<p>The Telangana High Court has placed under suspension a city court judge in connection with a 'direction' given by him to police for registering an FIR against Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and several others, official sources said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The action was initiated on the administrative side against K Jaya Kumar, the judge of special sessions court for trial of MPs/MLAs, after a complaint was lodged with the High Court by an official of the Election Commission of India, they said.</p>.<p>"It's (suspension of the judge) an administrative order," the sources said without disclosing the reason for the suspension.</p>.Anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court frames charges against Cong's Sajjan Kumar.<p>The FIR was registered on August 11 against Telangana Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud, CEC Kumar and a host of other officials after being referred by the sessions court for allegedly 'tampering' Goud's 2018 state Assembly election affidavit.</p>.<p>The matter was referred to the police by the court on a private complaint made by a resident of Mahabubnagar who alleged that Goud, MLA from Mahabubnagar, had 'tampered' with the election affidavit by suppressing facts.</p>.<p>While Goud was named as the first accused, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and several other officials were made co-accused, who the complainant alleged had colluded with the minister and closed the election affidavit without taking any further action. </p>
<p>The Telangana High Court has placed under suspension a city court judge in connection with a 'direction' given by him to police for registering an FIR against Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and several others, official sources said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The action was initiated on the administrative side against K Jaya Kumar, the judge of special sessions court for trial of MPs/MLAs, after a complaint was lodged with the High Court by an official of the Election Commission of India, they said.</p>.<p>"It's (suspension of the judge) an administrative order," the sources said without disclosing the reason for the suspension.</p>.Anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court frames charges against Cong's Sajjan Kumar.<p>The FIR was registered on August 11 against Telangana Excise Minister V Srinivas Goud, CEC Kumar and a host of other officials after being referred by the sessions court for allegedly 'tampering' Goud's 2018 state Assembly election affidavit.</p>.<p>The matter was referred to the police by the court on a private complaint made by a resident of Mahabubnagar who alleged that Goud, MLA from Mahabubnagar, had 'tampered' with the election affidavit by suppressing facts.</p>.<p>While Goud was named as the first accused, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and several other officials were made co-accused, who the complainant alleged had colluded with the minister and closed the election affidavit without taking any further action. </p>