Overview

• On June 19, 2025, two single-judge benches of the Telangana High Court issued notices to IAS officer Naveen Mittal and co-accused over allegations of forging a No Objection Certificate for evacuee land in Hyderabad’s Guddimalkapur village.
• The disputed parcel in Survey No. 284/6 was declared evacuee property under GO No. 388 on December 20, 1954, and was later reclassified as non-evacuee through the contested NOC.
• Petitioner Shanti Agarwal accuses Mittal of illegally reclassifying the land without her knowledge and colluding with public officials to collect rent alongside co-accused Hussain Bee and Atkher Hussain.
• A trial court deferred taking cognizance of charges against Mittal pending prosecution sanction under Section 197 of the CrPC after the Telangana Chief Secretary failed to decide on a 2024 sanction request within the Supreme Court-mandated three-month period.
• Justices K. Lakshman and N. Tukaramji consolidated related writ and criminal petitions challenging both the classification order and prosecutorial inaction, directing Mittal and others to respond to the allegations.