The Telangana High Court on Thursday served notice on the State government in a PIL petition challenging the allotment of over six acres of prime real estate in the State capital to Viswa Balija, Kapu, Thelaga, Vontari, Thurpukapu Sanghala Samakhya.
A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti, hearing the PIL petition filed by an advocate, directed the government to file their responses. The bench, however, declined to stay the allotment of the land to the Samakhya, as requested by the petitioner.
The petitioner’s counsel P. Shashi Kiran informed the bench that the HC had earlier stayed allotment of land in a similar matter. In 2021, the State government issued G.O. Ms No. 47 allotting five acres to two caste associations — All India Velama Association and Kamma Vaari Seva Sanghala Samakhya. A retired professor of Kakatiya University A. Vinayak Reddy filed a PIL petition challenging the allotment. After hearing the plea, the HC passed an interim order for staying allotment of the land.
