# Telangana HC judge warns freebies could bankrupt state 2026-08-07T21:01:45+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) Telangana High Court Justice Nagesh Bheempaka on Friday said indiscriminate free schemes and ineligible beneficiaries are draining the state exchequer. Hearing a contempt petition against finance secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania, the judge said in Telugu that crores are being spent on non-essential schemes, asking whether crorepati farmers are availing Rythu Bandhu benefits. He noted that removing even one PDS ration card would spark a political row. The court had issued a bailable warrant against Sultania on July 10 for failing to appear; he appeared on Friday, and the next hearing is August 19. Aaj Tak reported the judge's remarks. ## Coverage - aajtak.in - aajtak.in (2) This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:05:31+00:00. Tags: कल्याणकारी योजनाएं, तेलंगाना, न्यायाधीश, फ्रीबीज, वित्तीय बोझ, हाईकोर्ट Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-hc-judge-warns-freebies-could-bankrupt-state/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-hc-judge-warns-freebies-could-bankrupt-state/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/