Hyderabad: The vacation bench of the Telangana High Court temporarily suspended look-out circulars (LOC) or notices issued against Kontham Dileep Reddy, Telangana former digital media director and BRS social media incharge. The police have filed about 10 cases against Dileep over one and a half years, LOCs issued.Dileep petitioned the High Court saying he intended to visit the USA for a book launch to mark the 15th death anniversary of his father, Kontham Bakka Reddy. He sought court permission to travel to the US and stay there up to June 11.Earlier, a single judge bench was not inclined to pass interim orders directing the police and immigration department to not to take coercive steps against Dileep. Hence, he filed the appeal before the vacation bench, which allowed his application by suspending the LOC or notice, if any. The court imposed the condition that he should return to Hyderabad on June 11.. The other conditions were that he shall provide his travel details and place of stay and details regarding his properties and bank accounts.Court pulls up Collector for disobeying ordersHyderabad: The Telangana High Court faulted then-Nalgonda collector C. Narayan Reddy for not complying with court orders with regard to extending minimum timescale of pay and annual grade increments to daily wage/ ad-hoc workers. Narayan Reddy is currently Rangareddy collector.The High Court in orders dated April 2, 2024, had directed Narayan Reddy to pay minimum timescale pay and increments to daily wage workers working in the DRDA of Nalgonda district since 1997. Narayan Reddy passed a speaking order rejecting the cases of the workers, observing that Supreme Court judgments in regard to minimum payscale were not applicable to them as they are not working in a regular sanctioned post as per cadre strength. He made it clear that they were not entitled to the relief as prescribed by the High Court.Challenging the same, the workers filed the contempt case and submitted to the court that Narayan Reddy had intentionally not referred to the judgments considered by the court in its April 2, 2024, order. Instead, he referred to conditions required for regularisation of services of workers to reject their request.Justice Madhavi Devi of the High court had suo motu impleaded Narayan Reddy in the contempt case and questioned his contentions. He filed an affidavit reiterating the stand taken by him in the speaking order.The court faulted the attitude of the collector in not considering its directions to consider the judgment of the Supreme Court in ‘State of Punjab Vs Jagjit Singh’ to make the payments.Taking a serious view, the court gave Narayan Reddy four weeks to pass appropriate orders of granting the minimum time scale of pay to the workers and to file a compliance report, failing which he would be liable for punishment under the Contempt of Courts Act.
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