Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday wrote to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. He seeked transfer of the entire land in possession of AP Bhavan in New Delhi to the Telangana government as it belonged to Hyderabad.

KCR wrote in the letter that the Andhra Pradesh government may be allotted some other land in New Delhi to set up its State Bhavan and Resident Commissioner’s office. Since only the buildings at this site were constructed with the common resources of Andhra Pradesh, the government of Telangana would compensate Andhra Pradesh to the extent of its share in the book value of these buildings in the ratio of population fixed for the two States, the letter stated.

He also requested early action in the matter as the Telangana government wanted to start soon construction of Telangana Bhavan in a systematic and planned manner with adequate facilities, including a cultural centre for the people of Telangana living in the capital.

He argued that the prestigious Hyderabad House and, now, AP and Telangana Bhavans were situated on 18.18 acres of land obtained by the erstwhile government of Nizam of Hyderabad from the Government of India (GOI) in three bits in 1917, 1928 and 1936 on payment as per the records of the then Foreign and Political Department of GOI.

The Hyderabad House was later taken over by GOI to an extent of 7.56 acres in Pataudi House and 1.21 acres in an adjoining nursing institute were allotted to the then Andhra Pradesh government.

Therefore, Rao said, these properties belonged to the then State of Hyderabad under the rule of VI Nizam which remained a separate state even after Independence.

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By M. Divya Shri