HYDERABAD: In a big relief to chief secretary Somesh Kumar, the Telangana high court on Friday vacated the freeze order it imposed earlier on the release of Rs 59 crore granted through GO No. 208 signed by the CS himself.
Following a PIL that charged him with sanctioning the money unto himself for defending him in scores of contempt cases, a division bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy earlier stayed the implementation of the GO and directed the state government not to release any money mentioned in the GO.
Kumar later filed an affidavit explaining the purpose for which the money was granted. Explaining his case, advocate general BS Prasad informed the court that the money was meant for land losers who had secured decrees from courts and even filed execution petitions for getting their decrees enforced.
“This is not for defending the CS in the contempt cases as alleged by the petitioner,” he said while urging the court to allow them to release the money without the need for any addendum because the record was clear about the purpose of the grant. Accepting the explanation offered.
