Hyderabad, July 7 -- The Telangana High Court on Monday, July 6, ordered status quo on the building housing the Fatima Owaisi Educational Institution, linked to the Owaisi family, directing that no coercive action be taken until further orders.

The order came after the Salar-e-Millat Educational Trust, which runs the institution, filed a lawsuit motion petition alleging that officials of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) were attempting to demolish the building.

Hearing the matter, Justice B Vijaysen Reddy directed that the building be maintained in its present condition, noting that the trust had already applied for regularisation of the structure under the Building Regularisation Scheme (BRS).

Notices issued to GHMC ...