The Supreme Court upheld Telangana's ownership of the disputed 550-acre Miyapur plot. The verdict clears the way for the state to consider funding key public projects.Stock photo used for illustrationNewdelhi,Oct 30, 2026 17:56 ISTTelangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday said a Supreme Court verdict on a disputed plot in Hyderabad had protected state government property worth Rs 50,000 crore, news agency Press Trust of India reported.Reddy said the land would be used to raise resources for irrigation, education and healthcare.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, he said the state Cabinet would decide the next steps. "The Cabinet will discuss and take a call," he said.In its October 29 order, the Supreme Court ruled that the disputed land belonged to the Telangana government and rejected private ownership claims over about 550 acres and 39 guntas in Survey Nos. 100 and 101 of Serilingampally mandal, according to PTI.Reddy described the judgment on the Miyapur land as a "slap in the face" of the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi government and former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao.
He questioned the BRS's silence over the verdict and demanded a debate in the Assembly on land encroachment. The chief minister said the government had presented a strong case before the court and instructed officials to take steps to reclaim the land.
He said the government was planning to sell valuable land and use the proceeds for irrigation, education and healthcare.A Cabinet sub-committee on resource mobilisation would examine the proposed sale of land and the development projects that could be undertaken with the proceeds, he added. Reddy claimed that the government had protected land worth Rs 1.50 lakh crore from illegal occupation since 2023.
He said land at Gachibowli and Mamidipally had been saved from encroachment by BRS leaders after the government won a legal battle.Alleging that KCR, his family members and BRS leaders had tried to encroach upon valuable land in Hyderabad and elsewhere in Telangana, Reddy said he had fought land grabbing by the KCR family while serving as an MLA, MP and state Congress president. "The erstwhile BRS government developed a grudge against me and sent me to jail," he said.Reddy alleged that BRS working president K T Rama Rao, or KTR, had colluded with builders from Rayalaseema in an attempt to encroach upon 143 acres in Manchirevula. He said the government had protected the land and established a school there for the children of police personnel.He further alleged that KTR and members of the Bhalerao family had tried to misappropriate "IMG lands" in Kancha Gachibowli, but the government had stopped the attempt through a legal battle.The chief minister also alleged that KTR had tried to encroach upon forest land in Gurramguda.
He said the Supreme Court had ruled that the land belonged to the forest department.Reddy alleged that the previous government had given 400 acres of forest land in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district as a "gift" to an MLA who had defected to the BRS. The present government fought the case in the Supreme Court and secured the land, he said.
He added that land in Bhadradri Kothagudem district had also been protected from encroachment by BRS leaders.Reddy accused senior BRS leader T Harish Rao and his uncle Hanumantha Rao of obstructing officials from surveying encroached land allegedly held by the family and obtaining a stay order from a court.He said KCR and Harish Rao had filed cases concerning the Padmalaya Studios and Lanco lands in undivided Andhra Pradesh. "Why did they not take possession of these lands after coming to power?" he asked, alleging that the two had entered into an arrangement with the same people they had previously pursued after assuming office."KCR and KTR should mend their ways and stop land grabbing," Reddy said.The Supreme Court verdict confirmed the Telangana government's ownership of the disputed Hyderabad land, while the state government will decide how to use valuable land assets and deploy the proceeds for irrigation, education and healthcare.- Ends