In an important development involving the Telangana bureaucracy, senior IAS officer Jayesh Ranjan (IAS:1992:TG), currently posted as Special Chief Secretary of the Information Technology, Electronics, and Communication departments, was issued contempt notices by the High Court on Tuesday. The contempt of court notices have been issued to Ranjan in connection with a writ petition questioning the government’s new advertising policy of 2026.
The contempt case was filed by M/s Telangana Outdoor Media Owners Association and three others, alleging that the government had wilfully disobeyed the HC order in a writ petition it had filed.
High Court Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar has directed the IAS officer to appear before it in person or through an advocate on April 9 and explain the government’s stand in the matter.
According to the association, the High Court had instructed the IAS officer to consider the representations of outdoor media owners and give them a fair hearing before deciding on the advertising policy. The petition alleges that the government finalised the policy without considering their representations on points such as permitting advertising hoardings on private buildings.
The association has argued that the govt’s decision led to serious ramifications for the livelihood of lakhs of people who depended on outdoor media and advertising-related works and the installation of hoardings.
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