JNJ MAC Housing society to observe ‘ maha Dharna ‘ tomorrow to mount pressure on Govt over land row

Hyderabad, July 18 (Representative) Journalists would stage a demonstration at Indira Park here on Tuesday. demanding the Telangana government hand over 38 Acres of land at Petbasheerabad to the Journalists of JNJ MAC Housing Society, The then Andhra Pradesh Government In 2008, issued orders allotting 70 acres of land (32 acres in Nizampet and 38 acres in Pet Basheerabad of Medchal district) to the Society for house sites. Along with journalists, All India Civil Services Officers, MLAs and MPs have also been allocated lands for house plots. A single government order was then issued including all. The journalists claim they have paid Rs 12.33 crores to the government – as per the price fixed by it – on behalf of JNJ MAC HS, Later, a PIL was filed in the High Court in 2008, following which the court held that land can be given to those who do not have a house or land. In 2011, the state government filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against this verdict and asked for permission to give house plots without conditions.

The Supreme Court passed an interim order in 2017 while the investigation was going on. Seventy acres of land was ordered to be acquired by the Journalists. The Supreme Court suggested that the land be developed and should not take any construction work. About 32 acres of land with ups and downs, boulders in Nizampet was acquired in 2018 while the land to the extent of 38 acres in Pet Basheerabad was not acquired. In its final judgement on August 25 last year, the Supreme Court ordered that the government handover 38 acres of land in Pet Basheerabad for allotment to journalists. The Supreme Court also ruled that land can be developed, plotting completed and houses built. Even after 10 months of the final verdict, the state government has not handed over the said land to the society. As on now, out of 1100 members of the society, 62 have expired due to tension and other reasons.