Telangana High Court
WP/34846/2025 of Mortala Sreenivasa Reddy Vs Union of India on 12 February 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEM,APAKA WRIT PETITION NO: 34846 OF 2025 Between: tVlortala Sreenivasa Reddy, S/o. Venki Reddy,
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEM,APAKA
WRIT PETITION NO: 34846 OF 2025
Between:
tVlortala Sreenivasa Reddy, S/o. Venki Reddy, Aged 50 years, Occ; Business, R/o Flat No. 206-11 .6th Floor, lndu Gardenia, Kukatpally, Hyderabad-72.
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1. Unron of lndia, Rep., by its Under Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Jaisalmer House, fi/ansingh Road, New Delhi.
2. Bureau of lmmigration, East Block - VIll, Level - V, Sector-1 , R.K. Puram, New Delhi - 1 10066, Rep., by its Commissioner of lmmigration.
3. The Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office, 3rd Floor, Shakar Bhavan, 5-10-174, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad - 500004, Rep., by its Deputy Drrector of Enforcement
.....RESPONDENTS
Petition Under Article 226 of the Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue and order, direction or writ, more particularly in the nature of a writ of mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.3 in issuing look out circular against the petitioner in connection with ECIR/HYZOl26l2O22, on the file of Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office, despite subsistence of stay orders dated 15.11.2022 granled by this Hon'ble Court in Crl.P.No. 10076 of 2022 and continuing the LOC contrary to the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs dated 27.10.2010 and 22.02.2021 , as arbitrary, illegal, highhanded apart from being violative of article 14, 19 and 21 of constitution of lndia and consequently to set aside and quash the look out circular issued against the I
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petitioner in connection with ECIR/HYZO|26|2022, on the file of Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office by the respondent No.3.
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Petition Under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to suspend the Look Out Circular issued by the respondent No. 3 in the name of "Motala Srinivasa Reddy" bearing Passport No. U7466054 in connection with ECIRMYZ0/2612022. on the file of Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office, further, to direct the respondent No.2 to restrain the petitioner from travelling in the guise of LOC.
Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI T.BALA MOHAN REDDY
Counsel for the Respondents : SRI V.T.KALYAN (SC FOR CENTRAL GOVT)
The Court made the following ORDER
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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA
AT HYDERABAD
TTiE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAILT
Between:
Mortala Sreenivasa Reddv
...Petitioner
AND
Union of India,
Represented by its under Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Jaisalmer House, Mansingh Road,
Nerv Delhi and 2 others
.,.Respondents
The Writ Petition is filed declaring the actlon of respondent No.3 in issuing iook out circular against the petitioner IN
connection rvith ECIR/HYZOl26 12022, on the file of Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad ZonaJ, Office, despite subsistence of stay orders dated 15.11.2022 granted by this Court in Crl.P.No.1O076 ol 2022 and continuing the LOC contrary to the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs dated 27.10.2010
and,22.02.2U21 as arbitrary, illegal, highhanded apart from being MIT PETITION No.34846 of 2025
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ORDER:
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2. Heard Sri T.Bala Mohan Redd_v, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri V.T. Kalyan, learned Standing Counsel for Central Government, for respondent Nos.l and 2. Perused the record.
3. When the matter was taken up for hearing, learned Stalding Counsel for the Central Government placed on record from the Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement. It is stated therein that a request had been communicated to the Ofhce of the Directorate of Enlorcement for issuance of a Look Out CLrcular (LOC) against the petitioner and, based on the same, Respondent No.3 - Office had issued the LOC against the petitioner. It is no'"i, requested that the LOC issued against the petitioner be revoked Ibrthrvith for the time being, and that a copy of the cieletion order be forw'arded to the Directorate for record. This issr-re is u.ith the approval of the Joint Director, Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office. written instructrons received through an email dated 21.O1.2026
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4. In vier,v of the aforesaid rnstructions placed on record, this Writ Petition is disposed oL There shall be no order as to costs. l,,Xiscellaneous petition s, il Petition, shall stand closed. arty, pending in this Writ ,TRUE COPYII
1. The Under Secretary, Union of lndia, Ivlinistry of Ho House, fi,4ansingh Road, Ner,v Delhi. ffairs, Jaisalmer
2. The Commissioner of lmmigration, Bureau of lmmigra n, East Block - Vlll, Level - V, Sector-1, R.K. Puram, New Delhi - 110066.
3. The Deputy Director of Enforcement, Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office, 3rd Floor, Shakar Bhavan , 5-10-17 4, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad
- 500004.
4. One CC to SRI T.BALA TUOHAN REDDY, Advocate [OPUC]
5. One CC to SRI V.T.KALYAN (SC FOR CENTRAL GOW) Advocate [OPUC]
6. Two CD Copies sD/- c. DEEP{I(A AESISTANT REGISTRAR f\\:_----- \ \\ sEc.oN oFFrcER
HIGH COURT DATED:1 210212026
ORDER
WP.No.34846 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE W.P WITHOUT COSTS. ( oR lHE S ()
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