Telangana HC fumes over ‘government land’ signboard on Secunderabad civil court premises
The court said that if a counter affidavit with the reasons for erecting the notice board is not filed in time then the officials concerned will be summoned to the court.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 23 Jun 2023 2:00 AM GMT
Hyderabad: On Thursday, the Telangana High Court Division Bench comprising chief justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Tukaramji threatened to summon the chief secretary, Telangana State along with other revenue officials to the court over a notice board in the premises of the City Civil Court, Secunderabad, that claimed that the land belongs to the state government, which was erected without giving any notice to the chief judge, City Civil Court, Secunderabad.
The court said that if a counter affidavit with the reasons for erecting the notice board is not filed in time then the officials concerned will be summoned to the court.
Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, during the course of the hearing, turned towards Abdul Mateen Qureshi, assistant government pleader, and said, “Whoever had put up the notice board in the premises of the City Civil Court, Secunderabad should be present in the High Court if the counter affidavit is not filed in time.” He said it is plausible that since a notice board has been erected in the City Civil Court saying that the lands belong to the government, soon there will be a similar notice board in the premises of the High Court too.”
On April 6, the Chief Justice Bench issued notices to the chief secretary, principal secretary, revenue, chief commissioner of Land Administration, district collector, Hyderabad, commissioner of police, Hyderabad and MRO, Marredpally, Secunderabad, seeking their response to the notices with June 22 as the deadline.
As no counter affidavit was filed in time, the chief justice expressed displeasure and threatened to summon the chief secretary, Telangana State along with all other officials responsible for erecting a notice board in the City Civil Court claiming the said land to be government land, without issuing prior notice.
The Chief Justice Bench made it clear that, if the counter affidavit is not filed by the next date of hearing i.e., on July 25, the chief secretary and other officials should present themselves in the court.
The matter was adjourned to July 25.
