Tesseract row: five acres, two valuations, zero documents

The BRS walked out of the Telangana Legislative Council on September 10 after Chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy rejected its adjournment motion seeking discussion on the alleged allotment of government land to Tesseract Advanced Systems. The Council continued with Question Hour, because apparently disputed public land can wait its turn.

The BRS alleges that about five acres at Raviryala e-City in Ranga Reddy district was allotted for roughly Rs 7–7.5 crore, while putting the land’s market value at between Rs 135 crore and Rs 200 crore. Those figures are allegations, not established valuations. The allotment order, valuation report, payment record, selection process and TGIIC file have not been published in the material reviewed.

The dispute has reached the Telangana Lokayukta. The BRS submitted a complaint on August 14 seeking cancellation of the allotment and an investigation into the roles of TGIIC officials and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu. K. T. Rama Rao also questioned the company’s credentials. Tesseract says the process took 15 months, all prescribed fees were paid, and the five-acre requirement relates to its aerospace and defence manufacturing plans. Sridhar Babu has said there is no connection between the company and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s brother. The government has not published the documents that would test either side’s case. For now, the only thing fully allotted is suspicion.