HC directs Nalgonda Collector to spend time at orphanage
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Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed Nalgonda district Collector Prashanth J. Patil to spend two hours on weekends for six months in an orphanage in lieu of punishment in a contempt of court case.
In a connected matter, the HC instructed Sandhya Rani, a retired District Supply Officer (DSO), to serve food to all the inmates of an orphanage within 10 kms of her residence on the coming Ugadi and Sriramanavami festival days.
Nearly four years ago, a single judge imposed a fine of ₹2,000 each on Mr. Patil and Ms. Snadhya Rani, who were working then as Warangal district Joint Collector and DSO respectively, holding them guilty in a contempt of court case. A rice mill owner from Parvathagiri of Warangal district filed a writ petition in 2015 alleging that revenue officials were not allotting any paddy to his mill for custom milling, having earlier registered a case for violations of license conditions.