Archive · 27 Aug 2026
CMC Seeks Printers’ Help Against Unauthorised Public Posters
The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation wants to stop people from putting posters on public walls without permission.
It is asking printing businesses to help with this effort.
Printers said they support the campaign but cannot always know where customers will put the posters.
This is especially difficult when large orders come through middlemen.
One printer said the people who paste the posters should be responsible.
Another printer asked the civic body to provide clear rules.
A lawyer said printing a poster alone does not automatically make a printer legally responsible.
Officials still face difficulties finding the people who ordered and pasted the posters.
Posters advertising coaching centres, events, businesses and political activities were still seen in several areas.
The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation is asking printing presses to support its campaign against unauthorised posters.
Printers said they cannot usually control how posters are used after handing them to customers.
They said bulk orders through agents make it difficult to identify the posters’ final use.
Printers requested clear guidelines and said they should not be blamed solely because their names appear on posters.
An advocate said printers may be liable only if they caused, procured, aided or abetted illegal displays.
- Who
- The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation, Commissioner G. Srijana, printing press owners and other stakeholders.
- What
- The civic body is seeking printers’ cooperation to curb unauthorised posters in public spaces.
- When
- During the CMC’s current campaign and meetings with printing press owners.
- Where
- Across public spaces in Cyberabad, including areas such as Kukatpally, Gachibowli and KPHB.
- Why
- Unauthorised posters continue to appear, while officials face difficulties tracing the people who order and display them.
Civic Enforcement View
Printers’ and Legal View
Role in preventing illegal displays
Civic Enforcement View
The CMC is seeking printers’ cooperation because printing presses are involved in producing the posters and may help prevent unauthorised displays.
Printers’ and Legal View
Printers say they are service providers and generally cannot control how customers use posters after delivery.
Responsibility for illegal posting
Civic Enforcement View
Effective enforcement requires identifying those who order and put up unauthorised posters.
Printers’ and Legal View
Printers say responsibility should rest with the people who display the posters, not automatically with the businesses that printed them.
Legal liability
Civic Enforcement View
The campaign is addressing continued unauthorised poster displays in public places.
Printers’ and Legal View
An advocate said a printer may be liable under Section 5 only when evidence shows the printer caused, procured, aided or abetted the illegal display.
- Campaign
- The CMC launched an initiative to prevent unauthorised posters in public spaces.
- Civic appeal
- Commissioner G. Srijana asked citizens, businesses and organisations to cooperate.
- Printers’ position
- Printers said they generally cannot track posters after handing them to customers.
- Main enforcement challenge
- Officials may need to identify both the person who ordered a poster and those who pasted it.
- Legal view
- Under Section 5 of the Telangana Prevention of Disfigurement Act, printing alone is not sufficient to establish a printer’s liability.
- Posters observed
- Advertisements for coaching centres, events, commercial activities and political publicity were found in several locations.