HYDRAA removal order gets a November breather
The Telangana High Court reportedly suspended a Single Judge’s direction to remove Commissioner A.V. Ranganath. The operative Division Bench order is not publicly available in the material reviewed.
The removal direction remains paused pending the November hearing; the operative order was not publicly available in the material reviewed.
The Telangana High Court has reportedly suspended a Single Judge’s direction to remove HYDRAA Commissioner A.V. Ranganath, with his appeal listed for November 3, 2026. The report said the Division Bench comprised Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin. The court’s operative order, appeal number and exact scope of the suspension were not publicly available in the material reviewed.
The dispute concerns land in Survey Nos. 1 and 2 of Lothukunta and a separate 119-acre parcel recorded as GLR No. 243 in the Secunderabad Cantonment area. In a June 10 order, Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti recorded that HYDRAA personnel had entered the Lothukunta property, calling the action “unwarranted” and “impermissible under law”. The order also held that HYDRAA, “a wing of the State Government”, had violated an undertaking and committed contempt.
Ranganath, HYDRAA, the Telangana government and Shanta Sriram Constructions have not publicly provided responses in the material reviewed. For now, the removal direction has been paused; the paperwork explaining precisely what was paused is still playing hide-and-seek.