HYDRAA not ‘super cops of governance’: Telangana High Court

Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti of the Telangana High Court observed that HYDRAA officials appeared to be under the notion that they were “a class apart” and clarified that they were “not super cops of governance”, while holding that the agency cannot enter private property without lawful authority and cannot act beyond the powers conferred on it



by law.

The observations came while disposing of two contempt cases filed by M/s Shanta Sriram Constructions Private Limited against HYDRAA Commissioner AV Ranganath, alleging violation of earlier court orders protecting the petitioner’s possession and enjoyment of land in Lothukunta village in Medchal-Malkajgiri district.