High Court orders Andhra Pradesh government to implement CRDA Act
The Hindu
The judgment comes in the wake of the State government withdrawing the two acts — The A.P. Decentralisation Act and the CRDA repeal act in November 2021
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has directed the Government of Andhra Pradesh to take all decisions in accordance with Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and complete the works included in the CRDA master plan within six months.
A three judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Justice Prasanth Kumar Mishra on March 3 gave the final judgment after hearings in case relating to petitions filed by land owners of Amaravati against the State government’s decision to have three Capitals.
The judgment comes in the wake of the State government withdrawing the two acts — The A.P. Decentralisation Act and the CRDA repeal act in November 2021.
However, the High Court continued the hearing after some petitioners contended that there are still some issues relating to CRDA act, including transfer of developer plots to land owners who have given away their farm lands, development or basic infrastructure and mortgaging of lands in banks.
The HC has also ordered that the State government should submit timely reports on the development of capital region, farmers should be given developer plots within three months and there should be no diversion of lands for other purposes.
They will be installed at strategic locations, under the safe city project, to help in traffic management, monitor any untoward incident like road rage, hit-and-run, harassment of women, and other law and order issues round the clock. The cameras linked to the command centre can also be used for both law and order and traffic management, the officials added.