Kukatpally land scam worth Rs 100 crore: Forum for Good Governance

In collusion with officials, the society sold around five acres of prime land worth 100 crore in a 45-acre layout of Hyderabad Industries Ltd employees’ society, which was earmarked for parks, schools, and other community purposes, in the form of plots. The Kukatpally GHMC town planning wing revealed this to Forum for Good Governance (FGG) in a Right to Information Act response.

In the RTI response, the town planning wing also revealed how open spaces are converted into plots and sold.

According to FGG Secretary M Padmanabha Reddy, a mutually aided co-operative society of Hyderabad Industries employees has taken control of 45 acres of land for community purposes, including 12 open spaces spread across five acres.

Local politicians, society office-bearers, HMDA, registration department, and Kukatpally municipality conspired to convert the 12 vacant spaces into 100 plots and sell them.

Following the involvement of officials from various departments, the FGG has urged CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to order an investigation by vigilance and enforcement or any other appropriate agency and to punish those responsible.

“Around 100 plots have been laid and sold in 12 vacant spots,” Reddy claimed, “and construction of dwelling houses and commercial complexes is underway with the active participation of Kukatpally municipal staff.”

“To complete the formality, they even issued notices in some cases but did not stop construction,” Reddy added. The encroached land is worth nearly 100 crore in the market. The question is how the illegal plots were registered in the first place, as well as how the constructions were completed. It’s a collaboration of various departments and local politicians, and it’s a textbook example of system failure.”

In 1984, Hyderabad Industries Ltd purchased 45 acres in Kukatpally from the government in order to build housing for factory workers.

At the time, the management submitted a layout plan to HUDA, dividing the land into 1,035 plots and allocating five acres in 12 locations for parks, schools, and other community purposes.

HUDA approved the layout plan in 1984.