Hyderabad, April 27 --  The Supreme Court on Monday, April 27, dismissed the Telangana government's appeal in the Bathukamma Kunta land dispute, leaving intact the Telangana High Court's order directing the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) to remove structures it had built on the contested land in Bagh Amberpet.

The case pits Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Edla Sudhakar Reddy against HYDRAA and has been working its way through the courts for over two years. Sudhakar Reddy claims that seven acre of Bathukamma Kunta is his private property, while HYDRAA maintains it is government land - a lake - and has been pushing to restore it.

The dispute has a long paper trail. On January 10, 2025, Sudhakar R...