No coordination between Revenue, HYDRAA authorities: HC
The Telangana High Court criticized the HYDRAA and the Revenue department for a lack of coordination following the illegal demolition of a compound wall in Kondapur. The court ordered the authorities to file a counter affidavit, noting that they failed to follow proper legal procedures under the Land Encroachment Act.
Why it matters
It highlights administrative accountability and the legal necessity for government agencies to follow due process before taking enforcement actions against private property.
Observing that there ‘was an utter failure of effective administration on the part of HYDRAA Commissioner and the Revenue authorities’ in the demolition of compound wall of a property in Kondapur in Hyderabad, the Telangana High Court on Thursday instructed them to file a counter affidavit within a week in the matter.
Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the HC, hearing a writ petition filed by a housewife Pemmasani Sudha Rani seeking to declare ‘compound wall demolition by HYDRAA’ as illegal, said there “is no coordination between” the HYDRAA and the Revenue department. “They are misleading and misdirecting themselves, thereby bypassing the orders passed by this court,” the judge noted. Such actions affected the petitioner, he said.
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