The Victoria Maternity Hospital on the Asaf Jahi Road near the High Court was declared a Grade II B heritage structure in the GOMs. No.102 of 1998 of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. The building, not in use for sometime now, will be demolished for the extension of the adjacent High Court at Nayapul. The present High Court building has become insufficient to accommodate all the judges and there is an urgent need to construct a new one.

The hospital site, adjoining the High Court, is convenient to construct a new building for the High Court and also provide parking space for the large number of vehicles that come there. This helps decongest not only the High Court premises but also the surrounding roads.

The hospital building became dilapidated and the plastering on the walls also came off at many places. Consequently, the hospital has been shifted to a new premises. The building has also lost its architectural value.

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has been allowed to de-notify the Maternity Hospital building from the Heritage list on the condition that the new building of the High Court should blend with the existing building in architectural design duly maintaining its unique and distinctive features and also matching with the architectural style of the opposite Osmania General Hospital on the other side of Musi.

HMDA invited objections/suggestions from the public on the proposal last year.

It received four objections/suggestions from various institutions opposing the de-notification of the hospital. However, after examining the objections, the Government decided to reject them.