Hyderabad, February 09: Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Wednesday constituted the House Committee to enquire into the allotments of lands in the State.
P Kista Reddy will be chairman of 15-member committee. The other members of the committee are G Venkata Seshu, G Veera Siva Reddy, G Ravi Kumar, T Jaya Prakash Reddy, R Surya Prakash Rao, K Venkatarami Reddy and Bandaru Satyananda Rao of Congress party, P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Payyavula Keshav of TDP, P Srinivas Reddy (TRS), G Mallesh (CPI), Akbaruddin Owaisi (MIM), Julakanti Ranga Reddy (CPM) and Dr Jayaprakash Narayan (Lok Satta).
The terms of reference of the committee would be to examine the alleged irregularities in the allotment of land, including wakf land if any, specifically emerged out of the debate on the floor of the House on allotment of land to SEZs on March 28 and 29th last year.
The committee would also suggest suitable guidelines in the formulation of new policy by the government for allotment of land in promoting the industrial development in Andhra Pradesh. The committee will also look into any other matter that might be incidental and necessary to the main issue with the consent of the Speaker.
The term of the House Committee has been fixed for six months, from the date of its first meeting.
–Agencies