Hyderabad, April 5 -- The Telangana High Court has directed three IAS officers and two Irrigation department officials to appear in person in a contempt of court case over failure to implement its earlier orders on regularisation of services and pension benefits for retired employees.

The court said the officials need not appear if the orders are implemented by the 13th of this month.

Background

The contempt petition was filed by Jagannatham along with six others, alleging that the authorities failed to comply with the High Court's 2023 directions. In that judgment, the court had ordered the government to regularise the services of certain Irrigation department employees from 1993 and extend all consequential retirement and pension ben...