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Contempt case: IAS officer, Ramky rep appear in court

Hyderabad: Justice S V Bhatt of the High Court on Friday directed special chief secretary and vice-chairman of Telangana Housing Board Chitra Ramachandran and Ramky Infrastructure Limited’s authorised signatory M Sridhar Reddy to place details regarding implementation of an earlier order of the court dated March 9, 2017 for executing the register sale deeds in favour of the petitioners who bought flats in Ramky Towers at Gachibowli in the city. Pursuant to the earlier direction of the court, the IAS officer and the Ramky representative appeared before the judge on Friday in contempt cases filed separately by Gayathri Shekar Arcot and B Manoj Kumar seeking punishment to them for wilfully disobeying the earlier orders of the court. The judge directed both of them to furnish details in two weeks on the implementation of the court orders, and adjourned the case to April 20.

Stop works at Malkam Cheruvu, orders HC

Hyderabad: A division bench of the Hyderabad High Court on Friday directed the concerned authorities of Telangana revenue, municipal administration and irrigation departments, GHMC commissioner, Rangareddy district collector and others concerned to stop construction activity taken up in the name of ‘restoration and development’ at Malkam Cheruvu (lake) at Raidurg in Serilingampally in the district.
The bench was passing this interim order in a petition filed by IPS officer and local resident Anjana Sinha seeking directions to the respondent authorities to take steps to rejuvenate and revitalize the aforesaid lake to retain its originality. Taking submissions into consideration, the bench directed the authorities concerned not to take up any construction activity in the lake’s FTL and buffer zone areas, and adjourned the case by two weeks.

HC chides APNGOA chief for disobeying orders

Hyderabad: Displeased with the failure of APNGO Association president Ashok Babu to obey the court orders, a division bench of the High Court on Friday directed him to file an affidavit in one week on allowing members of Bhagyanagar Telangana NGO Association to utilise the facilities at APNGO Bhavan at Gunfoundry in the city. “If you (Ashok Babu) lock the rooms in APNGO building and stay in Amaravati, how will the members of Telangana NGOA use the facilities?” the bench asked him. When the matter came up for hearing on Friday, advocate Jalli Kanakaiah, appearing for TNGOA, said APNGOA had leased out some rooms and was getting `2 lakh a month in rent. Reacting to this submission, the bench asked what would if APNGOA members did not answer the phone call. The bench directed APNGOA president to file a reply affidavit, and adjourned the case to next week.