Hyderabad, Sep 25, 2025

In a relief to senior IAS officer Smita Sabharwal, the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the Telangana government not to take any action against her based on the report of the Justice PC Ghose Commission on alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.

The High Court passed an interim order on her petition, seeking to quash the findings of the Commission.

Smita Sabharwal, who served as Special Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Office during the BRS regime, is one of the officers against whom the Commission has made adverse remarks.

A division bench led by Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, which passed an interim order on her petition, decided to hear the petition along with similar petitions pending before the court.

The High Court

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