The High Court of Telangana on Thursday settled the claim of the oustees who lost their houses owing to the Kondapochamma Sagar reservoir, which is part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP).
Court directed the oustees to accept compensation as per the amended Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2017.
The direction came from bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek Reddy, on a petition filed by Mangavva and several other families from Kochchaguttapalli village of Siddipet district who had been displaced from their houses because the land was being acquired for construction of Ananthgiri Reservoir as part of Kaleshwaram mega irrigation project.
The families had alleged that the revenue officials and Police officials took forced consent of the residents to vacate the land and no compensation was paid for the same.
The bench has further directed the Siddipet District Collector to allow the ousted families to shift to the resettlement colony till May 1.
The bench has listed the matter for next hearing on April 27 for considering petition by persons who lost their lands under the project.
–India Legal Bureau