Hyderabad: Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRA) commissioner AV Ranganath announced that an ordinance will be passed in October to reinforce the legal sanctity of HYDRA with special powers on the lines of Greyhounds and Taskforce.
During a media conference held in Hyderabad on Saturday, September 14, Ranganath said that HYDRA was established through GO 99 by executive resolution. He clarified that it is incorrect to claim the agency lacks legal standing.
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This comes at a time when a petition has been filed in the Telangana High Court questioning the legal authority of HYDRA in demolishing the structures.
Hearing a petition of one D Lakshmi, the High Court bench led by Justice Lakshman summoned the advocate general to appear before the court to explain the legal basis for the constitution of HYDRA.
