Property owners in Badangpet, Hyderabad, are struggling to obtain Layout Regularization Scheme (LRS) orders despite completing payments, as municipal staff are occupied with electoral roll revision duties. With the July 31 deadline approaching, residents are demanding an extension, citing delays caused by staff deputation for Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court strongly criticised HYDRAA and its Commissioner AV Ranganath for repeated violations of judicial directions under the guise of lake restoration. Hearing contempt petitions, the judge warned that authority must serve the public, not display power, and questioned HYDRAA’s statutory basis for unilateral actions.
