Hyderabad, April 11 -- The Telangana High Court has asked the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to extract the cost of demolition from the developer itself, with citizens approaching the court questioning the use of public money to demolish illegal structures.

Justice NV Shravan Kumar pronounced the orders on Tuesday, April 7, while hearing a writ petition filed by Dachepally Chandrababu, who had flagged the unauthorised construction of a temple arch on a public road in Tarnaka.

According to the petitioner, he had first noticed the illegal construction by Shree Durga Pochamma Devasthanam on February 27 and posted about it on the social media platform X, expecting action from municipal authorities.

However, no act...