Mythrivanam land scam: FIR registered against Rosaiah

Following orders by the Special Court for Anti-Corruption cases, a FIR was formally lodged on Wednesday naming Former Chief Minister K Rosaiah and 13 others as respondents the alleged irregularities in the allotment of land worth around Rs 200 crore at Mythrivanam in Ameerpet.

The ACB registered the case against Mr Rosaiah and others after the Court had said that a case can be made against the government had violated rules by withdrawing from acquiring land extending to 9 acres and 14 guntas located in survey numbers 26, 30, 41, 42, 42 and 44 and subsequently transferring this land to the persons named in the complaint.

The court directed the ACB to register cases against the those involved under Prevention of Corruption Action IPC 406, 420, 409 under sections 11, 12 and 13.

An advocate, Mohanlal, had filed a petition on December 21 and the Court had directed the registration of the FIR. The petition had pointed out to the Court that the government had violated the rules while allotting the land which was in its custody to a private party by Mr Rosaiah when he was the chief minister of state.

The court had on Monday directed the ACB to submit a report on the issue before January 28.

Rosaiah allegedly denotified the said property in Ameerpet and handed over the property to a private developer for the construction of a commercial complex.

According to the petitioner, the land was bought by GN Naidu and a few others from the landowners in 1997 after the land acquisition notification was issued.

However in 2010, following a representation from Mr Naidu, the state government withdrew the land acquisition notification and handed over the land to the builder in an unlawful manner, the petitioner alleged. Mr Mohanlal had also pointed out that the land was under the possession of HMDA (then HUDA) since May 10, 2004. He further said that the government had violated the existing rules of the Land Acquisition Act by re-allotting it since the compensation was already paid and it had taken possession.

The petitioner said the even the Andhra Pradesh High Court had earlier rejected the representations of Naidu and maintained that the land once acquired could not be given back.