The judgement by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, refusinig to grant stay on the distribution of housing plots in Amaravati capital zone for the landless poor from other parts of the state is believed to be a big boost to chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The judgement cleared the hurdle for the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government to go ahead with the programme on May 18.
Acting on a special leave petition filed by the farmers of Amaravati challenging the creation of a separate Residential Zone (R-5) within the capital region, a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice K M Joseph said it cannot stop the government from allotment of plots to the poor.
The bench, however, made certain modifications in the judgement of the state high court which earlier refused to stop the land allotments.
Justice Joseph said the patta issued for the economically weaker sections in Electronic City (R-5 Zone) by the impugned notification is subject to the directions and orders in the writ petitions which have been filed on the capital issue.
“Accordingly, we direct the AP Capital Region Development Authority, while issuing pattas, with directions as the case is in pending in Supreme Court that it should not take up any constructions, if any under EWS scheme,” the judge said.
The judge said the patta holders would not be entitled to special equities and they would not create any third-party rights, which means they cannot sell the assigned house sites.
Despite all these conditions, the distribution of pattas in Amaravati would definitely fetch huge mileage to the Jagan Mohan Reddy government and the ruling YSR Congress party.
“The allotment of 1134.59 acres of land located in 20 different layouts in Amaravati for the construction of 48,218 houses for the poor people belonging to Krishna and Guntur districts, is a very bold step and would definitely help garner votes of more than 2.5 lakh people in these two districts,” an analyst said.
Taking the Supreme Court order as the precedent, the Jagan government might earmark more land in Amaravati to the weaker sections from other parts of the state. This would bring massive support to the ruling party in the next elections, the analyst added.
