Hyderabad, Nov. 7 -- The Telangana High Court has issued notices to six senior government officials, including HYDRAA Commissioner A.V. Ranganath, for contempt of court.

The others to whom the notices were issued on Friday, November 6, are the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Principal Secretary, T.K. Sreedevi; Sangareddy Joint Collector, Ameenpur Municipality Commissioner, Pradeep Kumar; Sangareddy District Panchayat Officer Ravi; and the concerned Tahsildar.

They have to appear before the court on December 4.

What the petitioner said

Ninety-eight-year-old farmer M.A. Shareef filed the contempt petition, stating that he built a farmhouse on his 36.37 acres in Ailapur village, Ameenpur Mandal, after obtaining mandatory g...