Set up security panel by December 27: High Court to Telangana govt
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Censuring the ‘turning a deaf ear’ attitude of the state government in setting up institutions and appointing various constitutional posts, the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the government to constitute the state security commission at the state level and the police complaints authority at the district level in the Telangana state by December 27, 2019. Dealing with the case CJ Chauhan said, “It’s been more than one and half years ago that this court had directed the government to constitute the state security commission and police complaints authority, but till today, the orders have not been complied with.” The CJ further observed that it was unfortunate to mention that the Telangana government was not taking the directions of the court seriously. “As this court is flooded with PILs seeking our intervention to direct the government to expedite the appointments of and to certain vital organisations in the state which have been headless for a long period such as Chairman and Members to the Human Rights Commission, Information Commissioners, Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta, to name a few.” “However, the state is turning deaf ears to implement the orders,” the bench said. The division bench of Hyderabad High Court, comprising the then Acting Chief Justice, Ramesh Ranganathan, and Justice J. Uma Devi, on 2 July 2018 rejected the appeal by Telangana government challenging the order of a single judge to establish authorities, and it directed the state to constitute them within two months from the day of direction.