NOTIFICATION..........

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA STATE

(POLICE DEPARTMENT)
                                                                               Office of the 

                                                                     Commissioner of Police,

                                                                           Hyderabad City.
                                      No.L&O/M4/06/2015     Date: 17-11-2015. 

                              NOTIFICATION 

WHEREAS, reports have been received indicating that High Volume Sound 

Emitting Systems including DJs (High Volume Sound Mixers) are being generating 

noise beyond permissible limits (day time 55 db(A) and night time 45 db(A) in 

Residential Areas, day time 65 db(A) and night time 55 db(A) in Commercial Areas) in 

places of public gatherings including Processions causing inconvenience, disturbance, 

nuisance and annoyance to the residents of locality and public in general. 

WHEREAS, such acts have been causing acute inconvenience and distress 

among the children, old aged persons, patients and students in particular pursuing their 

studies in the residential localities. 

WHEREAS, such High Volume sounds generated at Public Meetings and 

Processions have been neutralizing Police Communication Systems deployed in 

relation to bandobust duties, thereby adversely affecting the function of maintenance of 

Public Order and Tranquillity by Law Enforcement Agencies.

AND WHEREAS, it is considered expedient to take stringent and speedy measures to 

control the use of High Volume Sound Emitting Systems including DJs (High Volume 

Sound Mixers) in place of Public gatherings including processions in the residential 

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under Rule 8 of Noise 

Pollution (Regulation & Control) Rules 2000, I, M. Mahendar Reddy, IPS., 

Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, do hereby make this written order and notify 

the same to the General Public Prohibiting the following within Hyderabad City, except 

in cases specifically permitted by the Divisional Asst. Commissioners of Police of the 

 Use of High Volume Sound Systems including DJs (High Volume Sound Mixers) 

emanating sound levels beyond permissible limits in places of Public Gatherings 

including Processions in the Residential Localities.

This order shall come into force from 0600 hrs on 18.11.2015 and shall remain in 

force for a period of 15 days i.e., upto 0600 hrs on 03.12.2015, both days inclusive 

unless withdrawn earlier.

Any person violating this order shall be liable for punishment u/s 188 of IPC and 

u/s 76 of the Hyderabad City Police Act, 1348 Fasli.

                                                                          Sd/-

                                                           (M. MAHENDAR REDDY)

                                                           Commissioner of Police,

                                                              Hyderabad City.