A joint survey has found that about 400 acres of the 550-acre Miyapur government land parcel remain vacant, while roughly 150 acres are occupied by colonies and other structures, prompting Telangana authorities to move to secure the property after a Supreme Court ruling confirmed state ownership.
The land falls within survey numbers 100 and 101 in Miyapur. Rangareddy district authorities conducted the survey a day after the court ruled that the 550 acres belong to the Telangana government. Officials are now preparing to protect the vacant portion and assess how the larger parcel could be used.
Rangareddy district collector C Narayana Reddy told The Times of India that the revenue department and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority would protect the 400 acres of open land. He said the government would not take immediate action against existing structures, while a decision on the colonies would be taken by the state government.
The occupied portion includes Prashant Nagar, MA Nagar, Stalin Nagar and part of Deepthisri Nagar. Hundreds of buildings have already been constructed in these areas. Officials said some structures were built after obtaining permissions, while others are unauthorised. The government has, for now, decided not to allow any new construction within the disputed area.
The state is also considering preparing a layout and auctioning the prime land parcel to mobilise resources. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is expected to hold a meeting with revenue department and HMDA officials to discuss the land’s future. The outcome of that meeting will determine whether the property is retained for public purposes, developed through a formal layout or taken up for resource mobilisation.
Revenue officials said 445 acres of the 550-acre parcel had previously been allotted to HMDA for public purposes and resource mobilisation. However, prolonged litigation prevented the authority from using the land. The delay also left the property exposed to repeated encroachment attempts as the surrounding area developed.
Authorities said most of the property has now been fenced across a stretch of nearly 8 km. A small unfenced section is expected to be secured shortly. The immediate focus is to prevent further occupation while the government works out its plan for the land already covered by buildings and colonies.
The parcel had also become the site of an attempted mass occupation in June 2024. According to officials, between 2,000 and 2,500 people tried to occupy portions of the land and erect huts. Officials alleged that some participants had been brought from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka by middlemen, with the backing of local operators and a political party. Revenue and HMDA teams stopped the attempt.
Officials cited a similar challenge involving Bhoodan land in Kuntlur in Abdullapurmet mandal. A senior revenue official said more than 2,000 huts had been built across about 50 acres during the 2023 Assembly election, after middlemen allegedly divided and sold plots of 60 to 80 square yards to low-income buyers. The official said the government now faces difficulty evicting occupants from that land.
For the Miyapur parcel, the next formal step is a meeting between the chief minister and the revenue and HMDA departments. Until the state takes a decision on the existing colonies, authorities will continue protecting the vacant land and will not permit new construction in the two survey numbers.
