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High Court Slams Telangana Govt On The GO!
By: Tupaki Desk | 6 Jun 2023 7:48 PM IST
The KCR government in Telangana faced a big blow. Keeping aside the government's orders, the Court found fault with the government's decision. During the same, the court is said to have made some crucial comments. The High Court expressed its dissatisfaction with the land allotment of the Hetero Group Chairman, a BRS MP. The Telangana government issued GO 59 in 2018 allotting 15 acres of land to Sai Sindhu Foundation. The High Court canceled the GO.
During the arguments, the Court said that public interests should be considered while allocating the lands. The fact that construction is going on rapidly in the govt allotted lands won't make the wrong allocations right and construction going on is not a ground, the court said. 15 acres of land Survey number 41 in Serilingampally Mandal, Khanamet was given on a lease to Sai Sindhu Foundation Trust, which is owned by Hetero Drugs Chairman Partha Saradhi Reddy.
Doctor Urmila Pingle and Suresh Kumar moved the court against this. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy heard the petition and gave orders saying that GO59 is invalid. The court was told that Partha Saradhi Reddy came forward to build a cancer hospital after his daughter to serve society. The idea was to construct a 500-bed hospital with world-class facilities. As buying land and constructing a hospital are financially tough, Reddy sought land allocation from the government as given for Basavatarakam cancer hospital. For this, the trust assured that 25 percent of beds will be given to the poor and 40 percent of OPs will be free.
Countering this, the petitioners' lawyers said: How lands that are worth over Rs 500 crores can be given on lease for a nominal cost. At least Rs 50 crore should be charged for the lease. The rates should be revised once in every five years as per the market rates. But GO was issued giving the costly lands on ease for just Rs 1.47 lakhs. The Trust Chairman has no prior experience of running a hospital. He is not a doctor. The GO was issued in 2018 when the trust was set up in 2014. If service is the motto the hospital should be set up in rural areas. But why on costly lands? The allocations are in contrast to the GO that was released earlier.
After hearing the arguments of both sides, the bench made some key comments. 10 percent value of the land's market value should be collected. A review should be done once every five years. When the Collector recommended giving 10 acres to Sai Sindhu Foundation Trust, the government allocated 15 acres, and even alignments were changed. Land allocation policy was not there in 1989 when the land was given on a lease to Basavatarakam Hospital. There is no comparison between the land rates in Hyderabad in 1989 and 2018. Without considering this the lands were allocated for the same prices of land allocation rates of Basavatarakam Hospital 30 years back. Public interests should be considered while allocating government properties and hence the GO is squashed.
During the arguments, the Court said that public interests should be considered while allocating the lands. The fact that construction is going on rapidly in the govt allotted lands won't make the wrong allocations right and construction going on is not a ground, the court said. 15 acres of land Survey number 41 in Serilingampally Mandal, Khanamet was given on a lease to Sai Sindhu Foundation Trust, which is owned by Hetero Drugs Chairman Partha Saradhi Reddy.
Doctor Urmila Pingle and Suresh Kumar moved the court against this. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy heard the petition and gave orders saying that GO59 is invalid. The court was told that Partha Saradhi Reddy came forward to build a cancer hospital after his daughter to serve society. The idea was to construct a 500-bed hospital with world-class facilities. As buying land and constructing a hospital are financially tough, Reddy sought land allocation from the government as given for Basavatarakam cancer hospital. For this, the trust assured that 25 percent of beds will be given to the poor and 40 percent of OPs will be free.
Countering this, the petitioners' lawyers said: How lands that are worth over Rs 500 crores can be given on lease for a nominal cost. At least Rs 50 crore should be charged for the lease. The rates should be revised once in every five years as per the market rates. But GO was issued giving the costly lands on ease for just Rs 1.47 lakhs. The Trust Chairman has no prior experience of running a hospital. He is not a doctor. The GO was issued in 2018 when the trust was set up in 2014. If service is the motto the hospital should be set up in rural areas. But why on costly lands? The allocations are in contrast to the GO that was released earlier.
After hearing the arguments of both sides, the bench made some key comments. 10 percent value of the land's market value should be collected. A review should be done once every five years. When the Collector recommended giving 10 acres to Sai Sindhu Foundation Trust, the government allocated 15 acres, and even alignments were changed. Land allocation policy was not there in 1989 when the land was given on a lease to Basavatarakam Hospital. There is no comparison between the land rates in Hyderabad in 1989 and 2018. Without considering this the lands were allocated for the same prices of land allocation rates of Basavatarakam Hospital 30 years back. Public interests should be considered while allocating government properties and hence the GO is squashed.