Hyderabad: The state government on Monday appointed a committee of officials led by Panchayat Raj and commissioner for rural development, M Raghunandan Rao, to investigate the alleged encroachment on endowment lands belonging to the Sri Seetha Rama Swamy temple in the town of Devaryamjal belongs to the Shamirpet mandate of the Medchal Malkajgiri district. It is alleged that former Minister Eatala Rajender and other individuals occupied a large plot of more than 1,521 hectares belonging to the temple, valued at more than Rs 1 000 million.
Other members of the committee of officers are District Collector Nalgonda, Prashanth Jeevan Patil, District Collector Bharathi Holikeri in Mancherial, and Swetha Mohanty, District Collector Medchal Malkajgiri.
In the orders issued, General Secretary Somesh Kumar instructed the commission of officers to conduct a detailed investigation and submit a report on the details of the intruders and the country entered, the nature of the burglary and the current use, the details of the documents owned by the burglar. , details of permits if any issued by any government body, violations of existing government regulations, extent of vacant land, extent of land exceeded by the nominee and the influential persons behind it, and extent of loss of revenue for the temple. The committee was instructed to submit its report as soon as possible and to recommend the necessary action in this regard.
The state government has ordered an investigation into allegations of land grabs following several complaints from local people informing about large-scale violations and illegal transactions with the temple in Devaryamjal. The same was reported in a few newspapers on May 2, saying that certain individuals illegally occupied large parts of the temple lands in their own names as well as naming names, and defrauded such a large amount.
value properties. It has also been reported that large constructions were made on these lands without any valid permits and in violation of various laws.
Source: Telangana Today