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Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
Telangana high court slams police for repeated calls to petitioner in Bhoodan land case
Hyderabad: Maheshwaram police personnel on Tuesday informed high court that they made calls to a petitioner in the Bhoodan land case for the purpose of 'compiling the village history record'. A police constable, from whose mobile phone the calls went, informed the court that he made the calls following instructions from the station house officer (SHO). The SHO, who too was present in the court, said that the purpose of the calls was not the high court case, but the village history record. The calls were made only for the purpose of preparing a 'village history record', which is maintained by police for all villages, which is a routine practice, and not with any intention to intimidate, they explained. Justice K Lakshman was hearing a plea by Vadthya Ramulu, the petitioner, who complained about the revenue officials changing the web record of his 10 acre land at Nagaram village in Bhu Bharathi without any notice to him. The judge became furious on Monday upon being told that the petitioner was being frequently called by police and summoned the police officials from the Maheshwaram police station. The petitioner's counsel sought a restraining order from the court against police. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Use an AI Writing Tool That Actually Understands Your Voice Grammarly Install Now Undo The judge, however, said that there was now no need for any such order and police would face severe consequences, if they continue their duty this way, and disposed of the plea. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad Ramulu was seeking a probe under the Commissions of Inquiry Act into the way the land in Nagaram village of Maheshwaram mandal changed hands. Several bureaucrats had bought land in the village and they were contending that their land has got nothing to do with the Bhoodan land. The judge heard the case of the petitioners and also the contentions of the state and the bureaucrats and reserved his orders last week. However, the issue resurfaced after one of the petitioners brought to the notice of the court the multiple calls he was getting from the Maheshwaram police.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Time of India
HC summons cop for harassing Bhoodan case petitioner
Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of Telangana high court on Monday directed police constable Venkateshwarlu of the Maheshwaram police station to appear before the court on Tuesday (Aug 5) to explain why he was making multiple threatening calls to a petitioner in the Bhoodan land case. The judge was hearing a lunch motion moved by Vadthya Ramulu, the petitioner who was seeking a probe by a commission of inquiry under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act on certain land transactions at Nagaram village of Maheswaram mandal in Rangareddy district. The judge earlier heard at length from two petitioners, who charged the state with inaction and its authorities with connivance in the midst of slipping away of huge tracts of govt/Bhoodan land into the hands of certain private people and bureaucrats in a discreet manner. The bureaucrats and the state stoutly refused any wrong doing. The judge reserved his orders last week. Now, the petitioner came to the court with an urgent petition about the police harassment. The judge summoned the constable and posted the case to Tuesday. Vadthya Ramulu, claiming around 10 acres of land in survey number 194, has approached the high court seeking an inquiry commission. He expressed a grievance that because of the recent land transactions, his land particulars from the revenue web portal, Bhu Bharathi, were deleted without any notice to him. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Why Seniors Are Snapping Up This TV Box, We Explain! Techno Mag Learn More Undo You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad TWO Justice K Lakshman on Monday conveyed his displeasure at the action of the police officers in registering six first information reports (FIRs) against Huzurabad MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy (BRS) for the same offence and stayed all further proceedings in all the six FIRs, including investigation in all the FIRs. The judge, further said that he would direct the complainants in all the six FIRs to appear before the court for filing multiple cases for a similar offence. The complainants, in their complaint, sought registration of criminal cases under a particular provision of law. The judge wondered how the complainants were dictating terms to police. Kaushik is facing allegations of abusing chief minister A Revanth Reddy in a derogatory language. The Judge passed the interim order while hearing a plea by Kaushik Reddy, who brought to the notice of the court the multiple FIRs against him all over the state.
New Indian Express
01-08-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Orders reserved on petitions alleging sale of Bhoodan land
HYDERABAD: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Thursday reserved orders in multiple writ petitions concerning the alleged illegal sale of Bhoodan lands in Nagaram village, Maheshwaram mandal, Rangareddy district. The petitions seek an inquiry into purported irregularities involving officials of the Revenue and Registration departments, including senior bureaucrats. One of the main petitions was filed by Vadthya Ramulu, who urged the state government to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the sale of Bhoodan lands to private parties. However, Justice Lakshman questioned the maintainability of the plea and expressed doubts about the utility of such a Commission. 'Suppose the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) is appointed, say a retired SC judge heads it, the report still goes to the government. Ultimately, it is the same officers who will decide what action to take. What happens if the government just places the report in an almirah?' the judge remarked during the hearing.
Time of India
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Telangana high court wants info on Bhoodan land donated so far and its current status
Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of Telangana high court on Wednesday directed the Bhoodan Board and the state govt to furnish to the court details of land donated by various donors under the Bhoodan Movement in the last 75 years and its current status along with particulars of the redistribution of the land by the state to the landless. The judge was wondering whether the Bhoodan Board will be able to display any willpower to protect even a square yard of Bhoodan land in the state. While one petitioner in this case is seeking a CBI probe, the other was seeking a probe under the Commissions of Inquiry (COI) Act. The Bhoodan Movement, a voluntary land reform movement, was initiated by Acharya Vinobha Bhave from Pochampallay village (now in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district) in 1951. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad Conveying the stand of the state, additional advocate general T Rajanikanth Reddy informed the court that they were ready to appoint a COI probe if the court orders a statewide probe on all the Bhoodan land issues. However, he clarified, "we are opposing any such probe in the current case, because the petitioners are espousing a private cause". The judge was hearing pleas by two petitioners who sought a probe into the way Bhoodan land in Nagaram village in Rangareddy district was sold to scores of IAS and IPS officers. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like No annual fees for life UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo Earlier, the high court had directed the state to keep the subject land in the prohibited list till further orders. The bureaucrats, who purchased the land, approached the court urging it to vacate the restraint order. They said that the petitioners were seeking irrelevant reliefs with unconnected facts. There are four survey numbers in the village and the land they purchased has nothing to do with Bhoodan land. They also contended that the petitioners later started raising new contention that the land was not Bhoodan land but govt land. The counsel for one of the petitioners, who was seeking a probe under the CoI Act, did not turn up for Wednesday's hearing and a proxy counsel sought time to present their case. Senior counsel P Sri Raghu Ram appeared for the bureaucrats and said that the petitioners have no locus standi to raise the issues. They came to court without any material to make out a case, he said. Urging the court to vacate the restraint order, he said that courts could grant prohibitory orders only when the petitioners have any legal right over the land. "Courts can give such orders only when there are any legally enforceable rights under Article 226 of the Constitution," Sri Raghu Ram said. The judge posted the case to Thursday for further hearing.
Hans India
19-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Writ in HC to direct CS to appoint inquiry panel into illegal sale of Bhoodan lands
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court's single bench of Justice K Lakshman on Friday directed Terra Rajnikanth Reddy, State Additional Advocate-General to get instructions from the government on its stand whether it will appoint a commission of inquiry to go into the illegal mutation and alienation of the Bhoodan lands (10.17 acres) in survey numbers 194 and 195 at Nagaram village, Maheshwaram mandal of Ranga Reddy district. The judge passed the order, while adjudicating the writ filed by Vadthya Ramulu, who contends that he is the legitimate owner of the lands; they were fraudulently sold by creating fictitious documents. The petitioner's counsel informed the court that he is the owner and possessor of agricultural lands (10.17 acres). Though the lands were gifted to him by his late father Jamala and were registered at SRO Ibrahimpatnam, they were fraudulently sold to Senior IAS and IPS officers, who are influential and got their names mutated in revenue records; also obtained Pattadar passbooks. The counsel said the petitioner had represented to the Chief Secretary, seeking a probe into the issue by constituting a commission of inquiry, but there was no response. Hence, he had filed the petition. He further informed the court that there was another writ (No. 12637/2025) wherein the petitioner was aggrieved by action of officials in Revenue, Registration, CCLA and other departments, who fraudulently alienated the Bhoodan lands to senior IAS and IPS officers and their family members. Earlier, in this writ Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy had restrained the Revenue department from making any further sales of the lands. Justice Lakshman after hearing the counsel for the petitioner and Rajnikanth Reddy directed the HC Registry to tag both writs together for further hearing. He adjourned the petition to July 28.
