HYDERABAD: The
Telangana high court
on Wednesday stayed the ongoing proceedings against MAUD minister KT Rama Rao filed before the National Green Tribunal (
NGT), Chennai, by Congress MP A Revanth Reddy.
A bench of Justice A Rajasheker Reddy and Justice P Naveen Rao gave this interim order after hearing a petition filed by
KTR who described the petition as politically motivated and far from the truth. The bench stayed the proceedings before NGT and issued notices to the state and Revanth and adjourned the case.
Senior counsel S Niranjan Reddy, who appeared for the minister, told the bench that the farmhouse at Janwada does not belong to the minister. “None of the records in the revenue department shows the minister as the owner... and yet NGT chooses to issue a notice to KTR,” the counsel said.
Owner of the building, B Pradeep Reddy, too filed a separate plea before the court.
KTR’s counsel also brought to the notice of the court, the case booked against Revanth for making baseless allegations in the matter.