of forged land and conversion documents to secure affiliation for Kodada Institute of Technology & Science for Women (KITS-Women).
In a memo (No. 2413/VC/2024) dated July 31, 2025, Yogita Rana, secretary to government, referred to a Vigilance & Enforcement (V&E) department alert note (No. 40, dated October 8, 2024) that flagged serious lapses in the affiliation process.
The government’s move follows Deccan Chronicle’s report on July 26, ‘Vigilance dept red-flags faulty affiliation process at JNTU-H’, which detailed the V&E’s October 8, 2024, alert note.
That note flagged reuse of land records under different document numbers (Docs 9289/2007, 9309/2007, 9706/2012) across applications, first for initial approval in 2008 and later for extensions, and the submission of a local conversion certificate (LCC) allegedly issued in 2011 for residential use but repurposed for educational approval.
Crucially, the revenue divisional officer, Suryapet, in a written reply, stated the cited conversion certificate number (D/4687/2007) was never issued by his office and was “not genuine.”
Copies of both the V&E alert note and the RDO communication are in the possession of this newspaper.
In a rejoinder dated July 28-29, Neela Satyanarayana denied the allegations and asserted that no V&E inquiry existed regarding KITS-Women’s affiliation, and called the report false and defamatory. He argued that all land and approval documents submitted to AICTE and JNTU-H had been verified repeatedly during multiple inspections and that the college’s affiliation had been routinely renewed.
The documentary trail contradicts that claim. The V&E alert note specifically recorded misrepresentation and procedural lapses, and observed that AICTE/JNTU-H guidelines on verified land ownership and regulatory clearances appeared to have been bypassed. Apart from this, there are civil disputes over mortgaged college land and assets, which are worth approximately Rs 28 crore.
With the higher education department directing JNTU-H’s registrar to lodge a criminal case, the long-running affiliation controversy over KITS-Women moves from administrative back-and-forth to the realm of criminal investigation and due process.
