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Telangana High Court orders arrest of IAS officer Sultania
The Telangana High Court has issued a bailable warrant against senior IAS officer and Finance Principal Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania in a contempt case. It directed Hyderabad’s police commissioner to arrest him…
The Story in Brief
The Telangana High Court has issued a bailable warrant against senior IAS officer and Finance Principal Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania in a contempt case. It directed Hyderabad’s police commissioner to arrest him wherever he is found and produce him before the court at 10.30am on August 7.
Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka passed the order on July 10 after Sultania’s counter-affidavit was not filed and no one appeared for him. The case was filed by former Secunderabad Cantonment Board member J Ramakrishna, who alleges disobedience of a 2024 order directing the Telangana government to consider his representation and remit pending surcharge on stamp duty collected from the board. Sultania may secure bail by furnishing a personal bond of Rs 5,000 and undertaking to attend future hearings.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that the warrant proves guilt go beyond the order, which concerns alleged non-compliance with a court direction. But treating repeated non-appearance and a missing counter-affidavit as routine paperwork also weakens faith in public administration. The fair test is whether Sultania appears on August 7, files the required response and shows that the 2024 direction was followed. If not, the court’s next action will decide whether this was delay or defiance.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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