‘Gothikoyas’ as ST: Telangana HC asks Centre to file response

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji, on Thursday directed the Central government to file its response on the issue of inclusion of ‘Gothikoyas’ in the category of Schedule Tribes in the State. The panel was dealing with a public interest litigation taken […]

Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji, on Thursday directed the Central government to file its response on the issue of inclusion of ‘Gothikoyas’ in the category of Schedule Tribes in the State. The panel was dealing with a public interest litigation taken up by the High Court through a letter addressed to the High Court and a paper clipping. The matter relates to grievance of migrated persons of the community from Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. These tribals, according to the letter, settled in forest areas of Mancherial, Adilabad, Khammam, are deprived of the constitutional benefits. The panel granted 6 weeks to the Centre to response.

Petrol pump outlet
Justice B Vijaysen Reddy directed the Central government to maintain status quo with regard to a petrol retail outlet at Langer House in Hyderabad. The judge made the order while entertaining the writ petition filed by Vishnudas Tapadia who challenged the action of the Central government as declaring it ‘Enemy Property’. Mayur Mundra, counsel for the petitioner, pointed out that the said order was made without notice to the petitioners, and the property has been in use and occupation by the petitioner and his vendors for the purposes of the retail petroleum outlet from 1970 onwards.

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HMDA told to compensate
Justice T Vinod Kumar directed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to pay compensation to a person whose land was taken away for the outer ring road in 2009 without paying any compensation. The judge was dealing with a writ petition filed by K Vittal Reddy, the land owner. L Ravichander, senior counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, contended that the land was neither notified in the notification, nor any award was passed. The standing counsel, appearing for the HMDA, also said the property was not covered under notification and the issue was already placed before the Project Level Empowered Committee for approval for payment of compensation under the old Act. Justice Kumar opined that the HMDA, instead of acquiring the land, has grabbed it. He directed the HMDA to initiate the proceedings under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, and complete them within 3 months.

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