High Court extends stay on demolition of Telangana secretariat till July 17

Hyderabad : The Telangana High Court on Thursday extended the temporary stay on demolition of buildings of the state secretariat till July 17.
A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy, hearing a petition filed by Prof P L Vishweshwar Rao and Dr. Cheruku Sudhakar, had on July 10 ordered stay on the demolition till July 13.
Later the stay was extended till July 15 directing the government to submit the state cabinet resolution on the demolition in a sealed cover.
Again on Wednesday it extended the stay by one day.
The petitioners alleged that the demolition of the present secretariat complex consisting of 10 blocks, approximately 10 lakh sq ft, was being done without following the due procedure of law.
The government’s act is against the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules 2016, Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, and the Environment Protection Act 1986, among other laws, the petitioners alleged.