Hyderabad, June 13 -- The Telangana High Court on Friday, June 12, imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Commissioner AV Ranganath for failing to comply with its directions in a land dispute case and not filing a counter-affidavit despite being granted several opportunities.

Justice NV Shravan Kumar passed the order after noting that HYDRAA had failed to submit its response within the time stipulated by the court.

The court directed that the amount be deposited in the Chief Justice Relief Fund and said any counter-affidavit filed by HYDRAA would be taken on record only after proof of payment is produced.

The matter has been posted for further hearing on June 15....