To ensure that the deadline is met, he directed officials to commence construction work on Thursday itself, with a strict mandate to complete all houses by December 9.
4,000 police personnel drawn from Khammam, Mahbubabad, Suryapet and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts, along with teams from the SDRF from Hyderabad, were deployed to oversee the eviction.
A division bench comprising Justice P Sam Koshy and Justice Suddala Chalapathi Rao declined to interfere with the ED proceedings, thereby permitting the agency to continue its investigation.
The allegations relate to the unlawful alienation of Bhoodan land in favour of EIPL Constructions, allegedly with the involvement of revenue officials.
A bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar suspended the October 17, 2025, order and ruled that the material on record established that the lands were patta lands.
