Behind The Scene: Satyam follows Ramoji and Sanghi!

After media barons Ramoji Rao and Sanghi and industrialist GVK, it was the turn of software giant Satyam Group to receive the notice from the government under the Land Ceiling Act on Wednesday.

Satyam was asked to furnish details of the extent of the lands held by it at Dundigal on the city outskirts within a fortnight. The government is learnt to be targetting only such companies which have huge land holdings.

Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasad Rao said several individuals and companies were holding lands above the stipulated ceiling limit and they should follow the example set by Chief Minister, Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy who had surrendered 618 acres of land in Vempally in Kadapa district.

"Out of the one and half crore and odd acres of land distributed in the country to the poor since independence, Andhra Pradesh accounts for 55 lakh acres, the highest in the country. We feel that half of the 55 lakh acres of land which was distributed to the poor is now in the hands of the rich and powerful," he said.