Hyderabad, March 13 -- In a significant development, the Telangana High Court has issued interim orders to halt the implementation of Government Order (GO) 75, which appointed additional collectors as person-in-charge for District Cooperative Marketing Societies (DCMS) in eight districts of Telangana, excluding Khammam.

The decision comes after directors of these societies from the affected districts filed separate petitions challenging the government's move.

The High Court's decision was based on the argument that the government's decision was discriminatory.

The court noted that while the tenure of all societies ended on the same day, the government took a different approach for DCMS without providing any reasons.

This decision was ...