The Telangana High Court on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) adjourned to April 22 the pronouncement of verdict in the batch of four writ petitions, including one filed by former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, seeking directions to set aside the P.C. Ghose Commission report which indicted him in execution of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) project.
The State government led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy issued G.O. Ms. No. 6 on March 14 of 2024, within three months of coming to power defeating the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party in the Assembly elections, constituting the Commission of Inquiry with former judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice P.C. Ghose, to probe into the alleged irregularities in the execution of the Kaleshwawram project. The allegations were levelled with specific reference to negligence, irregularities and lacunae in planning, designing and construction of Medigadda, Annarm and Sundialla barrages.
They were part of the integral components of the KLIS. On July 31, 2025, the Commission of Inquiry submitted its report to the governmentindicting the former Chief Minister KCR, his former cabinet colleague T. Harish Rao, retired IAS officer S.K. Joshi (who was Chief Secretary during the stint of KCR as Chief Minister) and serving IAS officer Smitha Sabharwal — who served in the Chief Minister’s office then.
