The State government may approach the Supreme Court against the ruling by the High Court favouring a builder over the ownership of the beleaguered land in Ammuguda hillocks, which has landed the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency in trouble with the court.Officials under the condition of anonymity informed that the government has decided to file a Special Leave Petition before the apex court challenging the High Court order for the title over the land.While the judgement was delivered much earlier, HYDRAA forces recently entered the land and stopped the builder from progressing ahead with work, against which the latter approached the High Court with a contempt petition against HYDRAA.Hearing the petition, the High Court made stern remarks against HYDRAA chief A.V. Ranganath who is already named respondent in 63 contempt cases, and opined that he should be removed from his present position, while making a request to the Chief Secretary to replace him with a suitable officer.The government is still evaluating its options with regard to the High Court’s recommendations, and seeking legal opinion on whether they would be binding on the government. While it was widely reported that the court had ordered for the HYDRAA chief to be removed, it was not as much an order or direction, but only a request in the written judgement, hence may not be binding on the government, officials say.Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had strongly backed Mr. Ranganath in view of the High Court’s recommendation, and said posting of officials is government’s prerogative. Published - July 31, 2026 08:47 pm IST