IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI DATE: 30.03.2026 Between :

Mr. Vanimisetty Gopala Reddy … Petitioner AND Union of India, Ministry of Finance North Block, New Delhi, Represented by its Secretary, and two others.

… Respondents.

O R D E R:

This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:

“…to grant an or order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the Charge Sheet filed by the Respondent No. 3 pending as S.C. No. 109 of 2015 in ECIR No. 07/HZO/2012 (Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad) before the Metropolitan Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 at Nampally, Hyderabad, as illegal, contrary to law, for want of sanction by the Government and thus vitiated and consequentially to set it aside/quash and pass such other order/s as the Hon’ble Court deems necessary and appropriate in the circumstances of the case.”

2. I have heard Mr. V. Seetharama Avadhani, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, and Mr. Dominic Fernandes, learned Senior Standing Counsel representing the Directorate