Telangana HC Summons Lokesh for Contempt

Justice P. Madhavi Devi of the Telangana High Court on Friday issued warrant of appearance to S. Lokesh Kumar, erstwhile GHMC commissioner, and three others in a contempt case. The judge was hearing a contempt case filed by K. Ambika and another alleging that the officers had willfully disobeyed the orders of the court. 

Earlier, the authorities rejected the application of the petitioners for building permission by holding that the property was owned by the endowments department. It is the case of the petitioner that it had been decided previously by the High Court that the land in Sy No. 387 of Attapur



was not endowments land, and the order had not been challenged. 

The court directed the petitioner to make a fresh representation to the GHMC bringing all the facts to their notice within a period of two weeks and required the corporation to consider the same in accordance with law. This order was not complied with. On Friday, Justice Madhavi Devi while issuing Form-I noted that earlier a showcause notice was issued in July 2022, and there is no representation from the respondents till date which is sheer disobedience of the orders of the court.