Hyderabad:A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to the government by suspending a single judge’s order that had set aside the e-auction of 4.19 acres of land in Survey No. 288/4 of Budvel. The e-auction, conducted by the HMDA on August 10, 2023, was annulled by the single judge on May 2, 2025, on the ground that private claimants who were asserting ownership over the land were not given adequate opportunity before the auction process was undertaken.
Hearing the state’s appeal, a division bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar suspended the single judge’s order to the extent of setting aside the auction. The bench, however, imposed the conditions that while HMDA may proceed with conducting the e-auction, it shall not declare the highest bidder or take any consequential steps until two weeks after the Rangareddy collector decides the pending representations of the private parties claiming ownership.
The bench observed that the authorities had exceeded the timelines set by the single judge for disposal of the representations and had failed to make any progress despite issuing notices to the claimants as early as in June. Noting this delay, the court directed the collector to ensure that the private respondents were given due notice and an opportunity of hearing, and to pass a reasoned order on their representations by December 12. A copy of the decision must be furnished to the parties by December 15.
The bench made it clear that the state authorities shall take a final call on the e-auction only after December 31, subject to the outcome of the decision on the private claimants’ representations.
Korani Ravinder and his brother had claimed the land of 4.19 acres in SurveyNo. 288/4 of Budvel. They argued that the land was allotted to the father of the petitioners i.e. Korani Ganesh, in 1978 subject to payment of `375 as per Section 14 (2) of the Act, 1973 in 13 equal annual instalments to the government within 15 years from the date of allotment. Their father paid the amount and became absolute owner and possessor of the land.
His name was also mutated in the revenue records and pattadar passbooks and title deeds were issued his name. His name was also reflected in the I-B Register and pahanies. But, the government had a hoarding on the land, proposing to sell 100 acres of land by dividing them into 14 plots proposing to conduct e-auction on 10.08.2023. When challenged the e-auction proposal, the High Court set aside the auction.
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