Hyderabad, July 31 -- The Telangana High Court on Thursday, July 30, pulled up the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) for bypassing its orders.

The High Court referred to the demolition of a private compound wall carried out by the agency, stating that neither the tahsildar nor the district collector had issued any such direction. Justice NV Shravan Kumar observed that the government authorities and agencies like HYDRAA were misleading the people.

The court also observed that agencies lacked coordination and took decisions unilaterally without following the law. Kumar observed this while hearing a petition filed by Pemmasani Sudha Rani, who alleged that revenue and HYDRAA officials demolished the structure...