Overview
- HYDRAA Commissioner A. V. Ranganath personally appeared and tendered an unconditional apology that the High Court accepted in the Bathukammakunta matter.
- He told the bench his earlier absence followed emergency duties in Bachupally related to flooding, illegal occupation complaints and a woman’s death from toxic fumes.
- The bench had previously dismissed his plea for exemption from personal appearance and warned that a non-bailable warrant could issue if he failed to attend.
- Businessman A. Sudhakar Reddy’s contempt petition alleges HYDRAA disobeyed status-quo directions over land at the lake in Amberpet.
- Prior orders set status quo on May 7, allowed limited pre-monsoon works on May 28, and barred encroachment on the petitioner’s property interest on June 12, with the dispute now adjourned to December 18.