IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.26004 of 2025

03.03.2026 Between:

Murtuja Khan …Petitioner AND The State of Telangana Represented by its Principal Secretary, Sports Department, TS Secretariat Building, Hyderabad, Telangana and 3 others …Respondents

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed calling for the records of the Case No.42 of 2025 on the file of Ombudsman of the Hyderabad Cricket Association and quash the same and consequently enable the petitioner to continue his services as employee of the HCA.

2. Heard Mr.Irfan Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Sports for respondent No.1, Sri V.Rajender Rao, learned counsel for respondent No.2 and Sri P.Ravi Sankara Reddy, learned counsel for respondent No.4.

Perused the record.

3. The petitioner is a Chartered Accountant filed this writ petition challenging the proceedings dated 13.08.2025 issued by the Ombudsman of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), whereby his salary was reduced to Rs.71,000 in addition to Rs.10,000 on a consultancy basis despite his existing salary being Rs.1,20,854 (gross) and Rs.1,11,375 (net). T