Telangana HC seeks report on infrastructure for fruit market
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Justice A Rajasekhar Reddy and Justice T Vinod Kumar on Friday directed District Legal Services Authority, Ranga Reddy, to verify infrastructure available for a fruit market at Batasingaram. Wholesale Fruit Commission Agents Association, Gaddiannaram, filed an appeal challenging an order of a single judge permitting […]
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Justice A Rajasekhar Reddy and Justice T Vinod Kumar on Friday directed District Legal Services Authority, Ranga Reddy, to verify infrastructure available for a fruit market at Batasingaram. Wholesale Fruit Commission Agents Association, Gaddiannaram, filed an appeal challenging an order of a single judge permitting the government to shift the fruit market to Batasingaram temporarily within a period of one month from September 1, 2021.
The petitioner pointed out that the said one month period expired on Thursday. The petitioner alleged that under the guise of pandemic and stating that constructing a multi-speciality hospital was imperative, the government was trying to shift the market illegally. The government pointed out that alternative arrangements for the market were made at HMDA complex, Batasingaram, until infrastructure was developed at the permanent location, Koheda. The petitioner pointed out that it was difficult to shift such a big market to Batasingaram in such a short time. The panel directed the Legal Services Authority to submit a report on the infrastructure available at Batasingaram and adjourned the case to Monday for further hearing.
Plea challenges termination of services
Justice Vijayasen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Friday partly heard a batch of writ petitions which challenged the termination of services of 98 Junior Panchayat Raj Secretaries. G Shiva Kumar and other candidates from across the State filed the writ petitions. Petitioners who were appointed under sports quota were terminated as a consequence of court order which found that the government failed to follow earlier orders of the government on the manner of appointment. Petitioners contended that they are eligible for appointment even according to the said orders.
Senior Advocate L Ravichander said that 13 candidates filed a different case challenging the non-implementation of government orders. He also apprised the court about the fact that 74 posts are still vacant to consider the case of unsuccessful candidates who approached the court. He said the government had erred in giving inappropriate undertakings before the court leading to entire litigation. The judge would continue to hear the case on Tuesday and pass orders. Senior Counsel Damodar Reddy pointed out that the earlier directions of the court were without hearing the selected candidates. G Sudhir, appearing for some of the selected candidates, pointed out that the government had in a knee jerk reaction terminated the services of the candidates and that the earlier order directing the termination of the petitioners was beyond the scope of the writ petition and thus illegal.
‘No detention for phishing scam’
A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Justice A Rajasekhar Reddy and Justice Sreedevi on Friday allowed a habeas corpus writ petition filed for the release of Syed Sahil, who was detained under the Preventive Detention Act. The order was made by the Commissioner of Police on May 12. Syed Sahil has been in Chanchalguda jail since then. His wife Mahjabeen Begum filed the habeas corpus petition contending that her husband was detained under the said Act for fraud committed by a phishing email. The panel pointed out that the detainee was a Nigerian citizen and a phishing scam did not warrant a detention under the said Act.
