AP moves HC on Indu plan

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, June 28: The State government has asked the AP High Court to prosecute against two women petitioners for hiding facts.
Mrs Tahera Yusuf Quadri and Dr Qudsia Sajjad filed a petition in the high court claiming to be legal heirs of 457 acres at Bachupalli inQutubullapur mandal of Ranga Reddy district.
They had alleged that the government had illegally handed over a part of land to Indu Projects Limited to develop an integrated township in 693 acres and residential units for weaker sections under Rajiv Gruhakalpa programme in 178 acres.
The petitioners urged the court nullify the order passed by the SpecialOfficer and Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling under Section 8 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 against their mother Ms Rabia Begum, on an erroneous assumption that she owned by entire land.Mrs.Rabia Begum died on October 30, 1990.
Following this, the HC directed authorities not to go ahead with any construction in the land till further orders.The Principal Secretary (revenue), Ms Ratna Prabha, submitted an affidavit alleging that the petitioners had suppressed facts and mislead the court.
She contended that the petitioners could not claim 457 acres, since 214 acres had been surrendered by the mother of petitioner's in 1976 under Agricultural Land ceiling Act.After surrendering the land under the Act the legal heirs including the petitioners distributed their shares among themselves. But these facts had been hidden from the court, said Ms Ratna Prabha.
She urged the court to initiate prosecution against the petitioners as they are liable for prosecution under charges of perjury and contempt of court.