hyderabad stating that the decision to construct telangana kala bharathi in the sprawling 14acre ntr stadium was taken without giving much thought to its repercussions the indira park walkers association ipwa has filed a public interest litigation in the hyderabad high court urging it to set aside the go the trs government issued for this purpose the telangana government issued go no 73 maud on april 23 directing the ghmc to hand over the stadium to the department of culture for constructing the proposed telangana kala bharathi in the petition sudhakar rao yadav president of ipwa said the association alone has 5600 members who use indira park as well as the ntr stadium for morning walks jogging yoga meditation etc taking away this open stadium would deprive scores of people of their space for morning exercises he said sudhakar rao further said located in the midst of lower middle class and middle class colonies the ntr stadium has been catering to the needs of children of these residents there are seven primary and government high schools around this stadium and the students of these schools have no playground except the stadium moreover this stadium is also used for religious activities and exhibitions it is also used by muslims for offering prayers on the occasion of bakrid the petitioner said the decision of the government is in violation of section 148 2 and 3 of the greater hyderabad municipal corporation act 1955 besides being contrary to the acquisition and disposal of properties rules guiding the ghmc functioning he said elaborating sudhakar said section 148 of ghmc act deals with disposal of property and interest of the corporation but that it confines only to movable property and not to immovable properties like land with the sanction of the standing committee the ghmc commissioner may grant lease of immovable property for a period not exceeding three years therefore the corporation has no right to hand over its property to the state government he said when there is no standing committee or elected body the ghmc special officer took the decision to hand over the stadium to the department of culture this is beyond his powers and hence the go is liable to be set aside he said the petitioner also mentioned about the existence of various other facilities like ravindra bharati kala bhavan hari hara kala bhavan state art gallery etc which are meant for promoting art and culture but are languishing without any encouragement from the government instead of depriving the people of a good asset which is being widely used by the general public one of the above unused properties can be used for developing kala bharathi he said