The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the Vigilance Commissioner, Telangana Vigilance Commission, to probe failure of Tourism department authorities to collect rental amounts and arrears of nearly ₹234.69 crores from different private parties.
A bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy passed the order after hearing a PIL petition filed by Congress leader Bakka Judson seeking to declare inaction of officials over recovery of the rentals and arrears from the private agencies as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner said the money was not recovered by the authorities due to extraneous consideration.
Mr. Judson, in his plea, requested the HC to instruct the authorities to initiate steps for collection of ₹234.69 crore under Revenue Recovery Act. He wanted the government to file a status report on the land allotted to private parties and the action taken against them for default of paying the money.
