# Harish Rao demands cancellation of Raidurg land auction over heritage row 2026-08-13T11:40:29+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Former Telangana minister T Harish Rao has demanded the immediate cancellation of the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) auction of 10.63 acres in Survey No. 83/1 at Raidurg Panmaktha, scheduled for August 21 and 28. In a letter to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Rao cited the land's heritage status under a 2003 government order, competing ownership claims, and an ongoing legal dispute involving State Bank of India over an earlier auction of adjacent land. Rao recalled that Reddy himself went to the Telangana High Court in 2020 seeking to prevent third-party interests in the same survey number. The proposed auction, with an upset price of Rs 175 crore per acre, is expected to fetch about Rs 2,000 crore. The TGIIC managing director K Shashanka has denied the heritage claim, saying the layout was approved by HMDA in 2008 after conservation clearance. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Harish Rao, heritage site, land auction, Revanth Reddy, Telangana, TGIIC Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/harish-rao-demands-cancellation-of-raidurg-land-auctions/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/harish-rao-demands-cancellation-of-raidurg-land-auctions/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.