HC Halts GVMC Butterfly Park Land Switch



VISAKHAPATNAM: The Andhra Pradesh Excessive Court docket has stayed a Could 2025 authorities order permitting the switch of land from GVMC’s Butterfly Park in Madhurawada to personal people.

This interim reduction got here in response to Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL No. 111 of 2025) filed by Jana Sena corporator Peetala Murthy Yadav.

The bench, led by Chief Justice Dheeraj Singh Thakur and Justice Chimalapati Ravi, dominated that the land should stay reserved for public utility, citing earlier judicial precedents towards commercialisation of designated inexperienced areas.

The case entails 484.39 sq. yards in Survey No. 193/1P inside the MSR Structure of GVMC’s sixth Ward. Petitioners cited G.O.Ms. No. 72 (2002) and Supreme Court docket rulings to argue the land’s protected standing underneath the public curiosity doctrine.

Regardless of earlier reaffirmations by particular chief secretary Anil Kumar Singhal that structure open areas should stay for public use—similar to gardens and parks—the Could 2025 order appeared to contravene that place.

The courtroom additionally rejected a land switch request by Pilla Lakshmana Patrudu and Potina Apparao for adjoining Survey No. 192/12P, reinforcing the precept of neighborhood welfare in city planning.

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