Telangana: Panel to monitor GO 350 Water pits panel set up court block

Hyderabad: The TS government on Thursday informed the Hyderabad High Court that it has constituted a seven member state-level committee to monitor and ensure strict enforcement of GO Ms No 350 pertaining to rain water harvesting structures for all buildings, wherever applicable, in Hyderabad.

The court asked the state government to prepare a comprehensive action plan for effective implementation of water harvesting structures and place it before the court  

P. Kesava Rao, counsel for the GHMC, informed a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice P. Naveen Rao that a GO was issued constituting the panel.

The bench was dealing with a PIL by one S. Vaidehi Reddy, a resident of city, seeking to direct the TS government, GHMC and other respondent authorities to ensure strict enforcement of GO Ms No. 350.

When D. Prakash Reddy, senior counsel appearing for the petitioner, submitted that they have certain suggestions, the bench told him to tell his client to place the suggestions before the GHMC within a week.

While adjourning the case for two weeks, the bench asked the GHMC and the government to prepare a comprehensive plan for effective implementation of water harvesting structure scheme and place it before the court.

Diploma will suffice, LIC told
The Hyderabad High Court has rejected the claim of the LIC that three years diploma course in electronics and communication engineering offered by Andhra and Osmania Universities in AP and TS is not equivalent to two-year Intermediate course.

A division bench, comprising Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar and Justice B. Siva Sankara Rao, was dismissing an appeal by LIC of India questioning the order of a single judge directing it to appoint one Jana Satyavani in the post of an assistant in the corporation.

Ms Satyavani, a diploma holder, applied for the post in 1996 and got selected after attending the interview before the selection committee. She joined the corporation in October 1996. In June 1997, the LIC terminated her from service on the ground that she did not clear her Intermediate.

When she moved a plea before the single judge, he ordered the LIC to continue with her service. Aggrieved by the order, the LIC moved the appeal. The bench, while dismissing the plea, pointed out that when two high academic bodies have recognised the diploma as equivalent to Intermediate course for the purpose of admission to graduate studies.

The court said that there was no foundation for the LIC to reach the conclusion that Ms Satyavani did not possess the requisite educational qualification. The bench ruled that as she was subjected to a selection process through an interview by the duly constituted selection committee which accepted her candidature and her equivalent qualification and the same could not be brushed aside lightly.