HC: Give R&R for unmarried adults

Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court has directed the government to provide the rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) package even to unmarried major children of projected-affected persons belonging to Bandaravipakula village of Wanaparthy district.

Until, the package is provided to them, they shall not be dispossessed from their homes and land, the judge said.

Justice Lakshman was passing the order on a petition filed by Bodamoni Shiva Kumar and 79 others of Bandaravipakula seeking R&R entitlements. The petitioners were aged over 18 years and were children of farmers whose land and houses have been acquired for construction of the Veeranjaneya balancing reservoir under the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) project.

N.S. Arjun Kumar, counsel for the petititoners, contended that as per 2013 land acquisition Act, the petitioners were to be treated as a separate family and thus became entitled to all the statutory R&R entitlements.

● UNTIL, THE package is provided to them, they shall not be dispossessed from their homes and land, the HC judge, Justice K. Lakshman said.