Telangana HC issues contempt notices to six officials over farmhouse demolition

Telangana High Court on Friday issued Form-I notices to six officials including the Principal Secretary of Municipal Administration T.K. Sreedevi and HYDRAA Commissioner A.V. Ranganath in a contempt-of-court case.

Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy directed the two top officials, along with four others, to appear before the bench personally on December 4. The other officers, who got the Form-I notices, were Sangareddy joint collector, Ameenpur municipal commissioner, Sangareddy District Panchayat Officer and Sangareddy tahsildar.

The petitioner, M.A. Shareef, contended that the said officials intentionally interfered with the possession of his property in Ailapur village of Ameenpur municipality despite a specific order from the HC. Shareef (98) said that he constructed a farmhouse on his land admeasuring nearly 36 acres by securing permissions from the government departments concerned.

He furnished registered sale deeds dating back to 1959 and pattadar passbooks of the land before the court. The petitioner told the bench that the officials, supported by some personnel numbering a few hundred, entered his land in the early hours of this April 11. It was a public holiday and no prior notice was issued, the petitioner said.

The senior citizen contended that though the HC issued an interim order on September 25 of 2025 in the matter, the authorities got the farmhouse demolished. The judge issued Form-I notice observing that the records presented showed there was wilful disobedience of the bench orders.