Hyderabad, Feb. 18 -- The Telangana High Court has expressed strong displeasure over the conduct of Medak District Collector Rahul Raj for failing to comply with its earlier directions in a property rights dispute.

Holding that the Collector had willfully disobeyed court orders, the court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000.

The case pertains to a dispute over 2.22 acres of land in Survey No. 284/A/2 in Bonal village of Chegunta mandal, Medak district. Petitioner Nallavelli Lakshmi had approached the High Court after her application seeking mutation of her grandfather's land and issuance of a pattadar passbook was not acted upon by the authorities.

HC orders from August 2022

In August 2022, the Tel...