HC directs Telangana govt not to demolish secretariat

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Feb 12 2020 | 6:06 PM IST

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the State government not to go ahead with the demolition of buildings in the existing secretariat until further orders.

The bench headed by Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Abhishek Reddy were hearing a bunch of petitions against the demolition of the existing secretariat causing "unnecessary burden" on the exchequer.

The petitioners informed the court that the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led government was trying to demolish the existing administrative complex also on the basis of "vaastu."

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First Published: Feb 12 2020 | 6:06 PM IST

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