Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court came down heavily on the Siddipet-2 Town police for their overreach in the name of counselling a couple in a marital dispute. The court directed the Siddipet district superintendent of police to conduct an inquiry on the abuse of authority by Siddipet-2 Town circle inspector M. Srinivas in harassing the husband to settle the issue.Justice Tadakamalla Vinod Kumar also directed the SP to make entries in the service record of the circle inspector, if it was proved that he had exceeded his authority or if there was any evidence that the officer had threatened the husband in the name of counselling.The court cautioned government pleaders and their assistants to not try to shield erring police officers who abuse the powers and instill fear and distrust among citizens with their behaviour.Justice Vinod Kumar was hearing a petition filed by Gandrati Suman complaining that inspector Srinivas, from June, was calling the petitioner on alternate days to the police station under the guise of counselling and holding out threats to him to settle the matter.M. Phanidra Bhargav, counsel for the petitioner, submitted that his client had gone more than 15 times to the police station in 45 days. The inspector threatened to transfer the property worth more than Rs 1 crore on the name of the petitioner`s wife as permanent alimony.When assistant government counsel attempted to defend the police officer, the court warned him against it and ordered the government to furnish CCTV footage of 45 days of the police station. As a special case, the judge wanted to watch the footage on Saturday, even if it was not a working day.With the intervention of other government counsel, the judge directed the SP to conduct a probe into the allegations and take appropriate action if they so merited.OMC: HC reserves order on SrilakshmiHyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday reserved orders in the criminal revision petition filed by IAS officer Y. Srilakshmi, seeking removal of her name from the list of accused drawn up by the CBI in the Obulapuram illegal mining caseJustice K. Lakshman heard the contentions of Srilakshmi as well as the CBI. Senior counsel Kondam Vivek Reddy, appearing for Srilakshmi, argued that without any evidence and based on the allegations levelled by others and following the orders of the then higher authorities, the CBI had named the IAS official as an accused. He said then-minister Sabitha Indira Reddy and another officer, B. Krupanandam, were acquitted.Srinivas Kapatia, representing the CBI, argued that the accused could not take the stand that she should get relief because some other accused had been acquitted. The trial court will decide whether she is guilty or not but the officer should face trial, CBI counsel argued.HYDRAA chief gets court notice for razing shelterHyderabad: Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court on Friday issued notices to HYDRAA commissioner A.V. Ranganath and Rangareddy district collector C. Narayan Reddy, directing them to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for disobedience of court orders with regard to demolishing a shelter.The judge was dealing with a petition filed by Vadde Tara, who had earlier approached the court seeking protection for her house with a built-up area of 480 square feet in a 200-square yard plot situated at Guttala Begumpet, Serilingampally mandal. She contended that her plot was situated in grama kantam land. HYDRAA and revenue department officials had submitted that it was within the limits of Sunnamcheruvu.The court in March had directed the authorities to conduct a survey, earmark the full tank level of Sunnamcheruvu in accordance with law and thereafter take action, if needed, against the petitioner. On June 30, the authorities demolished her house.The petitioner complained in the contempt petition that the officials had not conducted a survey to fix the Sunnamcheruvu FTL or buffer zone but they had demolished her shelter. She made the officers in person as respondents.HC asks if TG will probe row over Nagaram landHyderabad: The Telangana High Court asked the government to state by July 28 if it would appoint a commission of inquiry into the alleged fraudulent transactions of land in Survey No.s 194 and 195 of Nagaram in Maheshwaram mandal, reported to be government or gairan land. Some extent of this land was purchased by IAS and IPS officers among others.Justice K. Lakshman on Friday directed the Chief Secretary and the principal secretary, revenue, whether or not the government was ready to appoint the commission as per Section 3 of the Commission of Enquiry Act, 1952. The judge specifically asked additional advocate-general Tera Rajanikanth Reddy to get instructions without delay.If the government was not willing to set up the commission, it should accordingly inform the court instead of keeping the pending, the judge said.Justice Lakshman was dealing with a petition filed by Vadthya Ramulu of Nagaram, claiming that he had got around 10 acres and 17 guntas of land in the survey numbers through a gift deed executed by his father. He claimed his land was mutated to third parties behind his back, with the help of revenue authorities and two private parties namely Abdul Javeed and Arshiya Sultana, who later with the help of middlemen sold the land to some IAS and IPS officers by allotting sub- divisions.Dr J. Viajyalakshmi, counsel for the petitioner, submitted that her client had submitted representations to the Chief Secretary and principal secretary, revenue, requesting the appointment of an inquiry commission. Counsel also said that it appeared that the officials were intentionally ignoring the matter since senior officers were involved.
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