Regulatory

ED flags deep conspiracy in Bhoodan land case; top officials, bizmen under lens

HYDERABAD: In a major revelation, Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the Telangana high court that large-scale fraudulent transactions have taken place in the sale of Bhoodan land in Nagaram village in Rangareddy district. The central agency, in its counter-affidavit, claimed land sales registered in survey numbers 181, 182, 194, and 195, including 50 acres of Bhoodan land, were executed without valid ownership by the sellers. The buyers reportedly include senior bureaucrats and businessmen. ED has identified Mohammed Abdul Shukur as the key conspirator behind the fraudulent land deals. Shukur allegedly sold the land using forged documents and fabricated ownership claims,…

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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…