Hyderabad, July 24 -- The Telangana High Court has upheld the state government's decision to withdraw the personal security officers (PSOs) provided to former united Andhra Pradesh minister Jalagam Prasad Rao, holding that there was no current threat perception warranting continued security.

Justice T Madhavi Devi dismissed the petition filed by Rao, observing that the Security Review Committee and the Commissioner of Police had considered intelligence inputs as well as the petitioner's representations before concluding that there was no present threat to his life.

According to a report by LiveLaw, the court held that no individual has a vested or enforceable legal right to continue receiving personal security and that such arrangements...