Thursday, December 2, 2010

Emaar Hills withdraws plea against order

BY S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad,Dec.1: The Emaar Hills Township Pvt Ltd has withdrawn its appeal filed challenging an order of a single judge who refused to stay the probe of the Anti-Corruption Bureau into alleged irregularities in land allotments to the company by the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation.

The special court of the ACB on September 7, 2010, passed an order on the complaint of an advocate of the city, Mr T. Sri Ranga Rao, to probe into the alleged irregularities in the land allotments by the APIIC to 16 organisations including the Emaar.

Aggrieved by the order, the Emaar filed a writ in the High Court seeking a direction to quash the proceedings. But, a single judge rejected the plea on October 20, 2010. Emaar preferred an appeal against the order.

However, the company decided to withdraw the appeal and sought permission from a division bench headed by the acting Chief Justice, Mr B. Prakash Rao, urging the court grant liberty to file a discharge petition in accordance with the provisions of the Cr.PC and the court considered the plea of the company.

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