Hyderabad High Court refuses to consider PIL on regularising power staff

 

He told the court that approximately 2,500 contract employees working in both the corporations and subsidiaries since decades at the power generation stations in Kothagudem, Bhupalapalli, Ramagundem, Nagarjuna Sagar, Priyadarshini Jurala, Sriramsagar Project and Transco were neither paid equal wages nor regularised. 

 

The bench made it clear that the issue raised by the petitioner do not come under public interest. Dismissing the PIL the bench said that individuals aggrieved by the action of the respondents mentioned in the petition should raise their grievances  before appropriate forums.

 

 

A division bench comprising Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice A. Shankar Narayana on Monday wondered at the tactics adopted by the Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences owned by Telugu Desam MP Malla Reddy regarding MBBS admissions in the current academic year. 

 

The bench was dealing with a petition by six MBBS aspirants seeking a direction to the college to take up admissions under convener quota. Appearing for the petitioners senior counsel A. Sudarshan Reddy told the court that the Telangana government, NTR University of Health Sciences and the Medical Council of India had rejected permission to the college to admit students in the current year as it lacked infrastructure. 

 

He said though the college falls within the jurisdiction of the Hyderabad High Court, the management had moved the Delhi High Court challenging the decision of the MCI and got an interim order on September 30, which is the cut off date for completing admissions for graduate courses. 

 

He said that as the MCI falls within the jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court, the college management had tactically moved it and succeeded in the case and the Delhi High Court, while according 15 days time to the college, directed it to fulfil infrastructure requirements also.

 

He told the court that the college has an intake capacity of 150 seats and it should fill 75 seats each under convener and management quota. He said the management after getting the interim order on September 30, declared that 75 seats under the management quota were filled, but the 75 seats under the convener quota remained unfilled.

The counsel contended that the action of the college was not in accordance with rules and if time is given to fill the management quota then the same should be given to convener quota also. Expressing surprise at the way the things are moving the bench said it would pass orders on Tuesday.