Hyderabad, May 9 -- The Telangana High Court has directed the state government not to take any coercive steps regarding the takeover of land allotted to Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) for industrial purposes until further hearing in the matter on June 22.

The direction came while hearing a house motion appeal filed by IDPL challenging the interim orders of a single judge relating to the disputed land measuring 891.38 acres.

According to the case details, the district collector had issued orders on January 27, 2008, directing the tahsildar to take possession of the 891.38 acres allotted to IDPL and hand it over to APIIC, now known as TGIIC. Subsequently, on February 6, 2008, the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconst...