Hyderabad: Former minister and senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao on Thursday demanded that the state government immediately cancel plans to auction 10.63 acres of land in Raidurg Panmaktha, scheduled for August 17 and 21.
In an open letter to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Harish Rao said the auction by Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) involved issues related to the land’s heritage status, competing ownership claims and ongoing legal disputes. He said the land in question was declared a heritage site in 2003 under GO Ms. No. 4 of the municipal administration department. “The government has a statutory responsibility to protect such heritage property,” Harish Rao said.
He also said that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy himself had approached the Telangana High Court in 2020 seeking protection against the creation of third-party interests in land falling within the same Survey No. 83. “How can the same person, after becoming Chief Minister, now permit an auction that would create fresh third-party rights over disputed property,” Harish Rao asked.
Harish Rao also pointed out that the land is subject to multiple competing claims and legal issues, including heritage, revenue, title and Waqf-related claims. He further said in light of the government’s other controversial land-related decisions, including the issues surrounding Kancha Gachibowli, Lagacharla and Maulana Azad National Urdu University, it appears that the Congress government was increasingly treating public land as a source of revenue rather than as an asset belonging to future generations.
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