Hyderabad, Oct. 29 -- The Supreme Court has upheld the Telangana government's rights over 550 acre of land in survey numbers 100 and 101 in the Miyapur area of Serilingampally mandal, Rangareddy district.

The top court dismissed appeals filed by private individuals claiming rights over the land worth crores.

In 2003, the Joint High Court upheld the decision of the Serilingampally Tahsildar to cancel the General Power of Attorney land registrations.

Private individuals Parthasarathy and Suvishal Jain had pleaded before the Supreme Court that they had legally acquired Miyapur lands from the heirs of Jagirdar Kaisaruddin.

They had sought protection of their power of attorney rights.

However, the Telangana government argued that compensa...