They argued that seeking relief became necessary as it was possible that the government, with a political motive, might take action on the report immediately after it is tabled in the Assembly.
Published Aug 31, 2025 | 11:50 AM ⚊ Updated Aug 31, 2025 | 11:50 AM
T Harish Rao and KCR.
Synopsis: Former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao filed interlocutory petitions in the Telangana High Court seeking to prevent the state government from taking any action based on the Justice PC Ghose Commission report.
Former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao filed interlocutory petitions in the Telangana High Court on Saturday, 30 August, seeking to prevent the state government from taking any action based on the Justice PC Ghose Commission report.
The petitioners requested that no steps be initiated on the commission’s findings until their main writ petitions, which sought the quashing of the entire report, are fully disposed of by the court.
The Ghose Commission, set up by the Congress government led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, investigated alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) under the previous BRS regime.
In their interlocutory petitions, the two BRS leaders once again sought suspension of the report of the PC Ghose Commission submitted to the government on 31 July and a direction be issued that no action should be initiated on the report.
They argued that seeking relief became necessary as it was possible that the government, with a political motive, might take action on the report immediately after it was tabled in the Assembly.
In their petitions on 21 August, before the high court had sought the suspension of the entire Justice PC Ghose Commission report since the Commission’s inquiry had violated principles of natural justice and exceeded its mandate. They argued that the report was prepared without affording them adequate opportunity to respond to the allegations.
The high court, hearing the arguments on 22 and 23 August, declined to grant an interim stay since the government did not propose any action on the report until a discussion took place in the Assembly on the report. As the report was not tabled in the Assembly at the time of the hearing, the court felt that there was no need for any interim direction and adjourned the case to a later date.
The legal move by the BRS comes amidst heightened political tensions, with the Congress government using the Ghose Commission’s report to target the BRS over alleged corruption and mismanagement in key infrastructure projects. The Telangana government has defended the Commission’s work, asserting that it was conducted transparently and in line with judicial precedents.
(Edited by Muhammed Fazil.)
