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IAS officer gets temporary relief from HC in Kaleshwaram case

By IndianMandarins- 25 Sep 2025
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Hyderabad (25.09.2025): The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state government not to take any action against Smita Sabharwal (IAS: 2001: TG) based on Justice PC Ghose Commission’s report on alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project. The officer stated that she was not part of the decision-making process regarding the construction of the three barrages and had no role in granting approvals.
In its interim order on her petition, seeking to quash the findings of the Commission, Smita Sabharwal, who served as Special Secretary in the Chief Minister's Office during the BRS regime, is one of the officers against whom the Commission has made adverse remarks. The HC decided to hear the petition along with similar petitions pending before the court.
The High Court has already granted interim protection to former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, former Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao, and former Chief Secretary S.K. Joshi, restraining the government from taking any action against them based on the same Commission report.

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