Hyderabad, Feb. 12 -- Telangana High Court has directed the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) to restore the rock garden in Jubilee Hills within eight weeks.

The court has also instructed the agency to submit a compliance report to the court registry within three months.

Justice NV Shravan Kumar issued the directive while hearing a writ petition filed by advocate B Sudhakar Reddy.

In the petition, it was alleged that authorities had failed to respond effectively to representations seeking protection of more than 30.2 hectares of government land located in the rock garden area.

Allegations of encroachment, illegal constructions

The petition sought directions to HYDRAA and the Greater Hyderabad Municipal ...