Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court refused to interdict the programme of the state government to distribute patta lands over an extent of 11.5 lakh acres to scheduled tribes and other native dwellers, in the jurisdiction of the V Schedule of the Constitution of India, which prohibits land transfers and provides for lands to scheduled tribes.
The bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji, however, took on file a writ petition filed by Forum for Good Governance and ordered notice to enable the government to respond.
The bench also heard a petition by Chikkudu Prabhaker, impleading that schedule tribes and other dwellers, who would contend that the locals and tribals are entitled to get patta lands and that the social welfare mechanism put in place by the government cannot be defeated.
