The state government has informed the AP High Court that the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, did not violate any law while surrendering assigned land to the government. Dr Reddy and his family surrendered about 300 acres of land in the Idupulapaya Estate at Vempalle, Kadapa district, on December 5, 2006.
The Telugu Desam former minister, Mr P. Ashok Gajapathy Raju, filed a public interest litigation in the AP High Court alleging that the Chief Minister had violated a slew of laws. Mr Gajapathy Raju urged the court to direct the government to initiate criminal action against the Chief Minster.
In response to a notice, the Kadapa district collector filed an affidavit stating that the Chief Minister and his family had said they had purchased the land without knowing that it was assigned land. The collector told the court that the land was never under possession of the Chief Minister or his family. He also said the petitioner had failed to make out a case of inaction by the authorities. The collector told the court that purchase of assigned land does not amount to encroachment or land grabbing.
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