Telangana to Oppose High Court Order Transferring IPS Officer A.V. Ranganath From HYDRAA

HYDERABAD — The Telangana state government has decided in principle to oppose a Telangana High Court order issued on Monday directing the transfer of senior IPS officer A.V. Ranganath from HYDRAA. State officials maintain that the posting and transfer of officers fall purely within the executive domain, and that specific court directions to retain or transfer an officer amount to judicial overreach.

Official sources confirmed that the appropriate legal forum and mode of raising objections will be finalized once the state government officially receives the single judge's order. Depending on the detailed contents of the order, the Chief Secretary will appeal before a division bench if the situation warrants, or the government will decide whether to refrain from implementing the order.

In a parallel legal move, the state government plans to file a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court against private firm Shanta Sriram. The government asserts that the private company claimed ownership of land under one survey number, but was actually in possession of a different parcel of land belonging to the state government and military authorities.

According to submissions made by HYDRAA, the land in question forms part of General Land Register No. 243, located within the Cantonment area in Hyderabad. The agency stated that the disputed property is classified as Category B-2 government land measuring approximately 119.34 acres.

HYDRAA clarified its position by stating that its officials carried out interventions at the site only after receiving an official representation from the revenue department. The revenue department's representation stated that the land belonged to the government, prompting the agency to act in its official capacity.

The state administration is currently examining the single judge's order to chalk out its future course of action regarding both the High Court appeal and the planned Supreme Court petition.