Overview
- The High Court took on file PILs challenging GO Ms No.27, which allows conversion of roughly 9,300 acres of industrial land to multi-use zones in and around Hyderabad.
- Notices were issued to the State and Union governments with directions to file detailed counter affidavits, and the matter is listed for further hearing on December 29.
- The Advocate General assured the court that no land-use change will be permitted until polluting units are shifted out and statutory master-plan amendment steps, including public objections, are followed.
- Petitioners argue the policy bypasses HMDA master-plan procedures, lacks environmental and health impact clearances, and uses a 30–50% SRO-based fee they call undervalued, citing long-polluted clusters like Jeedimetla and Patancheru.
- BRS leader K. T. Rama Rao alleges a Rs 5 lakh-crore land scam tied to the policy, while the Revenue Minister counters that the framework originated under the previous BRS government and that KTR signed a related file.