In Medipalli village of Sirpur (T) mandal, Forest officials stopped the construction of 75 houses under the Indiramma housing scheme, citing that the land identified by the Revenue department falls within a reserve forest.
The respondents in the case, the forest department, district Collector and Bhadrachalam ITDA PO failed to file a counter in three hearings while the government pleader tried to establish the tribal farmers as encroachers.
