The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave three weeks’ time to the Telugu Desam Party to file a counter on the construction of the party state head office at Mangalagiri in violation of environmental norms.
A division bench of the apex court comprising Justice Rohington F Nariman, Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Krishna Murari also served notices on the Andhra Pradesh government and erstwhile AP Capital Region Development Authority to file their counters and adjourned the hearing for three weeks.
The SC bench was hearing a petition filed by YSR Congress party MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy challenging the high court order which struck down his petition questioning the allotment of land to the TDP office in Mangalagiri of Guntur district in violation of environmental regulations.
On behalf of Ramakrishna Reddy, senior counsels Prashant Bhushan and Ramesh appeared in the Supreme Court. They said the previous government had issued a government order (GO Ms No. 228 of June 22, 2017), allocating 3.65 acres of land belonging to Vagu Poramboku under Atmakuru for on lease for 99 years for the construction of a TDP office.
The counsels submitted that permission was given for constructions against the rules, which is illegal and unconstitutional and against the rules of law already laid down by the Supreme Court and the High Court. They said the regulations were violated despite the ban on allocating water resources and lands associated with them.