‘Enemy properties in and around Hyderabad: MoS Bandi Sanjay directs officials to submit report by March
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Saturday directed the officials to complete the task of compilation of enemy properties in Hyderabad and parts of Telangana and submit the report by the end of March this year, according to his office.
The officials have asked to gather details including review of records and ground surveys related to enemy properties under the protection of the Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI).
The Indian government designated as ‘Enemy properties’ the assets belonging to individuals who migrated to Pakistan or China after the 1962 Sino-Indian War and the Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971 and acquired citizenship there.
The review meeting conducted at a hotel in Begumpet discussed the progress made so far on the task since the last review in November 2024.
The enemy properties spread across the districts of Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Kothagudem, and Vikarabad are estimated to be worth Rs. 10,000 crore.
The Union minister asked the officials to share details about enemy properties in Ranga Reddy district, particularly in Kotwal Guda and Miyapur, which comprise hundreds of acres, according to a statement from his office.
“Ranga Reddy District Collector Narayana Reddy provided an update on the progress, survey number-wise, noting that some properties had been encroached upon and others were occupied by farmers,” read the statement.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has directed officials to finalize the review and ground survey of enemy properties in Telangana by the end of March. Enemy properties are assets left by individuals who migrated to Pakistan or China and acquired… pic.twitter.com/eGkSdi60k0
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Regarding enemy properties in Bakaram, Hyderabad, officials reported that out of a disputed 25,503 square yards, 5,578 square yards belong to enemy properties, with 20 families currently occupying the land for residential and commercial purposes.
Similarly, in Rikab Gunj, Bahadurpura, 3,300 square yards of alleged enemy property were identified in survey numbers 710-724 and 778-784. Officials also mentioned a plot registered under DS Dyodi Galib, which lacked identifiable survey numbers and location details.
Additionally, in Palwancha, Kothagudem district, 40 acres of agricultural enemy property in survey numbers 126/111 and 126/112 were reportedly occupied by some farmers.
Officials reported that the enemy property in Allampalli, Vikarabad district, involving 17.22 acres in survey numbers 426, 427, and 428 was occupied by the Shubhaprada Patel Nooli family, with 2.18 acres acquired by the railway department for a railway line.
“Under Section 8A of the Enemy Property Act, the central government has the authority to sell these properties. However, many of these properties have been illegally occupied or are entangled in legal disputes,” read the statement.
The meeting was attended by CEPI officials from Delhi, Mumbai, Telangana Revenue Principal Secretary and CCLA Naveen Mittal, the minister’s secretary Andra Vamsi, Ranga Reddy District Collector Narayana Reddy, and revenue divisional officers from Hyderabad, Secunderabad, and Vikarabad.
