Film director Raghavendra set to lose state land

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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad district administration is moving to take back vacant land belonging to the family of ace director K. Raghavendra Rao and of the late music director Chakravarthi.Hyderabad collector M.K. Meena has written to the state government to permit revenue authorities to take back about two acres of land adjacent the Cinemax belonging to Raghavendra Rao. The vacant land is presently used for parking.
The government is also taking back other pieces of vacant land allotted to Anand Cine Services (three acres), Blue Cross run by former actor Amala Akkineni (half-an-acre), Film Development Corporation (20 acres) and to the Human Resources Development Institute (1,247 square metres). District officials have also sought permission to resume lands allotted to Padmalaya Studios and various publication houses.
“We will give priority to resume vacant land adjacent to Cinemax. The government has declared that Cinemax is illegal but it is a complicated issue to resume lands where structures have come up,” said an official. Sources said the move is part of an initiative taken by chief commissioner of land administration I.Y.R. Krishna Rao to protect state land.Move to fence all government landSources told this newspaper that the move is part of an initiative taken by Chief Commissioner of Land Administration I.Y.R. Krishna Rao to protect government land.A massive exercise has been launched to survey all government lands that are vacant and have been not allotted to anyone, as well those that have been allotted but are being misused or are unutilised.
A partial survey has revealed that 426 acres of government land worth Rs 7,684 crore is vacant in the city. These lands are to be immediately walled or fenced in to prevent encroachments.In Ranga Reddy district, 7,442 acres allotted to various organisations have so far been surveyed of which 3,676 acres were found to be vacant. Violation of allotment conditions were found in 922 acres.
Revenue officers had reclaimed land given to the SBH on  Road No: 46, Jubilee Hills. About 2,000 square yards was allotted to the bank in 2007 for an office building which was to come up within a year no building was constructed.
Though SBH moved the High Court and got the government orders set aside, the state will continue the legal battle, sources said.