Defiance of endowment chief’s order challenged in HC

HYDERABAD: The inaction of the assistant commissioner of the endowment department in administering oath to a trust board member of Sri Ramachandraji Hanuman Temple at Seetharambagh despite approval by the commissioner of the endowment department was challenged before the Telangana High Court. K. Sanjay Kumar moved the High Court against the decision even though the commissioner had appointed him as a member of the trust board of the temple from July 2024 till July 2025. He contended that directions were issued to the assistant commissioner to administer the oath. He also contended that the assistant commissioner issued a memo fixing a date for administering the oath to the petitioner on August 7. Yet, the authorities were not present at the venue on that day and thus no oath was administered. The counsel argued that the petitioner immediately addressed two representations to the endowment authorities, which were in vain. Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar, after hearing the case of the petitioner, directed the counsel representing the state to seek necessary instructions from the endowment authorities in this matter and posted the case for further adjudication.

Plea challenging appointment of Kamareddy qazi dismissed

Justice Surepalli Nanda of the Telangana High Court dismissed a writ plea challenging the appointment of the Mohiullah Hussaini Shakeel as the qazi for Kamareddy district. Allegedly under the political influence of the MLA and former speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Qazi Syed Khader Mohiuddin questioned the action made in September 2023 as contrary to a government memo. Initially the petitioner was appointed as qazi for Kamareddy district for a period of three years in 2019. The petitioner sought modification of the tenure. On a detailed consideration of the claims of the petitioner and the counter affidavit filed in the matter, the court found favour with the stance of the collector and district magistrate, Kamareddy, that the report for the tahsildar was considered “after obtaining all details like Muslim population of concerned area, statement of village elders, consent letter from masjid, consent letter from local Mohammadans, proposals for appointment of (new) another qazi and renewal of existing qazis to the newly proposed area had been submitted to the secretary to government minorities department” after which the present appointment was affected. The judge pointed out that under the relevant order of the government “an application for appointment as a government qazi may be filed by a person who possesses the necessary qualifications along with supporting documents to the concerned district collector in which the local area falls” and found that in exercise of the said power, the authorities had appointed Mohiullah Hussaini Shakeel. "Where there is need to appoint a qazi and a considerable members of Mohammadans are in favour of appointing the applicant as qazi by the government, the then collector shall send his report to the government duly recommending the case for appointing as qazi and the proposal received from the collector would be processed further at the government level and if accepted orders appointing the applicant as qazi will be issued by the government." The judge accordingly dismissed the writ petition.

HC directs trial court to decide on lookout circular against husband

Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court refused to interfere with a look out circular (LOC) issued against a husband allegedly guilty of offences under the Dowry Prohibition Act and the IPC. The judge dealt with a writ plea filed by Siddiq Khan who challenged the LOC issued against him by the inspector of women police station, southeast zone, Hyderabad. The petitioner stated that he was a resident of Australia and pursuant to his marriage with the de-facto complainant in the year 2022, both of them settled down there. The petitioner further stated that upon his arrival in India in February 2023, he was detained at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad. Thereafter, he was arrested and later released on regular bail. The petitioner contended that he possessed a work permit in Australia and had to go back for work. The judge, after hearing the petitioner, refused to interfere with the LOC pending against the petitioner in view of the alternative remedy of filing a permission to travel petition in criminal proceedings pending against him. The judge disposed of the writ plea directing the trial court to decide the application of the petitioner within three days.

Contractor moves HC against Inter board for not clearing bills

A private contractor moved the Telangana High Court against the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) for its failure to make payment against installation of CCTV cameras by the petitioner. Netxcell Limited in its writ petition stated that Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) had passed an arbitral award in a sum of Rs 88 lakh, which the respondents failed to comply with. The petitioner stated that it supplies CCTV cameras to 400 educational institutions across Telangana and BIE was escaping its liability of clearing the dues. Counsel for the petitioner Dr. P. Bhaskar Mohan contended that MSEFC, Rangareddy division, passed an award of about Rs 88 lakh, inclusive of interest, to be paid to the petitioner. He argued that the BIE commissioner’s failure to comply with an award was illegal and unjust. The counsel also contended that the respondents had already admitted its liability as per the award and now it cannot delay the same on one pretext or the other. The judge granted a week’s time to the respondents to file their reply and posted the matter to September 5.