Hyderabad: A division bench of the Telangana High Court has directed the principal secretary of the minority welfare department and the state Waqf Board to inform it within four weeks, as to how much time it would take to fill up the post of CEO of the board on a regular basis.
The bench, comprising Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Justice Tirumala Devi Eada, was dealing with an appeal filed by the minority welfare department and the board challenging the single judge orders of January 10, which had directed removal of Md. Asadullah as CEO with immediate effect and ordered the appointment of a new full time CEO within four months. Meanwhile, the single judge also gave liberty to the Waqf Board to appoint an in-charge CEO till such time.
The single judge had found that the appointment of Asadullah was in violation of Section 23 of the Waqf Act.
However, in the appeal, the principal secretary of the minority welfare department and Waqf Board submitted that the state government had appointed Asadullah as the CEO on deputation for one year. Hence, the division bench suspended the single judge orders regarding Asadullah’s removal and directed the government to inform the court as to the time required to have a full time CEO. The case adjourned to March 12.
MCC violations: Criminal proceedings against AICC members quashed
Justice K. Sujana of the Telangana High Court quashed the criminal proceedings pending against AICC members P. Vishnuwardhan of Kerala and Mansoor Ali Khan of Delhi, related to violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) during the Assembly election campaign in 2023.
The judge was hearing a criminal petition filed by them seeking a direction to quash the proceedings against them, which are pending before in the file of XXII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Secunderabad.
The Secunderabad market police had registered the case on a complaint lodged by Abdul Shafi, the flying squad in-charge of Sanathnagar Assembly constituency.
The charges are that around 1o pm on November 22, 2023 at 10 pm, Congress candidate Kota Neelima, Vishnuwardhan and Mansoor Ali Khan, along with 100 members had staged a sit-in dharna against BRS leaders in the middle of the road, causing inconvenience to the general public, without obtaining permission from the police.
