Telangana HC orders display of building permits at construction sites

 The Telangana High Court has directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to make it mandatory for building permissions to be displayed at construction sites across the city, including on smaller plots that are otherwise exempted from the requirement.

According to a media report, Justice B Vijaysen Reddy passed the order while hearing a case involving alleged misuse of the self-certification route



under the Telangana Building Permission Approval and Self-Certification System (TS-bPASS) Act, 2020, calling it a “disturbing trend.” 

The court directed GHMC, along with the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation and Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation, to instruct all deputy commissioners and town planning officers to ensure permissions are displayed at sites, failing which construction must be halted until compliance.