The Hindu (Hyderabad)

‘File pics of constructi­on in Komati Kunta tank FTL area’

High Court adjourns hearing of PIL to April 30 which questions the inaction of di erent government department­s over constructi­on of a multi-storeyed building within full tank level

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Telangana High Court on Friday adjourned to April 30 the hearing of a PIL petition questionin­g the inaction of dierent government department­s over constructi­on of a multi-storeyed building within full tank level (FTL) of Komati Kunta cheruvu (tank) in Bachupally of Medchal Malkajigir­i district.

Petitioner Akula Satish said that Vasavi Infra was building the structure within the FTL area of the tank and the o‹cials of concerned government wings like Revenue, HMDA and Nizampet Municipal

Telangana High Court

Corporatio­ns were not acting against the illegal structures.

The counsel for Vasavi

Infra informed the HC bench comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti that the building did not fall under the FTL of Komati Kunta cheruvu. He assured the court that his client was ready to give an undertakin­g to that extent.

The Chief Justice directed the petitioner’s counsel to –le photograph­s of the building pertaining to constructi­on of eighth and ninth —oors along with the survey reports prepared by the government department­s.

₹50k cost imposed

Meanwhile, the Central Administra­tive Tribunal’s Hyderabad bench imposed ₹50,000 cost on retired Indian Police Service o‹cer Rajnish Kumar Rai dismissing his original applicatio­n about his service matter.

The bench comprising members Dr. Lata Baswaraj Patne ( Judicial) and Shalini Misra (Administra­tive) said in the order that the retired o‹cer had abused the judicial process by concealing details about the special leave petition he had –led in the Supreme Court on the same matter.

“The applicant, who is a high rank o‹cer and who should be a role model for the society, has abused the judicial process,” the bench observed.

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