Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court’s division bench–comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and
Justice Jukanti Anil Kumar—on Wednesday directed the secretary, State Election Commission, to
provide the ‘nazari naksha’, showing houses with door numbers pertaining to the Chevella LS
constituency to former MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, an aspiring candidate, on payment of
requisite charges to the State Election Commission and disposed of the writ petition.
Avinash Desai, standing counsel for EC informed the court that all parties have been supplied with
the draft photo electoral roll- 2024 along with the map showing the area covered under each
polling station, containing a rough sketch, called ‘nazari naksha’. He said the petitioner will be
provided with it on payment of requisite charges.
The bench was adjudicating the petition filed by Reddy, seeking a direction to the TS Election
Commission to provide him ‘nazari naksha’ of the constituency, from where he intends to contest
the ensuing elections.
The petitioner, through senior counsel L Ravichander told the court that due to non-disclosure of
the ‘nazari naksha’ with door numbers, adequate manipulation of voters list is taking place as
untrained and semi-literate persons are engaged in revision of the voter list. The petitioner said
1.65 lakh fake voters exist in the Hyderabad LS constituency (Nampally, Karwan, Charminar,
Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura, Bahadurpura Assembly segmemnts) and that 2.4 lakh fake voters exist
in the Chevella constituency, mostly in Maheshwaram.
HC fumes over functioning of officials at TPCB; CJ asks AA-G Imran Khan to look into issue & take
suo motu action
The HC division bench came down heavily on D Krupanand, joint chief environmental engineer,
Telangana State Pollution Control Board, Umanagar, Begumpet and quashed the show-cause notice
dated January 23, 2024 issued by him to Regal Sales Corporation, Rajendranagar.
Chief Justice Alok Aradhe, while adjudicating the writ petition filed by Frosters represented by its
authorised signatory Bhushan Agarwal, who had office at Gagan Pahad, Ranga Reddy district.
The petitioner sought a direction to set aside the show-cause notice of the JCEE, turned towards
Imran Khan, Additional Advocate-General and observed : Mr. Imran Khan this is a very sorry state of
affairs.. it calls for drastic measures against officials of TPCB. The system in TPCB should be
overhauled and make its working transparent…
We have been seeing the conduct of the officers of the TPCB for the past seven months… I (Chief
Justice) have been noticing the functioning of TPCB for the past eight months.. some officer issues
notice and some other officer will pass an order and he will write that no reply has been filed”.
Though the petitioner had replied to the show-cause notice issued by the JCEE stating that the
plastic washing unit does not require consent under the Water Act, Krupanand denied submission
of the reply to the notice, which makes it clear that it was issued in flagrant violation of principles of
natural justice.
The CJ court said such an action of TPCB officials cannot be sustained in the eye of law; it quashed
the order passed by the JCEE and directed the board to assign the work to some other officer, who
shall offer an opportunity to the petitioner, hear the plea and pass fresh orders within 15 days.
The court made it clear that the fresh order should be passed within 15 days or else it will take up
the issue suo motu contempt against the TPCB officials.
The company is engaged in business to provide job works in bottles. Notwithstanding the
availability of an alternative remedy for the petitioner before the National Green Tribunal by an
appeal U/s. 33(b) of the Water Act, the court passed orders quashing the show-cause notice as
there is violation of principles of natural justice.
