High Court gives nod for Telangana plans on Bison Polo ground

Telangana High Court on Tuesday said the State government was at liberty to go ahead with its plans of acquiring Bison Polo ground -presently owned by the Union Ministry of Defence- in Secunderabad since it had Centre’s in-principle approval.

Since the Government of India had agreed in principle to part with the Bison Polo ground, the Telangana state government can continue with further proceedings related to it, a division bench of the HC comprising Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice A. Rajasheker Reddy said. The bench observed this while hearing a set of three PILs filed by different persons, questioning the proposal by Telangana government to acquire Bison Polo ground.

The petitions were posted on



Tuesday as the Additional Advocate General J. Ramchandra Rao during the previous hearing appealed to the bench to expedite their hearing since it got the Centre’s consent to secure that land.