Government Faces Backlash Over 30-Year Lease Of Telangana Urdu Academy Land To Private Firm
Hyderabad, July 27: TheTelangana government’s Minorities Welfare Departmenthas sparked widespread controversy following the issuance of aGovernment Order (G. O. Ms. No. 20)granting a 30-year lease of Telangana. . .
Hyderabad, July 27: TheTelangana government’s Minorities Welfare Departmenthas sparked widespread controversy following the issuance of aGovernment Order (G. O. Ms. No. 20)granting a 30-year lease of Telangana Urdu Academy land to a private developer. The land parcel, measuring 1. 04 guntas (5,220 square yards), is located in Survey No. 29 atDargah Hussain Shah Wali VillageinSerilingampally Mandal,Rangareddy District. AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisiraised strong objections to the move, taking to social media to urge Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to cancel the order immediately. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp According to the order signed on July 16, 2026, by B. Shafiullah, Secretary to the Government, permission was accorded to lease the property to M/s. N. N. Infra & Constructions, Hyderabad, on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. The State Government’s Minority Affairs Secretary has issued a Government Order leasing 5,220 square yards of land belonging to the Urdu Academy to a private company for 30 years. The Secretary has no power to do so. Such a decision must be approved by@TelanganaCSafter issuing…pic. twitter. com/9uIafjfzFj— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi)July 27, 2026The lease conditions specify that the lessee will construct an “Urdu-Ghar-Cum-Shadikhana and Commercial Complex” at their own cost, without financial commitment from the state government or the Urdu Academy. Owaisi alleges procedural violations and demands immediate cancellation Highlighting the lack of procedural compliance,Owaisipointed out that the Minorities Welfare Secretary lacks the authority to unilaterally make such decisions. He emphasized that leasing state institutional land requires high-level executive approval from theChief Secretary,alongside issuing a public notice to invite suggestions and objections from the community—a step that was completely bypassed. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp ”The Secretary has no power to do so… This entire procedure has been bypassed. This order must be cancelled at the earliest,” Owaisi stated in his tweet addressed to CM Revanth Reddy and Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari. Critics and community leaders argue that bypassing public notices compromises transparency and sets a concerning precedent for public properties, despite clauses in the order stating that ownership rights remain with theUrdu Academy.