The Telangana High Court Advocates Association has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition in the High Court here on Tuesday, seeking a direction to State government stay the scheduled e-auction of 100 acres of land, which was wanted by legal fraternity for construction of new High Court building, at Budvel in Rajendranagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
The HCAA represented by its secretary Katta Pradeep Reddy, contending that State government had earlier positively responded to its request to allot the same land for new High Court building, questioned the proposed e-auction of the land on Thursday (August 10) by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. The association said in the petition that its members and advocates fraternity had mooted the idea of securing 100 acres of land in survey nos. 282 and 299 at Budvel coming under Ranga Reddy district since 2012.
The High Court Registrar General had been following up the matter with the government. On May 11, 2022, the Registrar General had written to the Chief Secretary reminding about the earlier requests for allotment of the land to construct new High Court building, the petition said. The HCAA maintained that nearly 14,000 advocates registered with it. There was no proper place to conduct events like seminars, guest lectures, orientation classes, legal debates and classes connected to continuing education, the HCAA said.
