Hyderabad: Three people who filed written petitions in the high-profile Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali Dargah case withdrew their applications from the Supreme Court. They have said they will now submit their petitions to the Telangana High Court.
The process they mentioned to withdraw their petitions is unclear.
The case after a prolonged interruption is regularly heard in the Supreme Court. The latest trial took place on Thursday in front of a bench consisting of Judge Hemant Gupta and Judge V Ramasubramanian of the 11th Court.
There are 11 civil appeals attached to the case. The withdrawal of three persons who have submitted written petitions reduces the number of cases to eight. The three petitioners claimed more than 250 acres.
Those who made the Telangana State Wakf Board respondents include Lanco Hills Technology Park Pvt. Ltd, and Maulana Azad National Urdu University.
The Telangana State Wakf Council has as lawyer on record Ejaz Maqbool, and senior lawyer Huzefa Ahmedi and others. The last time of successive hearings in the case was Tuesday to Thursday.
More details are awaited on Thursday’s developments.
The Telangana State Wakf Council was in the news recently due to the hasty and unceremonious repatriation of Ilyas Ahmed, a Tehsildar level official who was actively working on the Dargah Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali case. General Secretary Somesh Kumar, who is also chief commissioner of land administration, last week issued orders to withdraw Ilyas’ delegation to the board.
The Dargah Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali land is spread over 1,654 acres which according to the Council is Waqf. However, the previous governments in Andhra Pradesh and later Telangana unpacked the entire property and either sold it or donated it to various organizations. About 800 hectares of this land still remain intact although owned by the government and some private parties.
Before coming to power, the TRS government promised to withdraw its cases in the Supreme Court. However, it did not keep its promises.
Source: The Siasat Daily