Another story of the same school
Land for St Ann’s High School Illegal: HC
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Hyderabad High Court on Friday declared the allotment of 20 acres of land to St Ann’s high school, Secunderabad at Pet Basheerabad in Qutubullapur mandal of Ranga Reddy district by the erstwhile AP government as illegal.
However, the court granted respite to the school by refusing to direct the state government to take back the land.
A division bench comprising chief justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and justice PV Sanjay Kumar was disposing of a public interest litigation by S Malla Reddy, advocate of RR district, challenging the state government’s decision to allot 20 acres of land to the school at a throw away price.
Petitioner’s counsel Gandra Mohan Rao submitted to the court that the Rajasekhara Reddy government had allotted 20 acres of land to St. Ann’s High School at a cost of Rs 1.5 lakh per acre as against the recommendation of the CCLA to collect Rs 2 crore per acre in the year 2006 as against the market value of Rs 5 crore per acre.
After hearing the case, the bench found that the government had made the allotment without following the procedure. The court noticed that the authorities have stated in the note file as Rs 77 lakh and Rs 1.40 crore per acre in the area, but the government has made the allotment at the nominal price which is against to the law.
The bench said that though the allotment was illegal it would not be proper for the court to direct the government to take back the land at this stage in the larger interest of the students.
The government had alienated the land to the school vide GO 1217 dated Aug 23, 2006 and the petitioner moved the court in the year 2012, and in the meanwhile the management has constructed the buildings and other infrastructure to run the school.
While disposing of the case, the court directed the authorities to re-determine the value of the land based on the market value prevailing at the time of allotment and to fix the rate and collect the amount from the management at the rate of 9 per cent interest.
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