The HMDA (Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority) has urged the Telangana High Court to initiate a police probe into a 49-acre Shamshabad land fraud case. The land belonged to Paigah estate connected to Nizam properties. The case involves alleged attachment of fake judgment copies from 1998 to gain land title. The case prompted the High Court bench, led by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe, to order a probe by the judicial registrar. Advocate General BS Prasad and the HMDA estate officer emphasized the need for a probe, citing instances where the Supreme Court ordered criminal investigations into similar cases of fraud on the court.
In a significant legal development, the HMDA (Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority) has petitioned the Telangana High Court, seeking an official police investigation into a complex 49-acre Shamshabad land fraud case. The land belonged to the Paigah estate and is connected to Nizam properties. The alleged fraud involves the attachment of purported judgment copies of the Court from 1998, which grant the petitioners the lands title.
The two petitioners, Mohammed Yahiya Qureshi of Falaknuma and Mohammed Moinuddin of Vattepally in Old City, claim ancestral ownership of the land parcels in question. They allege that the land was acquired from Paigah owners in a lawful manner and thus seek action against interference by HMDA and the police in their property.
A single judge, recognizing the connection of the land to Nizam properties, issued a status quo order and transferred both cases to the bench presided over by Chief Justice Alok Aradhe, who is overseeing Nizam-era property disputes.
Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice NV Shravan Kumar had previously heard the case. Advocate General BS Prasad contended that the petitioners, who allegedly used fabricated orders to secure interim orders from single judges, had no standing to seek further time from the court. Prasad highlighted the audacity of the petitioners in filing contempt cases against officials for not complying with these interim orders. Responding to the Advocate General’s assertions, the bench had ordered a probe by the judicial registrar.
HMDA estate officer, B Kishan Rao, submitted an additional affidavit during the hearing of one of the two writ petitions related to the case. HMDA has urged the high court to initiate a criminal investigation into land fraud. He stressed the need for a thorough criminal inquiry, referencing the high court registrar's findings that the copies of orders relied upon by the petitioner were deceptive. Rao also pointed to precedents where the Supreme Court had ordered criminal investigations into instances of fraud perpetrated on the court.
As the legal proceedings continue, the intricacies of the Shamshabad land fraud case highlight the deceptive practices in the realm of property disputes. A thorough and impartial investigation is a must to ascertain the truth and uphold the integrity of the judicial process.
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