Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- The Telangana High Court has directed police to produce Medchal-Malkajgiri Collector Manu Choudary before it on Wednesday, November 25, after he sought yet another exemption from appearing in a land contempt case, this time citing election work.

According to The Times of India, Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy passed the order on Wednesday, November 11, directing the Malkajgiri Police Commissioner to ensure the collector's presence at the next hearing.

The judge made it clear that being busy was no defence. The Collector's explanation about his preoccupation with official duties, he said, "does not constitute sufficient ground to dispense (exempt) with his presence," especially when the court had specifically ordered him t...