A House Committee of the Telangana Assembly will be constituted to go into misuse of assigned, temple, wakf, church, bhoodan and urban ceiling surplus lands in the State in the backdrop of allegations against Telangana Congress committee president Ponnala Laxmaiah that the hatcheries owned by him and his brother wrongfully enjoyed 8.39 acres of land assigned to SCs at Rampur village near Warangal.
The announcement of the House panel by Speaker S. Madhusudhana Chary was the culmination of a detailed debate in the Assembly on the lands of Mr. Laxmaiah. Mr. Chary said the committee will be constituted with floor leaders of all parties and today’s discussions will form the basis for its terms of reference.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao requested the Speaker to constitute the committee going by the mood of the House. He said 1.90 lakh acres of uncultivable land which was assigned by previous governments to SCs, STs, BCs and other poorer sections was found to be in wrong hands in the State. He said violation of provisions of assigned land legislation was proved in Mr. Laxmaiah’s case.
