High Court directs government not to use road built after Bachupalli layout demolition

The Telangana High Court ordered the government not to use a road allegedly laid after demolishing the APR Pranav Antilia Layout compound wall in Bachupalli. It also heard a petition seeking counselling for 377 vacant PG medical seats and adjourned the matter

By Legal Correspondent

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the government not to use the road that was laid after demolishing the APR Pranav Antilia Layout in Bachupalli village of Nizampet mandal in Medchal Malkajgiri district located in survey numbers 31, 34, 37, 38, 54 and 55. The petitioner association alleged that despite a pending status quo order, HYDRAA demolished the boundary wall illegally.

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In the wake of claims by HYDRAA and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) that no road had been laid there, the High Court ordered the Station House Officers of Bachupalli, Dundigal and Jagadgirigutta police stations to submit a report stating who led the demolition. In view of the dispute over the demolition of the layout compound and the construction of the road, the court directed that the road should not be used. It ordered that the present status quo be maintained.

The petitioner association stated that after obtaining all permissions from the government and final approval of the layout, the owners of APR Pranav Antilia plots built about 600 houses in 2014. Though it is a gated community, on the 3rd of this month HYDRAA officials allegedly demolished the compound wall.

Justice N V Shravan Kumar took up the hearing on the petition. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the High Court had earlier issued status quo orders not to demolish the gated community compound wall. He said HYDRAA issued notices to the petitioner without disclosing the status quo orders and demolished the wall without giving sufficient time. He alleged that damage was caused to space allocated for electrical equipment and a park. Bachupalli, Dundigal and Jagadgirigutta police made arrangements during the HYDRAA demolition, the petitioner contended.

The HMDA lawyer argued that there was no provision to construct a compound wall as per the layout draft. However, the petitioner association stated that only a guardrail had been constructed. The HYDRAA lawyer argued that no road had been constructed. After hearing the arguments, the court directed that HMDA and HYDRAA should not demolish the compound wall or start using the newly laid road. The judge adjourned the next hearing to April 7.

PG Medical Seats Counselling:

The division bench of the Telangana High Court on Friday dealt with a writ petition seeking permission for counselling for 377 vacant PG medical seats. The Telangana Private Medical and Dental Colleges Owners Association filed the petition stating that 377 PG medical seats remain vacant across the state for this academic year. It requested the court to direct the Central and State Health Departments, the National Medical Commission (NMC), the Medical Counselling Committee and Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences to permit a stray vacancy or additional round of counselling to fill these seats.

Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin heard the petition. Counsel for the petitioner said a request had been submitted to Kaloji Health University to relax the eligibility criteria to fill the vacant PG medical seats in the state. It was also stated that about 2,500 such seats remain vacant across the country. He said Kaloji Health University had written to the Medical Counselling Committee seeking an extension of the deadline for conducting an additional round of counselling in the interest of candidates. Additional Solicitor General B Narasimha Sharma, appearing for the Central government and the Medical Counselling Committee, said the issue of reducing the percentile score for PG medical admissions is pending before the Supreme Court of India. The counsel for the NMC said the deadline cannot be extended beyond the cut-off date.

The bench, after hearing the arguments, observed that since the issue of reducing the percentile score for participation in PG medical admission counselling is pending in the Supreme Court, it would wait for the court’s decision. It adjourned the hearing to the 26th of this month and directed the Union Ministry of Health and the NMC to submit an explanation on the issue.

In a connected case, the High Court granted relief to a student who failed the Human Anatomy subject in MBBS by one mark. The bench said she could approach the Kaloji Health University Grievance Redressal Committee for reverification of her answer paper. The committee was directed to take an appropriate decision on her appeal.