Telangana HC Orders Demolition of Encroachments at School Ground

The panel also directed the principal secretary, panchayat raj, to initiate disciplinary action against Raj Kumar, then panchayat secretary, for issuance of fraudulent ownership certificates and permissions, and to submit a report on the action taken to the Registrar General of the High Court within six months. The panel was hearing a public interest litigation filed by K. Venkatalaxmi and another. 

The petitioners complained of



inaction by the authorities in preventing construction of shops on land claimed to be government land earmarked decades ago for a Zilla Parishad High School and its playground. 

The petitioners contended that the constructions were raised on the playground on the strength of fabricated ownership certificates and house permissions allegedly issued by the gram panchayat in June 2022. It was contended that the land stood vested in the government and was consistently recorded as school land in revenue records. 

The panel also heard connected writ pleas filed by Muthagiri Roja, who challenged cancellation of the house permissions and notices directing stoppage of construction.