500 acres of land in Medak not Wakf asset: Hyderabad High Court
The RDO had issued the occupancy right certificates to all the occupants of the lands.
Hyderabad: The High Court on Monday set aside a notification issued by the erstwhile AP State Wakf Board listing more than 500 acres situated in Narsapur and Siddipet taluks of Medak district, including lands of Solithro Pvt Ltd in Shabashpally of Shivampet mandal, as Wakf property under Wakf Act 1954.
Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao was allowing a petition by the company which sought to declare the action of the board in publishing Gazette No. 46-A, dated November 15, 2001, notifying more than 500 acres including the land of the company as Wakf property without conducting a survey and without serving notice.
The company said it had purchased 23.08 acres in an auction conducted by ING Vysya Bank and State Bank of India on December 26, 2013, and August 13, 2014. It said the land was Inam land and had been in the possession of 111 persons who were cultivating it for decades through their ancestors. The RDO had issued the occupancy right certificates to all the occupants of the lands.