Centre boost for Telangana stance on Schedule X

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government is upbeat over the Centre’s stand on Schedule X institutions listed under the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.  As many as 142 institutions have been listed under Schedule X.

The Centre recently filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that there was no need to bifurcate Schedule X institutions between TS and AP and these institutions belonged to either TS or AP based on their geographical location.

The move will make TS richer by thousands of crores as almost all the Schedule X institutions are located in and around Hyderabad and possess thousands of acres of land, buildings and other assets. While the dispute between both the states for control over 142 institutions has been going on for four years, the Centre’s affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, which supported the TS government, came as a shot in the arm for the Telangana government.

As many as 142 institutions have been listed under Schedule X. The TS government has been citing Section 75 of the AP State Reorganisation Act, 2014, arguing that a state would have absolute ownership over institutions located within that state and the other state could avail itself of the facilities of those institutions by entering into a memorandum of understanding.

It used the same interpretation to take control over the premises of the APSCHE in Hyderabad but that was struck down by the Apex Court.

However, Andhra Pradesh, to substantiate its arguments, has been citing Part VI and Section 47 of the same Act which states that all the assets and liabilities of the erstwhile state of combined Andhra Pradesh were to be apportioned between the two successor states. Schedule X institutions are not exempted, AP argues.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is learnt to have thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this gesture when he met him in Delhi on Sunday.