Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, December 16, expressed surprise over the inaction of the power department in recovering electricity dues of Rs 118.13 crore pending from GITAM University for nearly two decades.

Despite issuing notices in September warning of disconnection of power supply for non-payment, the department failed to initiate further action, prompting the court to summon the Superintendent Engineer (SE) of the TGS-PSPDCL's Operation Circle to appear personally on December 22 and explain the reasons.

Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka was hearing a petition filed earlier by Geetam University challenging the notices issued by the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TGS-PSPDCL) demanding p...