IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.38805 of 2025 DATE: 06.02.2026 Between:

Mr. Jangati Vijay.

...Petitioner AND The State of Telangana,, Rep by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, TS Secretariat buildings, Hyderabad and 3 others.

…Respondents

ORDER

This writ petition is filed seeking following relief: “…to issue a writ, order or direction more the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of official respondents more particularly that of respondents 2 and 3 in seizing my Mahindra make XUV 500 vehicle bearing registration No.TS 08 FY 5298 on ground of drunkenness of 4th respondent, while driving the same on 10/07/2025 in terms of Traffic Violation A 8080P without even giving it to the custody of Court contrary to the orders of this Honorable Court in W.P.No.1647/2021 and batch wherein this Honorable Court has affirmatively held that the official respondents lack any power to seize vehicles in case of drunken driving as being illegal, arbitrary, Unconstitutional being violative of Articles 14, 19 and 300A and consequently direct respondents 2 and 3 to release the vehicle …”

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