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Telangana High Court orders compensation to temple for land acquired five decades ago
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Hyderabad: Justice NV Shravan Kumar of the Telangana high court has directed the state govt to complete land acquisition proceedings within four months and pay compensation to Sri Balaji Venkateswara Swamy Vari Devasthanam for 60 acres of temple land taken nearly 50 years ago for a road project.
The order came while disposing of a writ petition filed by the temple. The judge said that despite earlier directions issued by the court in 2007 and upheld by a division bench in 2022, compensation had not been paid for the land at Annadaivam village in Khammam district, which was used in 1975 for the road between Annapureddipalli and Chaparalapalli.
Observing that 'persistent disobedience' of court orders amounts to contempt, the judge referred to the Supreme Court's view that govt authorities are constitutionally bound to comply with judicial directions.
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Taking note of the govt pleader's submission that acquisition proceedings under the 2013 Land Acquisition Act were under process, the court fixed a four-month deadline for completion and directed the authorities to release compensation to the temple without further delay.
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