Hydraa | In the Bathukammakunta dispute, Hydra has reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s interim order to maintain status quo at the disputed site.
Hydraa |Hyderabad City Bureau, April 28 (Namaste Telangana): Hydraa has hit the Supreme Court in the Bathukammakunta dispute. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s interim order to maintain status quo at the disputed site. A bench headed by Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Satishchandra Sharma ordered an affidavit to be filed within four weeks on the steps taken to implement the High Court order. She said that if there are any difficulties in other matters including the removal of the fence, those details should be included.
On 17th of last month, the High Court, which was enraged at the taking up of Hydra development works in Bathukammakunta in violation of the orders of Statusco, ordered to remove all the works undertaken in defiance of the court orders and to establish precedent. Challenging this order, Hydra Commissioner Ranganath filed a petition in the Supreme Court. Arguments on this petition were held on 24th of this month and the hearing was postponed to Monday. On Monday, the Supreme Court bench heard the arguments of both parties and upheld the judgment given by the High Court in the case of Bathukammakunta. Adjourned further hearing to 29th of next month.
A report should be given on the execution of the judgment
The dispute between HYDRA and Edla Sudhakar Reddy has been going on for the past few months regarding the Bathukammakunta site. Sudhakar Reddy approached the High Court claiming that the seven acres of land in survey number 563/1 in Bagamberpet is his and it is not right for Hydra to take up works on it. On June 12 last year, the High Court, which investigated the matter, issued an interim order to maintain the status quo at the disputed site. Meanwhile, Hydra requested the High Court to grant permission to carry out necessary works for diverting rainwater as the surrounding areas will be flooded if water enters Bathukammakunta during monsoon. The High Court issued a status quo order and directed that only flood prevention works should be undertaken there.
In violation of these orders, Hydra has undertaken and completed many other development works along with drainage works at that place. Children’s playground, walking track, a garden, boreholes have been done. After the completion of the works, the premises were inaugurated by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. A big board has been set up saying Bathukammakunta Developed by Hydra. Sudhakar Reddy once again approached the High Court claiming that Hydra had committed contempt of court. The High Court, which investigated this, expressed extreme anger at the behavior of Hydra. On March 17, it ordered that the status of the land in Batukammakunta should be restored to what it was when the statusco order was issued.
The boundary wall, grills, playground, etc. built by Hydra should be removed. A deadline of months has been given for this. Challenging these orders, Hydra Commissioner Ranganath filed a petition in the Supreme Court. A bench of Justice Dipankardatta and Justice Satishchandra Sharma in the Supreme Court took up the inquiry on 24th of this month. The aspects of the judgment given by the High Court have been examined. Advocate S Niranjan Reddy presented arguments on behalf of petitioner Ranganath.
They sought three days’ time to come back with instructions regarding the time taken to comply with the impugned order passed by the High Court. The hearing was adjourned to Monday, 27th. Back on Monday, the bench heard the arguments on behalf of the petitioner and refused to interfere with the order passed by the High Court. The lawyers on behalf of Hydra Commissioner Ranganath brought to the attention of the Supreme Court that if the fence around Bathukammakunta is removed in a high traffic area, there is a possibility of accidents. Responding to this, the bench ordered to implement the orders issued by the High Court as far as possible and to file an affidavit within four weeks regarding the remaining difficulties. The court adjourned the hearing to 29th of next month, saying that clarification will be given on other issues in the next hearing.
Seven and half crores of public money was wasted
On the one hand, while the Bathukammakunta land dispute continues in the High Court, Hydra Commissioner Ranganath wasted public money for his personal glory. After the establishment of Hydra, there are allegations that Bathukammakunta was also included in the project called restoration of six ponds as soon as the CM asked for a Congress leader.
Locals are talking that Ranganath has used public money of Rs. 7.15 crores and carried out works on the disputed land, even though the High Court has given the status quo order just for his influence. Defying the court orders, Hydra spent public money there and installed new boards and grills and undertook beautification works.
These works were started in a grand manner with CM Revanth Reddy and publicized on a large scale. According to the Supreme Court’s verdict, all the boards and plaques installed by Hydra at Bathukammakunta have been removed. It is noteworthy that when the guard there was asked who took them, he said that they fell in the wind. Even before the court case was over, there was an uproar over the uproar created by an official posing as a politician and making a big fuss over his photos. With the latest developments, being a government employee, there is a lack of accuracy in public money.
