Justice T. Vinod Kumar of Telangana High Court will hear a writ plea challenging the action of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) in acquiring patta land in Yelgoi, Bardipur, and Chilepally villages, in Jharasangam mandal of Sangareddy district, under the guise of public purpose. The judge was dealing with a writ plea filed by M. Narayana Raju along with 163 others, alleging that the authorities took control of their land without adhering to the procedure under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (LARR Act), or its Telangana Amendment in 2017. The petitioners said that the authorities had disbursed arbitrary compensatory amounts. The petitioners demanded compensation of `15 lakh per acre, aligning with the rates provided to neighbouring landowners. The government pleader argued that the petitioners had accepted compensation under GO dated July 30, 2015. The judge directed the pleader to produce a detailed statement of each agreement and posted the matter after one week.
Encounter case verdict reserved
A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court reserved judgment in a writ plea challenging an alleged police encounter involving two Maoist leaders. The panel comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Sreenivas Rao was dealing with a writ plea filed by Prof. S. Seshaiah, president of the AP Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC), asserting that the encounter was staged. On May 23, 2009, police in Warangal district reportedly arrested and subsequently killed Maoist central committee member Patel Sudhakar Reddy and state committee member Venkataiah, later claiming the deaths were the result of crossfire during an encounter. According to then DSP V.C. Sajjanar, a police team conducting combing operations encountered a group of around 25 Maoists in the Lavvala forests. The officials claim the officers instructed the group to surrender, but they opened fire, leading to a half-hour gunfight that left Reddy and Venkataiah dead. Earlier, despite an initial post-mortem at Eturunagaram Government Hospital, the High Court ordered a second examination at MGM Hospital in Warangal, directing that the procedure be videographed. The government pleader argued that the police received intelligence about Maoist movements and acted in self-defence. The state awaited the final post-mortem report.
Plea for appointment of teachers closed
A two-judge panel comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Sreenivas Rao on Tuesday disposed of a PIL filed by Children with Special Needs Parents Association against the inaction of the state in not appointing the teachers with special training in BEd and DEd in schools and not appointing special teachers with teaching aids and reading materials under Right to Education Act. The government pleader appearing for the state submitted that the government had issued GO Ms. 19 of 2023 on 26-08-2023. The bench then closed the PIL.
HC junks plea under DV Act
Justice Surepalli Nanda of the Telangana High Court dismissed a writ plea challenging the jurisdiction of Special Judicial First Class Magistrate Excise-cum-Vth Additional Court, Rangareddy district, in a domestic violence complaint (DVC) filed against him. The judge was hearing a writ plea filed by Mohd. Yousuf, seeking quash of domestic violence proceedings. It was the case of the petitioner that the DVC complaint failed to disclose definite incidents of harassment. The court observed that the writ petitioner had failed to prove that the DVC proceedings suffered from a lack of jurisdiction. The court held that the petitioner could challenge the maintainability of an application under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act before the magistrate after an appearance in the proceedings by filing an appropriate petition.
