Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Telangana High Court Issues Orders in Waqf, Defection, Land Cases
The Telangana High Court handled three different disputes.
In one case, four trusts said their properties should not be controlled under the Waqf Act.
The court temporarily asked a government official to manage the properties and collect rent from 452 tenants.
The rent must stay in a special bank account until the court gives more instructions.
In another case, the court delayed its decision about whether MLA Danam Nagender should lose his seat.
The decision is now expected on September 18.
In a third case, people said officials interfered with land near the US Consulate General office.
The court told officials not to enter the land and allowed only blue tin-sheet fencing.
The Telangana High Court directed the minority welfare principal secretary to supervise four trusts and collect rent from 452 tenants.
The collected rents must be deposited in an escrow account pending further court orders.
The court postponed its decision on petitions challenging the Speaker’s refusal to disqualify MLA Danam Nagender, with the ruling due September 18.
Rangareddy officials and a Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation official appeared in a contempt case concerning three acres at Nanakramguda.
Officials were barred from entering the disputed land, while petitioners were allowed to install blue tin sheets but not build walls or structures.
- Who
- The Telangana High Court, four trusts, government officials, MLA Danam Nagender, and petitioners in the Nanakramguda land dispute.
- What
- The court issued interim directions in a trust-rent dispute, postponed a disqualification ruling, and set temporary conditions for disputed land.
- When
- The trust-management order was issued while the petition was being heard; the disqualification decision was postponed to September 18; the alleged land incident occurred in October 2025.
- Where
- The cases were heard by the Telangana High Court and concern properties in Telangana, including Nanakramguda near the US Consulate General office in Hyderabad.
- Why
- The matters involved challenges to Waqf control of trust properties, objections to the Speaker’s decision on disqualification, and allegations that officials interfered with court-protected land.
Petitioners and Trusts
Government Bodies and Respondents
Control of trust properties
Petitioners and Trusts
The trusts argue that their properties are outside the Waqf Act after the April 8, 2025 amendment and allege financial irregularities by the Telangana State Waqf Board.
Government Bodies and Respondents
The Telangana State Waqf Board had taken over direct management of the properties from January 17, 2012; the High Court ordered interim government supervision and rent collection.
Danam Nagender’s disqualification
Petitioners and Trusts
BJP Legislature Party leader Aleti Maheshwar Reddy and BRS MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy asked the High Court to overturn the Speaker’s decision and disqualify Nagender under the anti-defection law.
Government Bodies and Respondents
The Speaker, acting as chairman of the Tenth Schedule Tribunal, declined to disqualify Nagender; the High Court has not yet announced its decision.
Nanakramguda land access
Petitioners and Trusts
The petitioners allege that revenue staff, police, and the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation entered the land, removed fencing, and threatened them over the contempt cases.
Government Bodies and Respondents
The officials appeared before the court and presented their submissions; the court imposed restrictions on both sides by barring officials from entering and barring petitioners from constructing walls or buildings.
- Trust tenants
- 452 tenants are presently occupying properties of the four trusts.
- Rent arrangement
- Collected rents must be deposited in an escrow account at a nationalised bank until further orders.
- Waqf dispute
- The trusts contend that their properties are outside the Waqf Act after its amendment effective April 8, 2025.
- Disqualification case
- The High Court’s decision on petitions seeking Danam Nagender’s disqualification was postponed to September 18.
- Land involved
- The contempt case concerns three acres at Nanakramguda in Serilingampally mandal, Rangareddy district.
- Land restrictions
- Officials were barred from entering the land, while petitioners could erect blue tin sheets without disturbing the US Consulate General office.