Telangana HC summons HMDA commissioner, official over building permission application

HYDERABAD: Justice T Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court has issued contempt of court notices and summoned HMDA Commissioner Sarfaraz Ahmad and HMDA Planning Department Director-I K Vidyadhar Planning Department, HMDA to appear before the court on November 22, 2024 for failing to comply with orders to reconsider a building permission application.The contempt case was filed by M/s Akshaya Developers, represented by its managing partner S Jeevan Reddy who alleged willful disobedience of the court’s order. The court had earlier opined that the application was rejected based on a hyper-technical approach, reflecting a lack of application of mind by the planning department and directed the HMDA to reconsider the application, specifically instructing that the petitioner’s access to an old road leading to a service road should be considered, provided other objections were addressed.The petitioner’s property is located in Dommara Pochampally village in Dundigal municipality,…