A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek Reddy has directed the Siddipet Collector to file a reply on the allegations of ousting families from the land acquired for constructing Ananthgiri reservoir.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by Mangavva and several other families from Kochchaguttapalli village of Siddipet district who had been displaced from their houses because the land was being acquired for construction of Ananthgiri Reservoir as part of Kaleshwaram Mega Irrigation Project.
The families have alleged that the revenue officials and Police officials took forced consent of the residents to vacate the land and no compensation had been paid for the same.
On being questioned by the bench as to why the families had been ousted without finalizing their claims for rehabilitation, the Counsel appearing for the State Government submitted that the residents have been placed at a rehabilitation colony with necessary facilities.
The bench has listed the matter for next hearing on April 24.
-India Legal Bureau