Telangana Court Seizes Government Office Assets Over 1983 Irrigation Dispute

A dispute that began with canal works in 1983 has, 43 years later, ended up with court officials taking away furniture and equipment from a government irrigation office in Telangana.It was an unusual sight at the Mahabubabad Irrigation Circle office when chairs, tables, desks, computers and other office equipment were taken out of the building following court orders in a long-running dispute involving more than Rs 3.72 crore.The attachment is linked to a case that goes back more than four decades to irrigation works carried out in 1983 under the Sriram Sagar Project.Contractor K Venkateshwarlu was involved in a dispute over earthwork excavation and embankment work on the Kakatiya Canal, and the dispute eventually reached the courts and resulted in a decree.With the decretal amount still not settled, execution proceedings moved to the stage of attachment of office assets. What made the matter stand out was the location of the attachment.…