The Telangana High Court Thursday granted interim relief to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Smita Sabharwal and said “no adverse action be taken against her based on the findings” of the P C Ghose Commission on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) before the next hearing on October 7. Sabharwal served as secretary to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) during his tenure as chief minister.

The division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin had earlier granted similar interim protection to KCR, former irrigation minister T Harish Rao and also former chief secretary Shailendra Kumar Joshi. The court posted the matter for further hearing on October 7, along with three previous petitions.

The Congress government se

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