Hyderabad, July 15 -- The Telangana High Court has held that a tenant cannot legally sublease a property without the landlord's consent and written permission, observing that such a sublease is invalid in law. The court also directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to examine a property owner's complaint and take appropriate action within three months.

Justice EV Venugopal passed the order while disposing of a petition filed by Tirumala Lakshmanacharyulu, who challenged the authorities' failure to act on his representation dated February 27 regarding the operation of a police station in his building.

Petitioner's arguments

According to the petitioner, he had leased his ground-plus-two-storey building, located in EC Nagar, Cherlapa...