Hyderabad: 181 acres belong to Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority says Telangana High Court

Hyderabad : The Telangana High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by a few encroachers who had allegedly created fake land records. Finding fault with the petition filed by the encroachers, the Court observed that the 181 acres of lands at Shamshabad belongs to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).

The Division Bench of the High Court consisting of Chief Justice NV Shravan Kumar reserved the case for orders and pronounced the judgment in writ petition 7859 of 2023 on Thursday. In their judgment, the Court has observed that the petitioner did not approach the Court with clean hands and as such the Court was not willing to invoke its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Writ Petition has been dismissed.

According to the officials, the 181 acres of land in survey numbers 661, 662, 721, 725 of Shamshabad was acquired in phases by three for Truck Terminal cum Wholesale market. Possession of land was taken vide Panchnama on April, 1990. The land has been in peaceful possession and enjoyment of HMDA since then. Enhanced compensation as per directions of Supreme Court in the year 2011 was paid to the owners/pattadars from whom land was acquired. The name of Truck Terminal HUDA (now HMDA) was entered in revenue records as well. The present value of the land is approximately Rs 50 crores per acre.

According to the officials, it had come to their notice that encroachers are relying upon fake court orders and tampered pahanis to establish their claim. The High Court and the Collector were informed about the same. These cases were taken up by the Division Bench. The Division Bench took a serious view of the matter when the AG apprised the Court that forged and fabricated documents had been filed by the petitioner to establish his claim. The Court directed the Registry to file a report in relation to the court orders relied upon by the Petitioner. The Court also observed that in the event it was established that fabricated documents have been filed before the Court, it would tantamount to a serious offence and the petitioner would end up behind the bars.