Hyderabad, April 30 -- The Telangana High Court has issued an interim order staying all promotions in the state's electricity utilities until the ongoing review petition on the matter is fully adjudicated.

The order was delivered by Justice Namavarapu Rajeswara Rao on Monday, following a petition filed by Kodipaka Kumaraswamy, state president of the Telangana Electricity BC Employees Welfare Association, and Muthyam Venkanna Goud, convener of the BC and OC Employees Joint Action Committee.

The petitioners argued that, despite previous directions from the Supreme Court and High Court to review promotions granted to electricity employees since the formation of Telangana and to provide justice to those adversely affected, the CMDs of the p...