Hyderabad, June 5 -- A vacation bench of the Telangana High Court has granted permission to the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) to carry out essential pre-monsoon works at the seven-acre Bathukamma Kunta land parcel, located at survey No. 563/1 in Bagh Amberpet.

The interim order was issued by Justices Nagesh Bheemapaka and Lakshmi Narayana Alishetty, following an application filed by HYDRAA seeking modification of an earlier status quo order.

The disputed site has been the subject of a prolonged legal battle, with A Sudhakar Reddy asserting private ownership and claiming that Bathukamma Kunta is not a historical water body but patta land.

Reddy has alleged that state authorities are targeting him for p...