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Hyderabad, Sept. 20

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday granted a stay restraining Lanco Hills and Emmar Properties from construction in a 400-acre site located in the Manikonda village near Hyderabad.

Mr Justice V. Eshwaraiah delivered these interim orders today in a writ petition filed by Mr M.A. Rahman, Member of Legislative Council of Telangana Rashtriya Samithi, who had claimed that the lands belonged to Dargah Hazarat Hussian Shah Vali.

The petitioner had claimed that these lands were Wakf property and they were allotted to these companies by the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) on the ground that they belonged to the State.

The petitioner had alleged that the APIIC allotted these lands without authority and named Emmar Properties, Lanco Hills, Microsoft, Infosys Technologies, Wipro, VJIL and Polaris among beneficiaries.

The court granted an interim stay following the petitioner plea seeking the court intervention to restrain Lanco and Emmar from executing their projects. Lanco Hills was planning investment of over $1 billion, including the move to erect a 112 storey residential complex.

The State Government and the APIIC had contended that these were Government lands and that after abolition of Jagirs these vested with the Government.

The Judge was of the opinion that it is not open for the Government to dispute that said property does not belong to Dargah and referred the matter to a Division Bench which is hearing matters related to these issues.

Meanwhile, when contacted, an official spokesperson of Lanco said that they would appeal against the order seeking a stay.

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