Goa, April 3 -- The Telangana High Court issued a 24-hour halt on the ongoing tree cutting in the 400-acre land at Kancha Gachibowli, near the Hyderabad Central University, in response to a petition filed by students and the Vata Foundation. The petitioners had raised concerns that the Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) was unlawfully felling trees with bulldozers, violating Supreme Court orders.

The court's interim order was passed while hearing Public Interest Litigations (PILs) that argued TGIIC's actions were in contravention of specific Supreme Court guidelines, which mandate the formation of a committee to oversee the felling of trees, especially if the land houses wildlife. The petitioners highlighted that the...