The Secretariat buildings in Hyderabad.

The Secretariat structures in Hyderabad.|Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal

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The petitioners’ counsel competed that the demolition, which started 4 days ago, was unlawful as the federal government had not acquired required approvals.

Telangana High Court on July 10 passed an order staying the ongoing demolition of the Secreteriat buildings till July 13, after hearing a PIL plea.

The petition seeking a direction to government to keep in abeyance the demolition of the Secreteriat was filed by professor P.L. Vishweshwar Rao and Cherukuri Sudhakar. The petitioners’ counsel Chikkudu Prabhakar competed tha