Hyderabad, April 13 --  The Telangana High Court on Monday, April 23, granted a status quo in a dispute over alleged illegal construction and demolition at Chiran Fort, a notified heritage building in Begumpet, listing the matter for further hearing on April 16.

The order came on a writ petition filed by Advocate Syed Ali Jaffry, who contended that Chiran Fort, located at Patigadda in Begumpet and classified as a Grade-II protected heritage site, was being subjected to unauthorised construction and demolition in violation of a 1998 government order issued by the then undivided Andhra Pradesh government.

That order prohibits any form of demolition, structural modification, alteration or redevelopment of notified heritage structures ...