High Court Orders Personal Appearance of HYDRA Commissioner

The Telangana High Court has directed DGP CV Anand to ensure the personal appearance of HYDRA Commissioner Ranganath before the court on November 17. Expressing displeasure over his failure to attend the hearing despite receiving court summons, the judge questioned why he had not appeared. The court also dismissed Ranganath’s petition seeking exemption from personal appearance and assigned the responsibility of producing him before the court to the DGP.

The directions were issued in connection with a contempt of court petition concerning the takeover of 9.05 acres of land in Shamshabad. The petitioner alleged that the land was taken over despite the dispute being pending before the court. The High Court also directed the Shamshabad Tahsildar to appear personally on November 17. The bench made it clear that government officials cannot avoid appearing before the court by citing their busy official schedules.