Overview
- The Telangana High Court issued notices to the State and Union governments on PILs contesting GO Ms No. 27 under the Hyderabad Industrial Land Transformation Policy.
- Judges directed the government to file counter affidavits, with next proceedings listed for December 29 according to multiple reports.
- Advocate General A. Sudarshan Reddy told the court that no land-use change will proceed until polluting industries are relocated and HMDA master plan procedures, including public notice and objections, are followed.
- Petitioners Prof. K. Purushotham Reddy and K. A. Paul argue the order bypasses statutory safeguards and poses environmental and public-health risks in polluted estates such as Jeedimetla, Patancheru and Pashamylaram.
- Political friction deepened as BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao alleged a massive land scam, while Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the policy framework traces back to the previous BRS administration.