Overview

• The Division Bench directed the Telangana education principal secretary to examine petitioner Durgam Ravinder’s representation within three months.
• Any finding of land encroachment during the inquiry must be reported to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for action.
• The bench said no adverse action may be taken without giving the Hyderabad Public School Society and other affected parties a fair hearing.
• Allegations in the PIL include financial mismanagement, non-implementation of SC/ST and BC reservation in admissions and hiring, outsourcing contracts to relatives without tendering, closure of an SC hostel, and unauthorized construction.
• The petitioner cited a 1998 ruling to argue HPS is a state-created entity, while the society and a prior government filing dispute that characterization, which the court left unresolved.