Urdu Academy land, 30 years, zero answers

BRS has asked the Telangana government to cancel and investigate a 30‑year lease of Telangana Urdu Academy land in Serilingampally to N.N. Infra & Constructions, issued under G.O. Ms. No. 20 on July 16, 2026, on a Build‑Operate‑Transfer basis, according to a representation submitted via the Minorities Welfare Department by former BRS state secretary and former Waqf Board member Waheed Ahmed. The order itself has not been placed in the public domain.

The earlier account of the government order says the project is an “Urdu Ghar‑cum‑Shadikhana and commercial complex”, with construction costs to be borne by the private company, while title remains with the Academy and the property cannot be alienated, sold or mortgaged — again, details reported from an unseen order. That is the sum of what the Congress government has chosen to disclose so far.

What BRS is alleging — and asking an independent inquiry to establish — is straightforward: on what basis this particular developer got a 30‑year run, whether any transparent process or tender was followed, and whether the signatory even had the power to issue the order. AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi has separately told the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary that the Minority Affairs Secretary “has no power” to lease the land, and says such a decision requires the Chief Secretary’s approval. His post is a charge, not the proof; the proof lives in the file the government is sitting on.

Key facts a Telangana reader still does not have because the government hasn’t produced them: the exact lease terms, revenue‑share or fee, the authority cited, any committee recommendation, whether a tender or EoI was issued, and who in the Urdu Academy backed it. If this is clean, the file answers all of it in one go. If it isn’t, stonewalling is the point.

The Congress government in Telangana can publish G.O. Ms. No. 20 and the tender file today. It hasn’t.