HYDERABAD: Telangana high court has directed the restoration of a 13.17-acre land parcel in Kukatpally to its original condition within 24 hours, while expressing strong resentment against government authorities, particularly the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA), for allegedly violating court orders.The court noted that authorities had demolished the property's fencing and security rooms, disconnected electricity supply, damaged machinery and equipment, evicted workers from the site, and taken possession of the land despite existing judicial directions.Passing interim orders on Friday, a vacation bench of Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka directed the authorities to “undo each and every act of demolition, dispossession, destruction and illegal occupation.” The court ordered the reinstatement of the compound fencing along the entire perimeter, reconstruction of the security rooms and entry gate, restoration of electricity service lines, lighting infrastructure and related electrical installations, and removal of all fencing, signboards and notices erected by the authorities.The court directed that if the authorities fail to comply within the stipulated timeframe, the petitioner would be at liberty to undertake the restoration work independently.Recover expenses from officials’ personal funds: HCAll expenses incurred for such restoration, the court said, would be recovered directly from the personal funds of the officials facing contempt allegations.Additionally, the court restrained the respondent authorities, their officers, employees, agents, and any persons acting on their behalf from interfering with the petitioner’s possession and enjoyment of the land until the contempt proceedings are finally adjudicated. The matter has been posted for further hearing on June 4.The bench was hearing contempt petitions filed by NVN Constructions Pvt Ltd, which alleged that despite several court orders protecting its possession of the land, HYDRAA officials entered the property on May 25, carried out demolitions, and erected fencing and signboards claiming the land to be govt.The construction company also impleaded the principal secretary of the municipal administration and urban development department, Medchal-Malkajgiri district collector, and local revenue officials in the contempt proceedings. Taking a serious view of the conduct of the agencies involved, Justice Bheemapaka observed that the actions were neither novel nor isolated but reflected a recurring pattern of conduct by HYDRAA.The court noted that the agency appeared to first demolish structures, fence off properties, and install signboards before seeking justification later, treating court orders as obstacles to be circumvented rather than commands to be obeyed. The court also recorded its “strong disapproval of brazenness that prima facie marks conduct of HYDRAA.”Expressing displeasure over the agency’s failure to adhere to its own undertaking before the court, the judge observed that an instrumentality of the State, having secured time from the court on the basis of a solemn assurance that it would act only in accordance with due process of law, appeared to have acted to the contrary.The court noted that HYDRAA allegedly entered the land with a large force and heavy machinery, carried out demolitions through the night even after being informed of subsisting court orders, and subsequently publicised the demolition as an achievement. The judge remarked that such conduct strikes at the very root of the rule of law, undermines the authority and majesty of the court, and cannot be countenanced.