Justice T. Vinod Kumar observed that a common tendency was developing among the people that their worries regarding money recovery, land disputes and family issues would get solved by offering commissions to the police to get their work done.
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday said that the police were not recovery agents and could not be approached to recover loans and debts. The court said citizens should not approach the police for every issue, taking them to be a settlement centre.
Justice T. Vinod Kumar observed that a common tendency was developing among the people that their worries regarding money recovery, land disputes and family issues would get solved by offering commissions to the police to get their work done.
The judge said that the job of the police was to maintain law and order and crime investigation and police stations were not meant for resolving civil disputes.
Justice Vinod Kumar made the observation while dealing a petition which challenged the police`s refusal to register an FIR against a borrower who was not repaying his money. The lender, who filed the petition, requested the police to file a cheating case against the borrower and send him to remand. The police rejected the complaint of the lender who approached the High Court.
The judge did not allow the request of the petitioner and suggested that he file a money recovery suit before the civil court.
Navodaya School's Status in 7 District Sought
Hyderabad: A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara directed the Union education secretary and the commissioner of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samithi, to furnish information regarding the establishing of seven Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the new districts of Telangana, which was approved by the Union Cabinet in December 2024.
The court asked the Centre to furnish details of any proposal to establish new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the districts where none existed. The court directed the additional solicitor-general (ASG) of India to inform the details to the court in a week.
The bench was dealing with a PIL filed by BRS former MP B. Vinod. J. Ramchander Rao, senior counsel and former additional advocate-general argued that the commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samithi, Noida, published a notification for admissions into Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas for the academic year 2026-27 for Class VI.
The notification and approved for establishment of seven schools in Telangana but in the said list only admissions into nine schools were released and wherein seven schools has not been included in the list depriving 560 seats to eligible students in the state.
According to him, the Union government has to establish Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in every district, which has rural population. In the erstwhile ten districts of Telangana, the nine rural districts, with the exception of the urban district of Hyderabad, had a Navodaya Vidyalaya each.
After creation of new districts in the state, the Centre has approved only seven schools. The petitioner requested that another 16 schools be established in Telangana.
Telangana HC Quashes ITD Notices to Armoor BJP MLA
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court set aside the notices issued upon Armoor BJP MLA Paidi Rakesh Reddy by the income-tax department (ITD) under the apprehension that some income might have escaped assessment during the previous years. The notices pertained to the financial years of 2019-20, 2020-21 and others.
The MLA approached the court to set aside the notices and consequent orders, penalties and requested the court restrain the ITD department from making reassessment or recomputation.
The petitioner brought to the notice of the court that by way of Finance Act, 2021 w.e.f., 01.04.2021 onwards, proceedings under Section 148A of the Act ought to have also been issued and proceeded in a faceless manner. The notices served upon him were not being issued in a faceless manner.
The court noted that more than 600 petitions have been filed so far due to this practice of the I-T department.
