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Hyderabad: GHMC pulls up Oakridge school over unauthorized parking on road

The notice by the GHMC to the school made it clear that legal action would be taken if it failed to respond within three days..

Hyderabad: A show cause notice was sent by the GHMC to Oakridge International School (Khajaguda) here for unauthorised parking. The civic body sent the notice for “for causing serious inconvenience to the public: over the parking of school vehicles on government roads and the school has been asked to submit its response in three days.

The Serilingampalli deputy commissioner of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) issued a show cause notice to Oakridge International School after the unauthorized parking of its vehicles was causing traffic congestion.

According to the GHMC, Oakridge International School in Khajaguda was parking its vehicles on the roadside at Khajaguda in Serilingampalli, resulting in a traffic jam of about 500 meters. “The school violated the GHMC Act, 1955 and the TG-bPASS Act, 2020 by parking illegally on government roads. It caused inconvenience to commuters with severe traffic jams,” said the civic body in a press release on Thursday, August 14.

The management of Oakridge International School has also been told to immediately remove vehicles parked without permission and to not use public roads for parking in the future.

“According to Section 405 of the GHMC Act, 1955, no person shall be allowed to block or encroach upon any public property or public land. Not only is illegal parking on public roads prohibited, but fines and legal action can be taken against those responsible,” added the release.

This post was last modified on August 14, 2025 9:48 pm

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Yunus Lasania

With over 9 years of experience in reporting, Yunus Lasania is a journalist who has worked with 3 national dailies in his career. He last worked as the state correspondent for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with Mint (HT Media). With a deep love for Hyderabad and its history, he also runs the Instagram page The Hyderabad History Project, and is also the host of Beyond Charminar, a podcast series on the history of Hyderabad, focusing on the lesser known aspects of his city. Yunus is the City Editor of Siasat.com

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