Hyderabad: Questioning why a villa association with five dedicated park areas would attempt to encroach on adjacent private land, Justice T Vinod Kumar of the Telangana high court has dismissed the claim made by the Villa Springs House Owners Association over eight guntas of land at Kowkur near Alwal.
The disputed land belongs to landowners B Mutyalu and others, who originally held 11 acres, a portion of which – 7.29 acres – was sold to a developer who built the Villa Springs project, comprising 110 villas.
The remaining land was sold in parts, and V Monika Devi acquired two acres and five guntas from this leftover extent. Despite having no documented rights, some association members, including Nixon Nathan, allegedly began pressuring Monika and her staff to surrender eight guntas of her land for use as a play area.
The association even approached a magistrate court in Medchal Malkajgiri and obtained an injunction order against Monika.
Challenging this, she moved the district court, which ruled in her favour, holding that the association’s claim was untenable and unsupported by any legal right.
The association then filed a civil revision petition in the high court.
Justice Vinod Kumar summoned the land records and directed the original landowners, their legal heirs, and the developer to appear and present the facts. All parties clarified that the villa association had no claim over Monika’s land. The developer informed the court that all common areas, including roads and five parks, were handed over to the GHMC after project completion.
The association claimed to have used the disputed land as a play area for 17 years based on an MoU signed in 2015, but the judge found that it was an unregistered document, lacking legal validity. Moreover, it only permitted temporary use of three guntas, not eight, and even that was revoked by the landowner before the land was sold to Monika.
Further weakening the association’s case, the court said that association leaders, including Nixon Nathan, are facing eight criminal FIRs related to assault and vandalism on Monika’s property – matters currently being heard by a separate bench.
Finding no merit or legal basis in the association’s plea, Justice Vinod Kumar dismissed the revision petition, stating that the association had failed to establish any grounds for interference by the high court.
