SC upholds Telangana govt’s rights over Miyapur land after 23 yrs

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has upheld the Telangana government’s rights over 550 acre of land in survey numbers 100 and 101 in the Miyapur area of Serilingampally mandal, Rangareddy district.

The top court dismissed appeals filed by private individuals claiming rights over the land worth crores.

In 2003, the Joint High Court upheld the decision of the Serilingampally Tahsildar to cancel the General Power of Attorney land registrations.

Private individuals Parthasarathy and Suvishal Jain had pleaded before the Supreme Court that they had legally acquired Miyapur lands from the heirs of Jagirdar Kaisaruddin.

They had sought protection of their power of attorney rights.

However, the Telangana government argued that compensation was paid to the heirs of Kaisaruddin for the Miyapur lands and they no longer had rights over it.

23-year-long dispute

Private individuals had filed cases before a special court constituted under the AP Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982, to claim their ownership rights, NewsMeter reported.

On December 31, 1997, the special court ruled that the private individuals were land grabbers and ordered revenue officials to take possession of the lands.

Dissatisfied with this judgment, the private individuals filed writ petitions in the then High Court of Andhra Pradesh.

On April 16, 2003, the High Court dismissed those 10 writ petitions and the lands were handed over to the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority.

Challenging this verdict, the private individuals filed 20 Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) in the Supreme Court, which remained pending for 23 years.

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