Telangana High Court grants interim stay on N Convention demolition
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has issued an interim order halting the demolition of N Convention in Hyderabad, following a plea from the convention’s management. Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection (HYDRAA) razed N- Convention owned by actor Nagarjuna Akkineni on Saturday.
Justice T. Vinod Kumar, who is presiding over the case, granted the stay, temporarily stopping the actions of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Authority (HYDRAA), which had initiated the demolition.
Earlier taking to X (formerly twitter) Tollywood actor Nagarjuna Akkineni termed the demolition as ‘unlawful’ and reiterated to approach court on the same. In a statement released Nagarjuna, said, “No notice was issued prior to carrying out the demolition this morning. As a law-abiding citizen, if the Court before which the matter is pending had decided against me, I would have carried out the demolition myself. I am placing this on record for the purpose of correcting any public misimpression about wrongful constructions or encroachment by us,” said Nagarjuna.
Pained by the unlawful manner of demolition carried out in respect of N Convention, contrary to existing stay orders and Court cases.
I thought it fit to issue this statement to place on record certain facts for protecting my reputation and to indicate that we have not done any…— Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) August 24, 2024
“We would be seeking appropriate relief from the Court in relation to the wrong actions carried out by the authorities,” stressed Nagarjuna.
It is pertinent to be noted that in 2014, GHMC conducted a survey of Thammidi Kunta lake in Madhapur. During the survey the officials found that N Convention Centre, jointly owned by Actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and Nalla Preetham Reddy, has encroached 3.12 acres of Thammidi Kunta. In 2014, a team of Irrigation and Revenue officials marked the full tank level (FTL) and buffer zone at Thammidi Kunta. According to the Executive Engineer (north tank division) the FTL area of the pond is 29.24 acres and has a buffer zone of 30 meters. In the survey, it was found that 3.12 acres – 1.12 acre around the FTL and two acres of buffer zone – was encroached by the N Convention Centre located in the center of Hi-Tech city in Hyderabad.
