Hyderabad: Ex-Teacher, 90, Seeks Pension

Hyderabad: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court entertained a writ plea filed by 90-year-old retired government lecturer complaining of failure on the part of the government to release pension due to her. The petitioner, with her well-wishers and students that she taught during her years of service, had been constantly frequenting the office of Accountant General and the office of the director of treasuries and the accounts department; on every occasion the petitioner returned disappointed as the respective respondent authorities shifted the responsibility from one to the other without offering any effective remedy. Tender for cellphones deposit shop questioned Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court directed the executive officer of the Shree Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Bhadrachalam, not to proceed for three weeks with the tender for fresh auction for running a shop for safe custody of mobile phones of devotees at the temple premises. Plea on Ramky Estates stake sale spiked A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court comprising Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Laxmi Narayana Alishetty dismissed two writ petitions filed by Oxford Ayyappa Consulting Services India Private Limited and Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla challenging capital gains levied on the sale of the majority stake in Ramky Estate and Farms Limited to Metropolis Investment Holding Private Limited, Singapore, to the tune of $510 million during financial year 2018-19.