Overview
- A division bench led by Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh extended interim protection from any adverse action based on the P. C. Ghose Commission findings until the next hearing in January 2026.
- The state was granted four weeks to file pending counter-affidavits, with three additional weeks for the petitioners’ replies, and the cases were posted for January 2026.
- Petitioners K. Chandrasekhar Rao, T. Harish Rao, Shailendra Kumar Joshi and Smita Sabharwal seek to quash the report, citing lack of notices under Sections 8-B and 8-C and denial of cross-examination.
- The Ghose Commission, constituted by the Congress-led government, submitted its report on August 31 after probing alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.
- Following the report’s tabling in the Assembly, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy referred the matter to the CBI, and the report attributed responsibility to KCR and faulted Harish Rao.