# M/s \[name withheld\] vs \[name withheld\]

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 July 2026 in Contempt Case Nos. 3482 and 3483 of 2026, the High Court for the State of Telangana (Coram: Anil Kumar Jukanti, J.) adjudicated the matter concerning the Commissioner (IPS officer), Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA).

- Register number: TG 08 CW 0003
- Case reference: Contempt Case Nos. 3482 and 3483 of 2026
- Court and date: High Court for the State of Telangana (Coram: Anil Kumar Jukanti, J.), 27 July 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Commissioner (IPS officer), Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “willful, deliberate, intentional disobedience to the restraining orders of this Court and breach of an undertaking given” (at para para 57)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27710886/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0094)

**Record:** CW-2026-0094 (compiler id CWC-1380); case cop-tg-hc-1
**Title:** M/s \[name withheld\] vs \[name withheld\]
**Court:** High Court for the State of Telangana; judges: Anil Kumar Jukanti
**Case number / citation:** Contempt Case Nos. 3482 and 3483 of 2026
**Judgment:** 2026-07-27 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Medchal-Malkajgiri, Telangana; police station or unit: HYDRAA with Hyderabad police support; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Commissioner (IPS officer), Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The High Court dealt with contempt petitions alleging HYDRAA staff entered the petitioner's Lothukunta land with police presence and machinery despite restraining orders and an undertaking. The High Court held that detaining the petitioner's representative and registering an FIR were not denied and that the conduct met the test for defiance. The High Court rejected the apology as shorn of penitence. The High Court held the officer guilty of civil contempt and directed that he be relieved as Commissioner of HYDRAA.

> willful, deliberate, intentional disobedience to the restraining orders of this Court and breach of an undertaking given

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27710886/); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/here-is-why-telangana-high-court-ordered-removal-of-ips-officer-as-hydraa-commissioner)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** para 57
**display title redacted:** M/s \[name withheld\] vs \[name withheld\]
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-07-27', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court for the State of Telangana', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court for the State of Telangana recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': 'Contempt Case Nos. 3482 and 3483 of 2026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/27710886/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/here-is-why-telangana-high-court-ordered-removal-of-ips-officer-as-hydraa-commissioner', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Verified against the cited judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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