# FGG urges Telangana to make building tribunal functional 2026-08-27T01:32:18+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has urged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to immediately appoint a chairperson and members to the Municipal Building Tribunal, making it functional to curb unauthorised constructions. In a letter on Tuesday, FGG president M Padmanabha Reddy said unauthorised structures violate building and fire safety norms, and while municipal authorities issue demolition notices, builders obtain stay orders from courts, allowing construction to continue. The tribunal was constituted in 2016, but no chairperson or members have been appointed. FGG filed a PIL in 2019, and the High Court in April 2022 directed the state to complete the process within four weeks. FGG said no action has been taken and the matter has been pending for nearly 10 years. It suggested appointing a retired district judge as chairperson and a serving senior town planning officer as technical member, and urged the government to call for a fresh list of eligible candidates. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources report the same facts: the Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has asked the Telangana government to make the Municipal Building Tribunal functional, noting the High Court's 2022 order remains unimplemented and the tribunal, created in 2016, lacks a chairperson and members. The framing is identical, straight reporting of the FGG's letter, with no government response or critical commentary from either outlet. The key takeaway: a nearly decade-old tribunal remains non-functional despite a court directive. The matter now rests on the Chief Minister's response. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - thehindu.com (neutral report) Straight wire-style reporting of FGG's letter, no slant evident. - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Straight reporting of FGG's letter, no slant evident. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: A Revanth Reddy, Forum for Good Governance, Municipal Building Tribunal, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/fgg-urges-telangana-to-make-building-tribunal-functional/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/fgg-urges-telangana-to-make-building-tribunal-functional/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/