IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MADHAVI DEVI CONTEMPT CASE NO.519 OF 2024 DATED : 17.03.2026 Between:

Bommagani Dhanujay ... Petitioner AND Sri Jithendar Reddy, IPS, Principal Secretary, Home Department, Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad and another ... Contemnors/Respondents

O R D E R

Alleging wilful and deliberate disobedience of the orders of this Court dt.21.12.2023 in W.P.No.25870 of 2022, this Contempt Case has been filed.

2. Vide the above referred order dt.21.12.2023, this Court had taken into consideration the fact that the petitioner was honourably acquitted from the charges of the criminal case and therefore, the recruitment authority ought to have considered the same and ought to have issued appointment letter to the petitioner since the petitioner was acquitted of the charges even before issuance of the recruitment notification. Thus observing, respondent No.1 was directed to issue appointment letter to the petitioner with all consequential benefits and send him for training along with the next batch being sent for training.

3. This Contempt Case was filed on 10.03.2024 alleging that in spite of receipt of the order of this Court in January, 2024, the respondents have not issued any appointment letter to the petitioner nor did they send the petitioner to training along with the next batch being sent for training. It is submitted that 2022 recruitment batch candidates were sent for training in respect of Armed Reserved, Civil Constables and Fire on 21.02.2024 and appointment letters were also issued, but the petitioner was not sent for training. It is submitted that even in respect of the second batch after 2022 recruitment notification, appointment orders were already issued to all categories of constables including Special Police and in spite of the orders of this Court, the respondents have not issued any appointment letter to the petitioner. Therefore, it was prayed to summon and punish the respondents/contemnors under Sections 10 to

12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

4. Notice was issued to the contemnor/respondent No.1 on 15.03.2024. Thereafter, the petitioner filed I.A.No.1 of 2024 to implead respondent No.2 to this Contempt case as he was the competent authority to issue appointment letters. Taking the same into consideration, respondent No.2 was impleaded vide orders dt.12.07.2024.

5. At the time of hearing of the Contempt Case, learned counsel representing respondent No.2 submitted that a Writ Appeal has been filed against the order of this Court and the same was also dismissed on 21.10.2024 and therefore, he sought time to go through the same and take appropriate action. This Court had granted time to file compliance report from time to time. However, the same was not filed.

6. Learned counsel for respondent No.2 has produced a copy of the Memorandum dt.17.12.2025, wherein it was observed that the petitioner is not suitable for selection as Police Constable (TGSP) as per the Recruitment Rules, more specifically as per Rule 3 G (vi) of G.O.Ms.No.97, Home (Legal-II) Department, dt.01.05.2006 since he was involved in a serious crime of moral turpitude under Section 354D IPC read with Section 34 IPC and Section 12 of the POCSO Act. However, it is also observed therein that even though the candidate was not suitable for selection as per the Recruitment Rules and the Government’s permission is yet to be obtained in this regard, as the recruitment pertains to the year 2015, the petitioner is provisionally selected to the post of SCT PC (TGSP) in III Battalion in compliance of the orders of this Court subject to the following conditions:

(a) Further orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in SLP (C)

Diary No.63066 of 2025 in the Writ Petition No.25870 of 2022 and Writ Appeal No.1185 of 2024 in the matter, if any, (b) Post facto permission to be obtained from the Government, and (c) Fulfilling of other conditions of the Notification by the Candidate.

When the Court