HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Telangana government to respond in a taken up PIL case seeking CBI probe into alleged irregularities in transfer of lands in Azamabad Industrial area of the city.
The bench of Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice T Rajani was dealing with the taken up PIL case based on a letter by C Kumar, TRS leader of the city, complaining that the lease holders in the industrial estate have been enjoying the lands without paying the lease fee. He also complained that the authorities of concerned department have been transferring these valuable lands in the name of lease holders.
Kumar, in his letter addressed to the Chief Justice, said that the government had earlier allotted 136 acres for the Azamabad Industrial Estate at Musheerabad area and the said land was illegally transferred to several individuals on lease basis to establish industries in the estate.
In fact, majority of the lease holders have not established their units in the estate and some of them who started their units in the estate were either closed or relocated to other places for various reasons, but the lands are still in the hands of the private individuals. Besides, most of them have even constructed the houses in the industrial estate, he pointed out. He urged the chief justice to order for a CBI probe into the matter. The bench issued notices to the government officials for filing counter.