Telangana High Court directs CS to immediately replace HYDRAA Commissioner AV Ranganath

The Telangana High Court directed the Chief Secretary to immediately replace HYDRAA Commissioner A.V. Ranganath after an affidavit containing an apology was not filed by the stipulated deadline. The direction came during the hearing of a land dispute case related to Lothkunta.

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday directed the Chief Secretary (CS) to immediately replace HYDRAA Commissioner A.V. Ranganath. This direction came on Monday while the court was examining a petition pertaining to a land dispute in Lothkunta.

On a previous occasion, the Telangana High Court had ordered Ranganath to tender an apology through a written affidavit by Monday. However, the counsel representing HYDRAA informed the court that a petition would be filed shortly instead.
The court took serious objection to this submission, pointing out that time had been granted until Monday specifically to file the affidavit, following the intervention of the Advocate General.

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With the apology not coming forth, the High Court issued the direction to the Chief Secretary.