Rs 100cr land for a pittance

The state government has issued orders for rationalisation of land alienated to Panineeya Samskrutha Vidyalaya at Gaddiannaram in Dilshuknagar for Rs 15 lakh. The Hyderabad real estate market value of the land is estimated at Rs 100 crore. The Trust faces allegations that it is using the land for non-specified purposes.In the AP Legislative Council on Friday the revenue minister, Mr Dharmana Prasada Rao, said orders were issued to collect Rs 1.5 lakh per acre for rationalising of 10.13 acres of land. Mr Rao said that the land was being rationalised on par with educational institutes like BITS-Pilani, Georgia Tech University and Tata Institute. During the question hour, Council members demanded that the land should be taken back from the institute as it has established colleges contrary to the original objective.

Mr B. Kamalaker Rao said, "The land was supposed to be used for propagation of Vedas and Sanskrit. However they have set up B.Ed, M.Ed and other colleges. The vigilance department recommended that the government review the land alienation." Mr Puvvada Nageswara Rao, demanded that the government take back the land if it is not used for the original purpose. The revenue minister said, "They are running a CBSE school and they have Sanskrit as one of the subjects. They have secured permission time to time from the government."The trust has asked for a dental college. They have also changed the name of trust, the minister said.

The government in 1974 and 1983 alienated 10 acres 13 guntas in Survey No. 103 at Gaddiannaram village in Saroornagar mandal in favour of Panineeya Sanskrit College Trust.According to the conditions, the trust would have to pay land revenue. The value of land would be treated as contribution of the government and the land should be utilised for the purpose for which it was allotted within five years. The utilisation plan should be approved by the government in the concerned administrative department.The minister told the Legislative Council that the vigilance and enforcement department had recommended review of the orders issued in terms of objective of the trust deed. It also suggested the review of orders on the condition of alienation of land and to initiate action to collect market value of the land from the Trust management.