Secretary, MAUD, Navin Mittal has announced that the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of HMDA in the case filed with regard to the ownership of 638 acres of land in Kokapet.
The lands were transferred by the State government to HMDA in 2006 with an intention to auction them. A total of 168 acres were put up for auction, which fetched ₹ 1,775 crore for the Authority.
However, the ownership of the land was challenged in court by a few individuals who claimed to be legal heirs of Nawab Nusrat Jung-I to whom the land had belonged. “The person claiming ownership had submitted a representation to the government for transfer of land in 2002, and twice in 2004. In 2004, two memos were issued transferring the land, and then withdrawn. he approached court challenging this,” Mr. Mittal said.
A division bench of High Court had ruled in favour of HMDA, following which an appeal was filed in Supreme Court.
