Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are heading for a clash over the possession of buildings in Hyderabad, which is no longer a common capital.
On June 2, Telangana would be ready to take charge of AP-owned buildings as the other state has demanded its share in 12 institutions and buildings that do not appear in AP’s schedule IX or Schedule X. One such building is Vaidya Vidhana Parishad building at Koti which APPD claims belongs to them.
In response, Telangana claimed that it had no right to those properties. These properties are valued at hundreds of crores by some insiders; however, neither country seems willing to let go of its ownership claim.
Recently Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy conducted a review meeting with officials asking them to list out these assets which should be taken over from AP after Greater Hyderabad officially becomes the capital of Telangana on June 2nd.
According to official sources AP initially contemplated taking stake in 32 Institutions and other assets within Greater Hyderabad but this was narrowed down to 12 because many have become non-existent or shut now. The twelve institutions include Octopus Building and Land in Gandipet, HACA Bhavan, Pharmacy Board and Real Estate Office Building in Khairatabad, Horticulture Building in Red Hills etc.
AP fights back against unlisted asset claims
Some days after Hyderabad stopped being a joint capital, Andhra Pradesh seized control of twelve institutions and buildings not mentioned anywhere on Schedules Nine and Ten of the AP Reorganization Act. This move caused severe reaction in Telangana. A few such structures fall under technical control of Andhra Pradesh like Bureau for Economics & Statistics.
Telangana government started looking into various assets owned by the AP government; during the asset audit it was found that up to 56 major buildings along with another set of 590 staff quarters were owned including IAS officer building AP Greater Hyderabad. Sources said IAS officers assigned to AP are accommodated in 34 quarters in Begumpet’s Kundanbagh, 21 quarters in Banjara Hills IAS and IPS quarters and four quarters in Panjagutta quarters.
AP Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad had a meeting with officials in Hyderabad on national assets issue few days ago.
Reports say that AP first targeted Lake View Hotel, CID building Masab Tank and Hermitage building Adarshnagar in Telangana.
Telangana officials said Schedule IX and X assets need to be separated and the tenure of the Schedule IX Institutional Committee headed by Sheela Bhide ended a few years ago. Some institutions under Schedule IX and Schedule X are pending before the courts. training institutions) should be brought under Telangana.
