Hyderabad, May 25 -- Justice T Madhavi Devi of the Telangana High Court has issued a suo motu contempt notice to C Narayana Reddy, the current Rangareddy district collector, for his actions during his tenure as the Nalgonda district collector.

The court found that Reddy selectively adopted judicial precedents that supported his own interpretation while implementing a previous court order, rather than adhering to the full essence of the directives issued by the High Court.

Background of the case

The case concerns the extension of minimum time scale of pay and annual grade increments to daily wage and ad-hoc workers in the rural development wing.

The High Court had earlier instructed the district collector to make a decision in accordan...