The Telangana High Court, on Thursday, cautioned the State government that appropriate orders would be passed if it failed to furnish the gazette notification issued for acquiring a piece of land in Mutrajpally of Gajwel in Siddipet district for rehabilitation of the farmers whose properties were acquired for construction of the Mallannasagar project.
A Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar, hearing an appeal against a single judge order in a petition filed by a private party against acquisition of the land, took an exception over the government’s counsel failing to present the gazette notification pertaining to the matter. The Bench noted that despite a specific instruction from the HC during the previous hearing to present the gazette notification, the assistant government pleader appearing in the matter failed to explain why the HC order was not complied with.
Special Government Pleader Sanjeev Kumar, who was present in the court hall, assured the Bench that the same would be furnished by the next date of hearing. The Bench remarked that failure of the government counsel would land the Siddipet District Collector in trouble.
