The YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is contemplating approaching the Supreme Court to challenge the interim order issued by the Andhra Pradesh High Court which directed the government to stop construction of houses for weaker sections in the R-5 zone of Amaravati.
Soon after a three-member bench of the high court delivered its judgement, Jagan held a meeting with his senior party leaders and legal experts to discuss the possibilities of moving the Supreme Court.
He asked the legal experts to study the HC judgement in detail and come up with the proposal to move the apex court. He directed that under any circumstances, the housing project should not be stalled, he said.
In fact, within an hour of the high court passing the orders, the officials stopped all the construction works at Krishnayapalem village in R-5 zone and sent the workers out.
The entire area has been sealed to prevent any outsiders, including Amaravati farmers from entering the area.
The government only recently began the construction of the houses after the chief minister handed over the house-site pattas to the beneficiaries.
However, on Thursday, a three-member bench of the high court ssued interim orders to stop the construction work in the R-5 zone.
Farmers of the capital region and others challenged the Government Order creating an R-5 zone for construction of houses for ‘outsiders’.
Ignoring the protest by farmers, Jagan laid the foundation stone for the construction of 50,793 houses for the poor in the CRDA region on July 24.
He said that the government is spending Rs 1829.57 crore on this project, out of which Rs 1371.41 crore will be incurred for the construction of houses and Rs 384.42 crore towards infrastructure facilities like roads, electricity and drinking water.