Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Telangana High Court Orders on Land Regularisation, Estate Suit, Dogs
The Telangana High Court is a big courthouse in India that makes sure laws are followed.
A chief justice and a judge sat together to hear many different cases in one day.
In one case, the court told the state government to explain why land in Banjara Hills was sold very cheaply to the son and daughter of a former MP.
The government did not answer on time, so the court gave it one last chance and set a new date.
In another case, the Supreme Court paused a very old lawsuit about the estate of Nawab Salar Jung III that began in 1958.
The High Court is also checking whether farmland meant for poor people in Gajwel was wrongly turned into a housing layout.
In a sad case, a woman named Kameshwari Pidaparthi who kept 37 dogs in her apartment was told to find them a new home in two months.
The dogs had been taken away after neighbours complained about noise.
If she cannot find a home, the younger dogs will be offered for adoption.
The court also heard that five of the dogs died while at an animal shelter.
The Telangana High Court gave the state government a final three-week opportunity to file its stand on the regularisation of valuable government land in Banjara Hills in favour of former MP K. Keshava Rao's children.
The plots were regularised at ₹2,500 per square yard and ₹350 per square yard, while the petitioner said the applicable value under the policy was about ₹60,300 per square yard.
The Supreme Court stayed further proceedings in the 1958 suit over the estate of Nawab Salar Jung III pending before the Telangana High Court.
The High Court issued notices over allegations of illegal conversion of Bhoodan land in Gajwel, Siddipet district, into a residential layout.
The High Court gave Gachibowli resident Kameshwari Pidaparthi two months to find accommodation for 37 seized dogs, failing which the younger dogs would be given up for adoption.
- Who
- The Telangana High Court division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin, the Supreme Court, former MP K. Keshava Rao's son and daughter, and dog owner Kameshwari Pidaparthi.
- What
- Court orders covering the regularisation of Banjara Hills government land, a stay in the Nawab Salar Jung III estate suit, notices on Gajwel Bhoodan land encroachment, and a two-month deadline for rehoming 37 seized dogs.
- When
- At hearings held on Tuesday, with the land regularisation case to be heard again on September 3 and Kameshwari Pidaparthi's accommodation affidavit due by September 21.
- Where
- Telangana High Court, Hyderabad; the cases involve land in Banjara Hills and Gajwel (Siddipet district) and an apartment in Gachibowli.
- Why
- The government failed to comply with the court's December 10, 2025 direction to explain the regularisation, petitioners alleged violations of land policy and law, and the court acted over the welfare of the seized dogs.
Petitioners and critics
State government and beneficiaries
Banjara Hills land regularisation rates
Petitioners and critics
Petitioner Gadeela Raghuveer Reddy contended the regularisation at nominal rates violated the land regularisation policy and Article 14, as similarly placed applicants paid substantially higher amounts; the applicable value was claimed to be about ₹60,300 per square yard against a market value of several crores.
State government and beneficiaries
The state regularised the land in favour of the children of former MP K. Keshava Rao by invoking amendments relating to notified slum areas, and the court has asked the government to explain its stand and the action taken since December 10, 2025.
Seizure of 37 dogs from Gachibowli apartment
Petitioners and critics
Around 30 apartment residents complained about barking and nuisance, and the GHMC veterinary department directed the owner to shift the dogs or hand them to a recognised NGO.
State government and beneficiaries
Owner Kameshwari Pidaparthi called the dogs her 'children', denied cruelty allegations, and questioned the seizure from her three-bedroom apartment after keeping them for over 13 years.
- Court
- Telangana High Court (division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin)
- Government order challenged
- GO Ms. No. 56, revenue department, dated May 23, 2023
- Land regularised
- 1,161 sq yd for K. Venkateswara Rao at ₹2,500/sq yd; 425 sq yd for Vijayalaxmi Gadwal at ₹350/sq yd (Banjara Hills)
- Alleged applicable value
- Around ₹60,300 per square yard under the regularisation policy
- Next hearing
- September 3 (Banjara Hills case)
- Dogs
- 37 dogs seized from a Gachibowli apartment; kept at People For Animals centre, Nagole; five died during treatment
- Dogs deadline
- Owner must file an affidavit by September 21 on suitable accommodation
- Other cases
- SC stayed 1958 suit on Salar Jung III estate; notices issued over 3.34 acres of Bhoodan land in Gajwel