Union minister of state Bandi Sanjay has directed the officials to complete the enumeration of enemy properties under the Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI). He emphasised the need to finalise the investigation of such properties located in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Kothagudem and Vikarabad districts by the end of December and asked them to submit a report in the first week of January. Officials said several such properties had been encroached upon, especially in the city.
The minister chaired a review meeting on enemy properties with CEPI officials from the Mumbai division, revenue principal secretary and CCLA Naveen Mittal, Rangareddy collector Narayana Reddy and revenue officials from Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Vikarabad divisions. Enemy properties are assets in India belonging to individuals who migrated to Pakistan or China. The Centre identified these as enemy properties and entrusted their custody to CEPI.
Across India, there are records of approximately 13,000 such properties in 21 states and two Union Territories, with a market value running into thousands of crores. Section 8(A) of the Enemy Property Act grants the central government authority to sell these properties. However, many have been encroached upon, and several are tied up in legal disputes.
Sanjay received a detailed account of 234 enemy properties in Telangana, with officials noting the following: 180 properties in Rangareddy district, 44 in Hyderabad, seven in Kothagudem and three in Vikarabad. .