The Telangana high court has deferred its judgement to April 22 on the constitution of the Justice P C Ghose Commission, which probed the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project.
A high court bench heard extensive arguments on a batch of petitions filed by several individuals, including former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao, in September last year.
The Justice Ghose commission was appointed in March 2024 to look into the major lapses in the design, construction, and operational aspects of major barrages built as part of the Kaleshwaram project.
The commission submitted its report to the state government on July 31, 2025, after 16 months of rigorous exercise of probing the irregularities, including lack of construction quality, design flaws, maintenance lapses, and accountability in financial and administrative oversight.
The Ghose Commission found fault with several individuals, including KCR, Harish Rao, and former finance minister Eatala Rajender, and senior engineers responsible for the project works.
The Telangana government has defended the commission, saying it had been constituted in the larger public interest to uncover deficiencies and possible wrongdoing in the Kaleshwaram project.
