Finance Secretary appears before HC in contempt case

Telangana High Court on Friday dispensed with the appearance of Principal Secretary (Finance) Sandeep Kumar Sultania in a contempt of court case over the State government’s failure to remit stamp duty surcharge to the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB).Mr. Sultania appeared before the court on Friday after Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka had earlier directed the Hyderabad Police Commissioner to arrest him in the contempt case filed by former SCB member Ramakrishna. The arrest order, issued on July 10, was for the alleged non-compliance with the High Court’s directions to remit the surcharge to the SCB.Mr. Sultania, personally appearing before the bench, informed the court that on May 16, an amount of ₹25 crore was already remitted to the SCB towards pending surcharge on stamp duty. The remainin