Nelapadu: HC questions govt on allotment of house sites from CRDA land

Nelapadu (Amaravati): The three-judge bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday questione the government as to howit could violate the rules set by it.

The bench was hearing the arguments in writ petitions filed challenging the allocation of house sites to the poor from the land owned by the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA).

The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheswari, Justice Akula Venkata Sesha Sai and Justice M Satyanarayana Murthy instructed the Advocate General S Sriram to file affidavit by March 2regarding the allocation of house sites out of the land of the CRDA.

It may be recalled that two separate writ petitions were filed challenging the allocation of house sites to the poor from the 1,251.51 acres of land owned by the CRDA.

Supreme Court Senior advocate Ashok Bhanu and Karumanchi Indraneel presented the arguments on behalf of the petitioners Avala Nanda Kishore of Krishnayapalem village and another.

Advocate General Sriram pointed out that all the beneficiaries who would get house sites as per the GO hail from the villages under the jurisdiction of the CRDA and they would be allotted house sites as per the rules. He made it clear that the house sites would not be allocated before Ugadi.

After hearing the arguments of the Advocate General, the three-judge bench opined that it was not necessary to issue interim orders on the petition. Instructing the government to file the affidavit by March 2, the bench posted further hearing to March 4.

When advocate Indraneel pointed out that the government was violating various enactments in allocating house sites in the CRDA region, the bench questioned the government as to how it could form the rules and violate them later. The case was posted to March 4.