Eatala Rajender, aides likely to get notices on temple land encroachment

HYDERABAD: After the high court found fault with Medak district collector’s report on assigned land encroachment allegedly by former minister Eatala Rajender’s firm Jamuna Hatcheries, the state government is going slow on the alleged encroachment of endowments land by Eatala and his associates in Devaryamjal village in Shamirpet on the outskirts of the city.
Though the IAS officers’ committee got into the action immediately to probe 1,521 acres of land falling into encroachers’ hands, the government is reportedly considering serving notices on Eatala and his associates who are allegedly in possession of the controversial land before initiating any action, sources said.The land belongs to Sri Seetha Rama Swamy temple, endowments officials said.
The committee headed by panchayat raj department secretary M Raghunandan Rao with Nalgonda district collector Prashant Jeevan Patil, Mancherial district collector Bharati Hollikari and Medchal-Malkajgiri district collector Swetha Mohanty as its members visited the site on Monday and also on Tuesday and called for records. The committee members even went to the revenue divisional officer offices at Keesara and Malkajgiri on Tuesday and went through the records.
Official sources said many of the land claimants, including Eatala, had constructed godowns on the controversial land and leased them out to private persons. There are as many as 50 godowns in the area. “The state government has asked the committee to submit the report at the earliest. But, it may take a couple of days to complete the procedures. The committee has also sought records from the endowment department,” sources in the government said.