Telangana HC begins final hearing on KCR, Harish Rao’s petition against Ghose Commission

Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday commenced final hearing in the batch of writ petitions filed by former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, former Minister T Harish Rao, former Chief Secretary S K Joshi and senior IAS officer Smita Sabharwal challenging the report of the Justice P C Ghose Commission on alleged irregularities in the



Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.

The petitioners had questioned the findings and recommendations of the Commission, contending that the report was in violation of the mandatory procedure under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, and that serious adverse findings were recorded without affording them an opportunity of defence under Sections 8B and 8C of the Act.