HC Halts GVMC Butterfly Park Land Transfer
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Supreme Court remained as a May 2025 government order that allowed the transfer of the land from the Butterfly Park of GVMC to private people.
This temporary aid came in response to public interest cases (2025 PID No. 111) filed by Jana Sena company Peetala Murthy Yadav.
The bench, led by the Chief Justice Dheeraj Singh Thakur and Justice Chimalapati Ravi, decided that the land should be reserved for public service by referring to the previous judicial premiums against the commercialization of the designated green areas.
The case includes a square meter of 484.39 square meters in the survey numbered 193/1p within the MSR order of the 6th ward of the GVMC. The petitions referred to Goms. 72 (2002) and the Supreme Court Decisions to discuss the status of the land under the doctrine of public interest.
Despite the previous confirmations by Singhal Singhal, Special Chief Secretary Anil Kumar Singhal seemed to be contrary to this position, as open spaces should remain in public use – such as gardens and parks.
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