Hyderabad, July 27 -- The Telangana High Court has imposed a Rs 3 lakh penalty on a property owner for constructing unauthorised portions of a building in Hyderabad.

Justice Bollam Vijaysen Reddy passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Aruna Agarwal, a resident of Alkapur Township in Neknampur Village, Gandipet.

Extra floors built without approval

According to the case, municipal authorities had directed the petitioner to stop construction and remove the unauthorised portions of the building.

The approved building plan permitted a ground floor and two upper floors. However, the petitioner allegedly constructed two additional floors and a penthouse.

The court noted that the unauthorised construction created nearly 8,000 to ...