VIJAYAWADA: The High Court on Wednesday directed a petitioner to formally challenge the Government Order (GO) pertaining to land allocation to the Lulu Group in Vijayawada.
The court stated that only after this challenge would it proceed with a comprehensive investigation into all land allocations made to the group in both Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada.
The HC issued these directives while hearing a PIL filed by Visakhapatnam-based advocate Pakala Satyanarayana. In his PIL, Satyanarayana sought the cancellation of GO 45, which he claims granted 13.74 acres of prime land in Visakhapatnam to the Lulu Group without a transparent bidding process while violating CRZ norms.
Senior counsel V Ashok, representing the petitioner, further informed the court that the latest GO for the prime land in Vijayawada also proposes a similar allocation to the group, again bypassing a transparent process.
The court adjourned the PIL hearing to next week, reiterating its intent to conduct a full-fledged inquiry into the land deals.