Infra company earns HC ire in land ownership case

Hyderabad: The Telangana high court on Friday turned critical towards an infrastructure company for coming to the court with confusing and conflicting details.
The bench of chief justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and justice B Vijaysen Reddy said this while hearing an appeal filed by Vajara infra company and sought a detailed affidavit on its claim over 187 acres in Sikanderguda in Gandipet mandal in the outskirts of Hyderabad.
The company says it was aggrieved with the interim orders given by high court in favour of Burra Venu Goud, Gnaneswar Goud and others protecting their rights over 38.5 acres. It wanted these stay orders to be vacated. It claimed that this land is a Paigah land. But the bench noted that there are conflicting versions in the claims of the company because on one hand it says that it was a paigah land and hence it was in the custody of court of wards and on the other hand it says that the land was partitioned. A partition is not possible if it is in the custody of court of wards.
According to Burra Goud family, the state gave them the title and other rights over the land in 1978 under Inam Act.. The basis for granting the title to the family was their long-standing possession over the land (between 100 to 120 years). The Burra Goud family were issued all the requisite proofs. The bench sought a chronology of events and asked both parties to furnish brief notes on their claims and posted the case to June 26.