TRS says Centre handled the issue inefficiently
Hyderabad High Court
Hyderabad: The issue of bifurcation of the High Court or creation of a separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh has once again come to the fore with the TRS deciding to stall the ensuing Lok Sabha session, criticising the Centre’s inaction.
Two months ago, a High Court Bench had held that the AP Government needed to take steps within six months on creation of infrastructure for establishment of a separate High Court for AP in Amaravati. However, the issue has not moved further and TRS MPs and the Advocates’ JAC of Telangana have decided to protest against the Centre for mishandling the issue.
TRS MP from Karimnagar B. Vinod Kumar said, “The ambiguity over separation of the High Court was due to inefficient handling of the issue by the Centre. Union law minister Sadanand Gowda had given an assurance on the floor of the Lok Sabha that the Centre would act on the issue.”
“We had sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this and he had promised to meet us after returning from a foreign trip, but he has not invited us yet. The Union government has failed to attend to the issue and they have even failed to fulfil their own assurance given to the Lok Sabha. We have decided to stall the proceedings of LS from July 21 onwards. In the wake of the High Court judgment, it is now for the Centre and AP government to act on it.”
Telangana advocate general K. Ramakrishna Reddy told DC on Sunday that the Telangana government might challenge the HC judgment in Supreme Court or file a review petition before the same Bench which had delivered the judgment as it gave a different interpretation to Section 31 (2) of the AP Bifurcation Act.
“We believe that the Centre has to allot funds for construction of new High Court buildings in the location as decided by the AP government within the territory of state; to our knowledge, the Centre has granted funds, it is now for the AP government to start construction, which it is delaying,” said Mr Ramakrishna Reddy.
A senior counsel of Andhra Pradesh said that the AP government, in a letter to the Chief Justice of High Court, had informed that the new High Court buildings would be located in the capital region of Amaravati and construction would be taken up as and when the Centre allotted funds as per the AP Reorganisation Act.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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