Telangana HC grants interim suspension of single-judge order on HMDA e-auction

The Telangana High Court has temporarily suspended a single-judge order that nullified the HMDA’s e-auction of government land in Budvel. While allowing the auction process to continue, the Court barred any final steps, including naming the highest bidder, until further notice.

By Legal Correspondent

Hyderabad: Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday granted interim suspension of a single-judge order that set aside the e-auction of valuable government land conducted by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) at Budvel on August 10, 2023.

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The Division Bench, while permitting the HMDA to continue with the e-auction process, made it clear that no further steps shall be taken in relation to the 4 acres and 19 guntas of land in Budvel, Rajendranagar Mandal, Rangareddy District, including declaration of the highest bidder, until further orders of the Court.

The Bench observed that the impugned order of the single judge shall remain suspended only to the extent that had set aside the e-auction held by the HMDA on 10.08.2023.

The earlier order had declared the sale process arbitrary and illegal, citing procedural lapses on the part of the government authorities. Directing the District Collector, Rangareddy, to take up the matter afresh, the Bench ordered that a detailed hearing be conducted on the representations made by the writ petitioners and a final decision be passed by December 12, 2025, with a reasoned order to be furnished to them by December 15, 2025.

The Court further directed that the HMDA shall not proceed further pursuant to the e-auction in respect of the subject property until two weeks after the Collector passes final orders on the representations.

The Bench also recorded that the final decision regarding the e-auction itself shall be taken by the competent State authorities only after December 31, 2025, following the Collector’s decision.

The Division Bench took note of the fact that the HMDA had already exceeded the time frame fixed by the single judge in the earlier order dated May 2, 2025, which had directed the Collector to dispose of the representations within four weeks with due notice and opportunity to the petitioners.