AP staff may lose plots
TS not to register plots in AP-natives’ names
AP-native staff, who worked in Secretariat in Hyderabad in undivided AP and moved to Amaravati after bifurcation of the state, are likely to lose house sites allotted to them in Hyderabad city by previous governments.
These house sites are yet to be registered in the name of these employees.
The TS government is making moves to cancel house sites citing the AP government’s recent proposal to allot house sites to its staff in Amaravati.
The TS government feels this amounts to the employees getting ‘double benefit’ and plans to cancel the same in city.
The house sites are in prime locations of the city, and their market value is anything between `80 lakh to `1 crore each.
Previous governments had allotted 173 acre to Secretariat employees in four different locations on the city outskirts. These land parcels now command huge values as they are located in prime areas like Gachibowli, Shamirpet, Neknampur and Gopanpally.
Though the house sites were allotted long ago, they were not registered in the name of the employees due to disputes between the staff.
TS employees are exerting pressure on the state government not to register the sites at this stage since the AP staff has moved to Amaravati and there is no need for the TS government to allot sites to them in Hyderabad.
“Membership was given to 3,200 Secretariat employees in undivided AP in the housing societies. Of them, nearly 2,000 are AP natives while TS employees are only 1,200. AP staff has now moved to Amaravati where the government has promised them to provide house sites or houses. They would derive double benefit if they are given house sites in Hyderabad. Why should TS government now allot sites to AP staff in Hyderabad?” asked A. Padma Chary, president, Telangana Udyogula Sangham, who has been taking up the issue with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for the past few months.
The CM responded positively and has stopped registration of the plots since the past two years despite some AP staff securing home loans from AP government to build houses on