An erroneous affidavit filed in the High Court by the former Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Commissioner has cost the civic body dearly, causing the loss of the modernised abattoir at Gowlipura.
Putting a full stop to decades of legal wrangles, the High Court has recently ruled in favour of the private petitioners who claimed ownership to eight acres of land, of which 4.2 acres housed the slaughter house and the subsidiary establishments related to it.
An affidavit purportedly signed by the then GHMC Commissioner played a significant part in the judgement, which stated that the said property fell outside the jurisdiction of the GHMC, and hence the corporation was not a necessary party to the writ petition.
