HC stays demolition of Telangana secretariat till July 13
July 10, 2020  15:29
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Three days after the state government began demolishing secretariat buildings in Hyderabad to construct a new one at the same site, the Telangana High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on knocking them down till Monday. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy was hearing a petition filed by Prof P L Vishweshwar Rao and Dr Cheruku Sudhakar.

The petitioners alleged that demolishing the 10 block secretariat complex of approximately 10 lakh square feet was being done without following the due procedure of law. 

The government act is against the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules 2016, the Provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act,1897 and provisions of the Environment Protection Act,1986, among other laws,the petitioners alleged. -- PTI
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