Hyderabad, Nov. 25 -- The Telangana High Court has declared invalid the proceedings issued by the Tahsildar of Serilingampally mandal on February 26, 2008, to take over nine acres of land in survey number 26 of Kancha Gachibowli, Ranga Reddy district, land that falls under the control of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

State govt officials have no authority to acquire AAI land: Court

The court ruled that state government officials have no authority to acquire land belonging to the AAI without notifying the Union government. Justice NV Shravan Kumar delivered the verdict after hearing a petition filed by AAI in 2008 challenging the Tahsildar's move to take over the property.

According to case details, the state government had all...