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The Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has written to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy alleging abnormal hold by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department successful acting against officials progressive successful tampering and amerciable registration of temple onshore successful Malkajgiri.
In its missive dated October 10, 2025, FGG president M. Padmanabha Reddy said 9 officials, including 7 from the GHMC, a tahsildar, and a sub-registrar, had successful 2003 conspired to forge onshore records of Sri Jayagiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple successful Malkajgiri. The forged papers were allegedly utilized to registry the onshore successful the sanction of a backstage contractor, with GHMC municipality readying unit aboriginal sanctioning gathering permissions connected the aforesaid land.
The Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) Department initiated an enquiry and submitted its study successful 2014. The study recommended transgression cases against 2 officers, departmental proceedings against the remaining officials, and cancellation of gathering permissions issued connected the temple land. It besides advised that nary permissions beryllium issued for crippled fig 24 and that unfastened spaces and communal areas beryllium verified.
Accepting the recommendations, the authorities issued directions to the GHMC Commissioner done a missive dated November 7, 2014, to enactment connected the V&E report. However, the FGG said nary enactment has been taken since, and the enquiry study has been “kept successful acold storage”.
“The offence took spot successful 2003 and MA&UD Department is inactive not capable to finalise the case, Mr. Reddy said, adding that the section appears to beryllium protecting some the contractor and the officials named successful the report. He accused the section of deliberately diverting the contented by repeatedly seeking caller proposals from the Revenue and Town Planning departments to hold proceedings.
According to the FGG, the 7 officials who forged temple onshore records should person been suspended instantly aft the V&E report. However, the MA&UD Department has neither suspended them nor provided updates connected the disciplinary process. Requests filed by the forum seeking accusation were reportedly denied for six years connected the grounds that disclosure would “hamper further action”.
Mr. Reddy urged the Chief Minister to bid an enquiry into the reasons for the abnormal hold and nonstop the MA&UD Department to guarantee swift disposal of the V&E report.
