Telangana Govt questioned on move to regularise of illegal structures

A two-judge PIL bench of the High Court at Hyderabad comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice A Shankar Narayan granted one week time to the TS government to inform the court on the time it would take to process and dispose of pending applications on regularisation of illegal constructions.

The bench is dealing with a writ plea filed by Forum for Good Governance, an NGO, challenging the power of civic authority to embark on a scheme to regularise illegal constructions. Such a scheme, the petitioner contended, would defeat the very purpose of Statute and would seriously endanger civic life.

When the GHMC counsel sought four weeks time to produce the relevant material, the bench summarily rejected the request and told the counsel to respond by way of an affidavit by next Tuesday.