Subject: HC order dated 20 May 2020 in WP(PIL)32/2020 to remove encroachments at:
1. Pride Honda and high-rises in lake @17°24’32.56″N 78°21’12.17″E, at Narsingi-Nanakramguda service road, Puppulguda Village, Gandipet M (erstwhile Rajendranagar M), RR District, Telangana
2. Moosi Nadi occupied @ 17°22’57.38″N 78°29’55.08″E, at river bed near Shankar Nagar, Amberpet Mandal, Hyderabad District, Telangana
Reference:
1) Our petition dated 29 January 2020 to High Court at Hyderabad: waterbody encroached @17°24’32.56″N 78°21’12.17″E, at Narsingi-Nanakramguda service road, Puppulguda Village, Gandipet M (erstwhile Rajendranagar M), RR District, Telangana
2) Our petition dated 29 January 2019 to High Court at Hyderabad: Moosi Nadi occupied @ 17°22’57.38″N 78°29’55.08″E, at river bed near Shankar Nagar, Amberpet Mandal, Hyderabad District, Telangana
3) Notice from National Water Mission of 3 February 2020 to Government of Telangana, I&CAD on lake encroachment @17°24’32.56″N 78°21’12.17″E, at Narsingi-Nanakramguda service road , Puppulguda Village, Gandipet M (erstwhile Rajendranagar M), RR District, Telangana
4) Notice from Socialist Party (India), Save Our Urban Lakes, South Asian People’s Action Against Climate Crisis (SPACC) and United Citizen’s Front to Collector, Ranga Reddy District; Collector, Hyderabad District; and Tahsildar, Gandipet Mandal to comply with High Court order of 20 May 2020 to remove encroachments.
High Court at Hyderabad has issued orders on 20 May 2020 in WP(PIL)32/2020 for removal of encroachments and ordered the report to be filed by authorities by 24 June 2020, in:
(a) waterbody encroached @17°24’32.56″N 78°21’12.17″E, at Narsingi-Nanakramguda service road, Puppulguda Village, Gandipet M (erstwhile Rajendranagar M), RR District, Telangana and,
(b) the Moosi Nadi occupied @ 17°22’57.38″N 78°29’55.08″E, at river bed near Shankar Nagar, Amberpet Mandal, Hyderabad District, Telangana
Order attached and below text from court order reproduced for ready reference:
ORDER:
This Court appoints Mr Kowturu Pavan Kumar, the learned advocate, as amicus curiae for assisting this Court. Registry is directed to send the Letter petition to Mr Kowturu Pavan Kumar. Mr B.S. Prasad, the learned Advocate General, seeks four weeks time to file counter. The learned Advocate General is directed to inform the respondents that in case there is any illegal construction going on at the site, the same shall be stopped immediately. Moreover, in case there is any encroachment on the water body, the same shall be removed immediately by the respondents. The report, in this regard, shall be filed before this Court. List this case on 24.06.2020
We expect the Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Tahsildar, Gandipet Mandal (erstwhile Rajendranagar M), Collector, Hyderabad & Thasildar, Amberpet, to comply with High Court order of 20 May 2020 in WP(PIL)32/2020, and evict encroachments in (a) waterbody encroached @17°24’32.56″N 78°21’12.17″E, at Narsingi-Nanakramguda service road, Puppulguda Village, Gandipet M (erstwhile Rajendranagar M), RR District, Telangana and, (b) the Moosi Nadi occupied @ 17°22’57.38″N 78°29’55.08″E, at river bed near Shankar Nagar, Amberpet Mandal, Hyderabad District, Telangana.
High Court Order dated 20 May 2020, our petitions to Chief Justice of High Court at Hyderabad dated 29 Jan 2020, attached.
We express our appreciation and salute our High Court at Hyderabad for the spot-on order to remove encroachments so that lifelines of Hyderabad, that give elixir of life, i.e. water, are saved, for now and posterity.
We trust our authorities that eviction of encroachments is done before 2 June 2020 so that Telangana Formation Day can be celebrated in the fittest manner.
Best,
Dr Lubna Sarwath, Socialist Party (India)
Dr Jasveen Jairath & Shri Balaswamy Gurram, Save Our Urban Lakes
Shri Sudarshan Sarade, South Asian People’s Action Against Climate Crisis (SPACC)
Janab Maqbool Mateen, United Citizens Forum
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