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Hyderabad civic body plans tribunal to tackle issue of unauthorised constructions

HYDERABAD: The state govt has decided to set up a municipal tribunal for speedy disposal of cases pertaining to unauthorised constructions, in the wake of a surge in illegal construction activities throughout the city. The move assumes significance in view of the nearly 2.5 lakh writ petitions pertaining to illegal constructions filed in the high court in the past five years. Earlier, the high court sought a clarification from the civic body regarding the increasing number of illegal constructions, and instructed authorities to take stringent measures to tackle the problem. “A letter has been addressed to the high court for…

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Telangana HC tells GHMC to decide regularisation plea before demolition of Begumpet building

HYDERABAD: Justice T Vinod Kumar of the Telangana high court has directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to consider an application filed by a woman and her son seeking regularisation of their Begumpet property—constructed in violation of approved building norms—before initiating any demolition. The dispute pertains to property bearing Nos. 6-3-1177/A/120 and 6-3-1177/A/104 in BS Maktha, Begumpet, where the petitioners, Cheguri Lakshmi and her son Cheguri Eswar Sai Kishore, constructed a building. The GHMC had granted permission in 2022 for a stilt and two upper floors. However, the petitioners allegedly constructed a ground+4 upper floors along with an additional…