Hyderabad, May 1 -- The Telangana High Court on Thursday, April 30, declined to entertain a writ petition filed by senior BRS leader T Harish Rao over the alleged non-implementation of the farm loan waiver scheme in Siddipet constituency, while granting him the liberty to pursue the matter through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).

The petition came up for hearing before Justice Surepalli Nanda, who observed that the issue raised relates to broader public interest and cannot be addressed through an individual writ petition seeking wide-ranging relief.

Petitioner's arguments

Appearing for the petitioner, advocate Ramavarapu Chandrasekhar Reddy argued that despite the chief minister's assurance to waive farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh, sever...