Hyderabad:The Telangana High Court has set aside an order of the Telangana Information Commission (TGIC) that refused to provide information to an applicant regarding the status of his proposal for appointment on compassionate grounds. The court held that the TGIC order was passed in violation of the principles of natural justice.
Justice Surepalli Nanda was hearing a writ petition filed by Boddupalli Shankaraiah, who challenged the closure of his complaint under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The petitioner had sought information regarding the status of his proposal for compassionate appointment submitted in 2008. Alleging inaction by the public authority concerned, he approached the TGIC under Section 18(1) of the Act.
The commission closed the complaint on the ground that the requested information had been furnished. It was also recorded that the petitioner was absent during the hearing.
Before the High Court, it was brought to light that the notice dated August 19, 2025, requiring the petitioner to appear for a hearing on August 29, was received by him only on September 3, 2025, after the hearing had already taken place.
Taking note of this procedural lapse, Justice Surepally Nanda observed that the petitioner had been denied a reasonable opportunity of hearing. The court held that passing an order without ensuring the presence of the petitioner, due to delayed service of notice, amounted to a violation of the principles of natural justice. It further observed that such an order, passed “behind the back” of the petitioner, was arbitrary and unsustainable in law.
HC Pulls Up HYDRAA: Orders Retrieval of Belongings from Ameenpur Demolition Debris, Sets Limits on Future Action
Hyderabad:Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Monday directed the Ameenpur tahsildar and the assistant commissioner of police concerned to cooperate for the retrieval of valuable articles from the debris at the Ailapur, Sangareddy, site where HYDRAA had carried out demolitions.
The judge had earlier directed that HYDRAA shall not carry out demolitions in Hyderabad and municipal areas except for removal of encroachments in river bodies, nalas and public roads, and clarified that no action relating to internal road disputes or removal of compound walls shall be taken unless a standard operating procedure or statutory guidelines were placed on record.
The directions were issued in a writ plea filed by M.A. Shareef, a 98-year-old agriculturist of Ailapur, Ameenpur mandal, who alleged that officials accompanied by police personnel entered his land at around 4.30 am on Saturday and demolished a two-floor house, a century-old ancestral house, water tank, boundary walls, compound walls and animal sheds, besides removing CCTV cameras and a DVR system.
Senior advocate L. Ravichander, appearing for the petitioner, argued that the demolition was undertaken in haste during the early hours and valuable household articles, including electronic items, remained inside the premises and were now buried under the debris, necessitating immediate steps for their retrieval. He pointed out that the petitioner and his family were given no reasonable opportunity to remove their belongings before the structures were razed, resulting in avoidable loss and hardship.
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