Hyderabad High Court rejects YSRC pleas
Hyderabad High Court rejects YSRC pleas
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-06-11 02:47 GMT
Hyderabad: A division bench comprising acting CJ Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt of the Hyderabad HC on Wednesday dismissed petitions challenging the decision of the Election Commission to conduct separate elections to fill two vacancies in the AP Legislative Council each from Guntur, Krishna and Vishakapatnam local authorities’ constituencies.
Three petitions were filed by YSRC leaders Challa Madhusudhan Reddy, B. Karunakar and K. Dharmasri, stating that as of March 31, 2015, there were 12 vacancies under the local authority constituencies in the state. The EC had issued notification withholding election to one constituency in Chittoor and had decided to hold polls for two seats from Guntur, Krishna and Vishakapatnam separately. The petitioners contended that this was illegal.
EC counsel Avinash Desai submitted that once the notification is issued it is not proper for courts to intervene. The bench asked Mr Desai the reason for conducting elections to one constituency in Chittoor district when there are two vacancies in the district.
The counsel replied that the election was withheld as there was a court case. Dismissing the three petitions, the bench declared that it will pass a order in due course.
Hearing on staff distribution
The HC on Wednesday commenced hearing on a plea challenging the power of the Telangana government to frame guidelines for the distribution of employees of the AP Transmission Corporation and the AP Power Generation Corporation between AP and TS.
Mr P.B. Karunakar, superintending engineer, (commercial) of the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana, and eight other engineers moved the petition contending that the Telangana government had no powers to frame guidelines for the distribution of employees.
Mr K. Lakshimi Nara-simha, counsel for the petitioner, said that as per Section 82 of the AP Reorganisation Act, the discom was the competent body to formulate modalities within a year from the appointed day. He said that one year from the appointed day ended on June 1, 2015, and the discom had not formulated any guidelines for distribution of employees. With the deadline lapsing, only the President can issue the guidelines, he added. He argued that the principal secretary, Telangana energy department, had no powers to issue the guidelines. The judge adjourned the hearing to Thursday.