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HC clears hurdles for Kaleshwaram
The Hyderabad High Court on Saturday cleared the way for the Telangana government to go ahead with the Kaleshwaram project. In an interim order, the court observed that the Telangana government was within its rights to pass an award, take possession of the land and continue with the construction of the project. It also felt that the opinions given by the Advocate General and Additional Advocate Ge
​Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Saturday cleared the way for the Telangana government to go ahead with the Kaleshwaram project. In an interim order, the court observed that the Telangana government was within its rights to pass an award, take possession of the land and continue with the construction of the project. It also felt that the opinions given by the Advocate General and Additional Advocate General in this regard are proper.
Justice Shameem Akhter made these observations in an order in the writ petition filed by Gudi Venkat Reddy and five other farmers belonging to Goliwada village, Anthargaon mandal of Peddapalli district complaining that the authorities were forcibly taking possession of their lands under heavy police presence and were digging those lands using heavy machinery making them unfit for use in the future.
The petitioners have also alleged that this takeover of their lands and carrying out of construction activity for Sundilla Barrage under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project was in direct violation of the interim order passed by the division bench of the High Court in a Public Interest Litigation petition on 07-02-2017.
The judge had heard in detail the arguments of the counsel for the petitioners, B Rachana Reddy and the Special Government Pleader S Sharat Kumar on Friday and reserved for orders. Rejecting the contentions of the petitioners, the judge in the interim order opined that the authorities have not acted in contravention of the interim order passed by the division bench in PIL No 23 of 2017.
He felt that since an award has been passed and the compensation amount has been deposited and most of the land owners have received the compensation amounts, the contention of the petitioners that they have been put to irreparable loss has no merit.
The court also observed that the comparative loss is more to the state exchequer. It also rejected the contention that the government authorities have resorted to unlawful methods and on the other hand observed that the petitioners have not approached the Court with clean hands.
The order passed by Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) and the opinions given by the Advocate General and Additional Advocate General in this regard were found to be in order by the court. It dismissed the Miscellaneous Petitions moved by the petitioners and observed that the maintainability of the main Writ Petition requires an elaborate hearing.
