HC stays Telangana plans to raze secretariat
5 years, 3 months ago

HC stays Telangana plans to raze secretariat

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday asked the Telangana state government to stop its plans of demolishing the buildings in the Secretariat at Saifabad, until it disposes a batch of public interest litigations before it challenging the government’s decision to demolish the existing buildings to pave the way to construct a new building for the Secretariat. While dealing the PILs against the demolition of existing buildings, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghave-ndra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek Reddy directed state advocate general B.S. Advocate general Prasad submitted to the Court that all offices in the existing Secretariat had been shifted to the BRKR Bhavan and other places to proceed with construction of new buildings after the demolition of old building. The AG argued that it was a policy decision of the state government to construct the new buildings and requested the Court to hear PILs at an early date so that the government can go ahead with the demolition.

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Telangana HC Status Quo on Ashoorkhana Wall
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana HC Status Quo on Ashoorkhana Wall

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of Telangana High Court ordered status quo in a writ petition on construction of a boundary wall of the heritage structure Badshahi Ashoorkhana. Notice to TSSPDCL MD in contempt case Justice T. Madhavi of Telangana High Court ordered notice to the managing director and chief general manager of Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited …

HC Stays Constables' Recruitment
1 year, 1 month ago

HC Stays Constables' Recruitment

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court granted stay on the notification pertaining to the recruitment of police constables. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Anil Kumar, was dealing with a batch of writ petitions challenging the notification issued by the General Administration Department with respect to the recruitment. The bench, comprising Chief Justice …

OGH demolition: TS told to file counter
1 year, 4 months ago

OGH demolition: TS told to file counter

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday urged the state government and the litigants, who differ in their opinions on the demolition of the dilapidated Osmania general hospital building, to evolve a holistic approach. The bench was dealing with a batch of five PILs in which some requested the court to direct the state government to demolish the existing building …

HC Seeks Centre, TS, AP Reply to PIL on Irrigation Projects
1 year, 4 months ago

HC Seeks Centre, TS, AP Reply to PIL on Irrigation Projects

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed Centre and state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to submit their arguments with regard to a PIL that complained the loss of crops spanning several acres due to water inundation caused by the construction of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation and Polavaram projects. The bench comprising Chief Justice …

HC Stays Demolition of Tin Sheds in Kukatpally
1 year, 4 months ago

HC Stays Demolition of Tin Sheds in Kukatpally

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Friday directed the GHMC not to take coercive steps against constructions at Sai Baba Colony in Kukatpally. HC Upholds ED Order Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed a writ plea challenging the action of the Enforcement Directorate. In a writ plea, Ghanshyamdas Jewellers …

Telangana HC orders stay on property demolition, directs utilisation for parking
1 year, 8 months ago

Telangana HC orders stay on property demolition, directs utilisation for parking

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the municipal authorities to not demolish the property of a petitioner. HC reserves seat for kid in KV under RTE Justice M. Sudheer Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Thursday granted interim relief in a writ petition pertaining to admission to a school. Interim relief in …

Telangana HC slams GHMC officials for not razing illegal structures
2 years ago

Telangana HC slams GHMC officials for not razing illegal structures

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court deplored the indifferent attitude of GHMC officials, who were not taking any action against unauthorised constructions on the pretext of court orders. The court cautioned the civic authorities that when a status quo order is passed by the courts in cases related to unauthorised constructions, it did not imply that they could adopt a hands-off …

Status quo to be maintained till further orders: SC on Jahangirpuri demolition drive
2 years, 8 months ago

Status quo to be maintained till further orders: SC on Jahangirpuri demolition drive

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the status quo until further orders on the issue of demolition of buildings in violence-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital. "Status quo to be maintained till further order.List after two weeks and pleadings to be completed till then," the court said. The apex court also said that it will take a …

Telangana HC warns against unilateral decision to demolish heritage structure at OGH
2 years, 9 months ago

Telangana HC warns against unilateral decision to demolish heritage structure at OGH

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday observed that it would interpose if any decision was taken by the state government to demolish heritage buildings situated in the premises housing Osmania General Hospital based on the report placed by the committee constituted by the state government. The division bench, comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili, …

Telangana HC slams state government over unfilled posts
2 years, 11 months ago

Telangana HC slams state government over unfilled posts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday pulled up the state government for wasting both money from the public exchequer and human resources by allowing some government employees to sit idle, as they are not being given postings or any work for years together. A division bench comprising Chief Justice SC Sharma and Justice AK Shavili directed the chief secretary …

Plea In SC Challenges Telangana HC Order On Demolition Of Mosques Within State Secretariat Complex [Read Petition]
4 years, 4 months ago

Plea In SC Challenges Telangana HC Order On Demolition Of Mosques Within State Secretariat Complex [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the July 15 order of the Telangana High Court recording the consent between the State government and a Telangana Waqf Board Member in connection with the demolition of the erstwhile mosques situated within the old secretariat premises which was being razed by the government. Zakeer Hussain Javid being the member …

Demolition of historic Telangana secretariat building begins; new complex to cost around Rs 400 cr
4 years, 6 months ago

Demolition of historic Telangana secretariat building begins; new complex to cost around Rs 400 cr

Firstpost  

Telangana BJP said it protested the ‘atrocious action’ for false prestige of KCR government in the midst of a global pandemic when the existing structure could have been used as an isolation centre. The move comes days after the Telangana High Court dismissed a bunch of PILs challenging the state’s decision to construct a new secretariat complex by demolishing the …

Demolition of old Telangana Secretariat complex begins
4 years, 6 months ago

Demolition of old Telangana Secretariat complex begins

The Hindu  

The demolition of the old Secretariat complex of Telangana began in Hyderabad early on Tuesday morning as the State government is apparently unwilling to give any scope for any further litigation in the matter. Less than 10 days after the High Court cleared the way for the construction of the new Secretariat, expected to be a state-of-the-art building with a …

Decide on PILs against Secretariat demolition: Govt to Telangana High Court
4 years, 10 months ago

Decide on PILs against Secretariat demolition: Govt to Telangana High Court

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government on Tuesday requested the High Court to decide on the public interest petitions filed against the proposed demolition of Secretariat buildings and shifting of offices from the complex to various locations. The interim directions were issued by the bench when the state government was not in a position to submit the architectural plans of the new …

High Court orders status quo on Telangana Secretariat
4 years, 11 months ago

High Court orders status quo on Telangana Secretariat

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Questioning the haste with which the state government wants to demolish the Secretariat building at Saifabad, the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the state government not to disturb the existing structure until the court issues further orders. Expressing its doubts about the architectural plan of the new construction for the Secretariat complex not being available yet and yet …

HC says Telangana panel didn’t seek Sectt demolition
5 years, 2 months ago

HC says Telangana panel didn’t seek Sectt demolition

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The High Court observed that the technical committee report supporting the construction of the new Secretariat lacked clarity in explaining why it was needed. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Annireddy Abhishek Reddy, while dealing with PILs against the proposed demolition of the Secretariat, observed that the report was vaguely worded without mentioning specific …

Why demolish 7-yr-old building, asks Telangana High Court
5 years, 3 months ago

Why demolish 7-yr-old building, asks Telangana High Court

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday asked the state government why it was proposing to demolish buildings at the Secretariat that were constructed less than a decade ago, when a technical committee appointed to test the structures did not recommend their demolition. The bench asked the state government why it wanted the demolish the North H Block and South …

Telangana High Court summons roads and buildings chief
5 years, 5 months ago

Telangana High Court summons roads and buildings chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court summoned the roads and buildings engineer-in-chief B Ganapathi Reddy to be present in court on Friday to explain how much land was required to construct the proposed legislative building complex at Errum Manzil. The division bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Shameem Akther called the officer after the government submitted that the …

Telangana HC tells Errum Manzil is on heritage buildings list
5 years, 5 months ago

Telangana HC tells Errum Manzil is on heritage buildings list

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Digging up Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, which states that the repeal of any Act or regulation does not affect the instances wherein it might have been previously applied, the Telangana High Court said the state government had no authority to put the heritage buildings list on the back-burner or to vapourise every sign of its existence. …

High Court seeks Telangana government reply on Errum Manzil
5 years, 6 months ago

High Court seeks Telangana government reply on Errum Manzil

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Reminding that civil society has more rights to ask the government or the Cabinet than the judiciary, the Telangana High Court said on Thursday that it cannot go beyond its jurisdiction in directing the government to submit an explanation as to how the Cabinet had taken a decision to demolish the Errum Manzil palace to build the new Assembly …

Telangana govt says Secretariat is overcrowded
5 years, 6 months ago

Telangana govt says Secretariat is overcrowded

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government told the Telangana High Court on Tuesday that it was firm on demolishing the existing Secretariat and Errum Manzil and construct new buildings. Upon a direction from the court, Mr Sharma filed separate counter-affidavits on the PILs filed against the proposals to demolish Errum Manzil and the Secretariat buildings. The government said that keeping the space …

Telangana HC to hear petitions against razing secretariat building
5 years, 6 months ago

Telangana HC to hear petitions against razing secretariat building

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Since Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to start the construction of the new Secretariat building, and shift the Assembly to where Errum Manzil now stands, those who were against this move and had approached the High Court two-and-a-half years ago, have sought that their petition be heard now. Their petition had been kept pending for a response …

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