Contempt of court case: Telangana HC directs IAS officer to serve iftar food
By Sameer| Updated: 17th April 2021 11:07 am IST Telangana High Court.
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on April 16 directed an IAS officer to undertake social work to avoid penalty imposed on him in contempt of a court case. The officer in question has been asked to serve Iftar food to Muslims in the ongoing month of Ramzan to at least 20 persons for one week at any mosque. The officer in question is
Syed Yasin Qureshi, who works for the Excise department.
According to a report published in the Times of India, a single bench had earlier imposed a penalty Syed Yasin Qureshi, Excise Deputy Commissioner, for not following the court’s order to release a jaggery lorry on time. The officer filed a contempt appeal later. The state’s additional advocate general, J Ramachandra Rao, who was representing, him informed the court that the officer has no previous contempt record.
Contempt case: Nalgonda collector asked to spend time on weekends at orphanage
Retired district supply officer Sandhya Rani has been directed to arrange food for inmates of orphanage
By Sameer| Updated: 8th April 2021 1:26 pm IST
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Wednesday asked Nalgonda collector Prashanth J. Patil to do social service at orphanage for two hours on weekends as a punishment for contempt of court. He has to spend two hours on weekends for six months.
The court also said that the report certified by the orphanage officials and district principal judge of the district should be filled on October 30. The report should consist of the number of hours spent at the orphanage along with dates, the court ordered.
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 o