Hyderabad, Oct. 1 -- The Telangana High Court has given a decisive verdict in a land dispute involving thousands of crores worth of prime government land in Kondapur, Serilingampally mandal of Ranga Reddy district.

The court confirmed that 57.09 acres in Survey No. 59 legally belong to the government, putting an end to a dispute that lasted over two decades.

Justice Nagesh Bhimapaka, who delivered the ruling, observed that records clearly established attempts by private individuals to illegally grab government land.

Earlier, a civil court had ruled in favour of some claimants who stated that each of them owned three acres and sought mutation of their names. In 2002, the government challenged this civil court order by filing multiple ap...