Telangana HC directs HYDRAA to remove signboard from private plot

Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court directed HYDRAA to remove within 24 hours a signboard erected on a private plot in Saheb Nagar Kalan and restrained the authorities from interfering with the petitioners’ possession without following due process of law.

The writ petition was filed by T. Jhansi Rani and T. Ajay alleging that HYDRAA had illegally erected a signboard on their Plot No.40, admeasuring 160 square yards in Survey No.68 of Saheb Nagar Kalan Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, despite an earlier order of the High Court setting aside the revocation of their building permission and the



demolition notice issued against them. 

The petitioners sought a direction restraining HYDRAA from interfering with their peaceful possession and enjoyment of the property.

Senior Counsel V. Hari Haran, appearing for the petitioners, contended that HYDRAA had erected the board without issuing any notice or conducting any enquiry to establish that the petitioners had encroached upon public land. 

Counsel submitted that the construction was raised strictly in accordance with the sanctioned building plan and that the agency’s action was in complete disregard of the earlier common orde