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2025 Supreme(Online)(Tel) 16207

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
AKrS, GMM, JJ
Mr. Jaggannagari Venkat Sai – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
W.P.Nos.24835 and 24837 of 2025



Important Points

Legal principles concerning the suspension of adverse actions based on investigatory findings before formal proceedings.

Subject

Administrative Law - Judicial Review

Headnote

The case revolves around irregularities in the construction and execution of the Kaleshwaram Dam, with findings from the Commission of Inquiry being subject to further investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation. No adverse actions against the petitioners are to be taken based on the Commission's report until further notice. The pertinent legal question centers on the implications of the Commission's findings on the petitioners' legal standing. The court determined to postpone any action until all pleadings are complete, preserving the status quo for the petitioners. The final order instructed that no action based on the Commission's report will be taken until the next hearing date.

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Aryama Sundaram, Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu
For the Respondents: Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, Mr. A. Sudershan Reddy

Mr. Aryama Sundaram and Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, learned Senior Counsel, appear for Mr. Jaggannagari Venkat Sai, and Mr. Ponugoti Mohith Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners in W.P.Nos.24835 and 24837 of 2025, respectively.

Mr. S. Niranjan Reddy, learned Senior Counsel along with Mr. A. Sudershan Reddy, learned Advocate General for the State of Telangana.

Learned Advocate General submits on instructions that no adverse action based on the findings of the report submitted by the Commission of Inquiry on Kaleshwaram Project (for short, “the Commission”) is, at the present, going to be taken against the petitioners.

However, the matter relating to the irregularities in construction and execution of Kaleshwaram Dam has been referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation on the basis of the reports submitted by the National Dam Safety Authority and other reports.

Two weeks time is allowed to the learned Advocate General to file reply to the instant interlocutory applications.

Let these matters be listed on 07.10.2025 when the pleadings are complete as directed in the previous order dated 22.08.2025.

In the meantime, no adverse action based upon the findings of the Commission’s report be taken against the petitioners till the next date of hearing.

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