Hyderabad, April 17: A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of the AP High Court on Wednesday directed the AP Tourism Development Corporation and National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management not to go ahead with construction of a star hotel at Gachibowli. The bench was dealing with a PIL by the Human Rights and Consumer Protection Cell, a Trust represented by its chairman Thakur Rajkumar Singh, seeking CID probe into alleged illegal alienation of government land in favour of APTDC and the NITHM at Gachibowli. The petitioner alleged that the authorities have been allowing construction of hotel by destructing the Ramammakunta lake.
Earlier, the court had sought a report from the district collector on alleged destruction of the lake. After pursuing the report submitted by the collector, the bench expressed its displeasure at the collector for placing an incomplete report. Justice Sengupta said that the bench has decided to reject the report of the collector.
Maintaining that the bench will deal the attitude of the collector in later course, the bench directed the Ranga Reddy district judge to visit the place and submit a report within a week, and in the meanwhile, the authorities must ensure that no construction activity is allowed at the lake till further orders.
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