Overview

• Four Congress MLAs filed a petition alleging that 27.18 acres near Khajaguda Lake were designated as poramboke land since the 1950s and improperly transferred under DGPA agreements.
• On July 7, the court issued personal notices to five private developers and directed GHMC, HMDA and HYDRAA to respond to the petition’s claims.
• The PIL contends that eight proposed 47-storey luxury towers and a ready-mix cement plant encroached on the lake’s full tank level in violation of environmental norms.
• Petitioners submitted Khasra Pahanis, Sethwar records and historical high court rulings to establish state ownership of the land and challenge the allotments.
• The bench adjourned the matter for two weeks and effectively paused further construction pending examination of the respondents’ replies.