Telangana HC blasts officials for surplus land notice on dead person
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: The Telangana High Court faulted the authorities for declaring a piece of land as urban land ceiling surplus land after putting up notices under the ULC Act, against a person who was long dead. Moreover, without issuing any enquiry notice to an interested and affected party, who had purchased the said land in 1980 from the deceased person and is continuing physical possession till date, which is against the provisions of the ULC Act. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar upheld the single judge order, which set aside the ULC proceedings over the admeasuring 13 acres in Survey. As the dispute was pending adjudication, Urban Land Ceiling authorities issued a gazette notification, stating that the land was surplus land and mentioned that the property was taken over for possession.