AP High Court suspends R5 zone gazette notification

Nelapadu (Amaravati): The High Court on Friday suspended the gazette notification issued by the State government announcing the formation of R5 zone in the capital region of Amaravati.

The farmers of the capital region in a writ petition contended that the opinions of the village committees and local bodies should be gathered to effect any change in the master plan of the capital region as per Section-41 of AP CRDA Act.

After hearing the argument of the Advocate General, the High Court suspended the gazette notification and posted the next hearing to June 17 after the summer holidays.

The State government had issued a GO to distribute house sites to the people of Tadepalli, Pedakakani, Mangalagiri and Duggirala mandals and earmarked 1,300 acre the capital region land for that purpose.

It has created R5 zone for this purpose. The farmers contended that the move was illegal and against the regulations.