State Act

The Telangana Prevention of Disfigurement of Open Places and Prohibition of Obscene and Objectionable Posters and Advertisements Act, 1997.

16. No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act except on a complaint filed, in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada by the Commissioner of Police or by any Police Officer not below the rank of an Inspector of Police authorised by him in this behalf and elsewhere by the District Collector or any Officer not below the rank of a Mandal Revenue Officer authorised by him in this behalf.