According to sources Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal are said to be lobbying with the Centre to house the gene research centre, which has been delayed by more than eight years. Meanwhile the centre is learnt to be having second thoughts about situating the research centre in Telangana State because the government has not yet handed over the required land in Bhongir.
Moreover the prestigious project was announced by the previous United Progressive Alliance government in 2009 and the then Congress government in undivided AP had allotted 114 acres in 2009 for the research centre, but could not actually give possession because there was a dispute over the ownership of the land.
Meanwhile a local realtor claimed ownership of the land and sold it off
and furthermore he filed a case in the AP High Court challenging the allotment
of the land by the government and the court issued a stay order. Further it was
stated that though revenue officials were successful in getting the stay
vacated, the realtor approached the court again, and the dispute still
persists.
