Telangana HC Backs Tenants’ Rights to 200-Acre Gachibowli Land
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court has resolved a decade-long dispute over nearly 200 acres of prime land in Gachibowli by upholding the revenue divisional officer’s (RDO) order that recognized the ownership rights of protected tenants, overriding the sub-collector’s contradictory findings. This case involved agricultural land valued at approximately ₹15,000 crore, spanning several survey numbers in Gachibowli. The dispute arose between the descendants of protected tenants and subsequent purchasers, including members of the Diamond Hills Welfare Association. The petitioners, heirs of the protected tenants, contested the sub-collector’s 2016 order that reversed the RDO’s 2013 decision. The RDO had previously determined that…