The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department order was issued under Rule 8 (2) (a) of the TSCS (CCA) Rules of 1991.
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The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Department has, on behalf of the Telangana government, placed Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited Chief General Manager (Land Management) and the state’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) Secretary Shiva Balakrishna.
The order was issued under Rule 8 (2) (a) of the TSCS (CCA) Rules of 1991.
The former director of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which conducted searches at his properties on 24 January.
He was produced before the Principal Special Judge for SPE & ACB cases in Hyderabad the next day. The investigation is in progress.
The department said in the order that Shiva Balakrishna was allegedly in possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of his legal income, as had become apparent in the ACB searches.
The director of Town and Country Planning of Hyderabad shall pay subsistence allowance to Balakrishna during his suspension, said the order.
The notice pointed to the ACB case — registered under Section 13(1)(B) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988 (as Amended in 2018) against Shiva Balakrishna.
During the investigation, simultaneous searches were conducted at his residence and 14 other places of his relatives, close aides, and suspected benamis.
During the searches, several incriminating documents about the assets possessed by Shiva Balakrishna — in both his and his kin and aides’ names were unearthed.
Around ₹85 lakh and gold ornaments weighing about 1.8 kg were also found.
In all, the ACB said he was in possession of assets worth ₹8.26 crore and disproportionate assets worth ₹7.62 crore.
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