Following orders by the Special Court for Anti-Corruption cases, a FIR was formally lodged on Wednesday naming former chief minister K Rosaiah and 13 others as respondents in the case of alleged irregularities in the allotment of land worth around Rs. 200 crore at Mythrivanam in Ameerpet.
The government had allegedly violated rules by withdrawing from acquiring land extending to 9 acres and 14 guntas located in survey numbers 26, 30, 41, 42, 42 and 44, and subsequently transferring this land to the persons named in the complaint.
The court directed the ACB to register cases against the those involved under the Prevention of Corruption Action IPC 406, 420, 409 under Sections 11, 12 and 13.
An advocate, Mohanlal, had filed a petition on December 21, and the Court had directed the registration of the FIR. The petition had pointed out to the court that the government had violated the rules while allotting the land in its custody to a private party by Rosaiah when he was the chief minister of the state.
The court had, on Monday,
directed the ACB to submit a report on the issue before January 28.
Rosaiah allegedly denotified the said property in Ameerpet and handed over the property to a private developer, for the construction of a commercial complex.
According to the petitioner, the land was bought by G N Naidu and a few others, from the landowners, in 1997, after the land acquisition notification was issued.
However, in 2010, following a representation from Naidu, the state government withdrew the land acquisition notification and handed over the land to the builder in an unlawful manner, the petitioner alleged. Mohanlal had also pointed out that the land was under the possession of the HMDA (then HUDA) since May 10, 2004.
He said, further, that the government had violated the existing rules of the Land Acquisition Act by re-allotting it since the compensation was already paid and it had taken possession.
The petitioner said even the Andhra Pradesh high court had earlier rejected the representations of Naidu and maintained that land once acquired could not be given back.
Courtesy: INN