Written permission mandatory for CBI probes in AP

Notably, Chandrababu Naidu had, as chief minister in 2018, withdrawn the 'general consent' to the CBI for investigations in AP, after he exited the NDA and the Centre tried to investigate allegations against him. However, the YSR Congress government that came to power in 2019 had lifted the ban on CBI’s entry to AP.

Now, again, the Naidu-led government imposed a ban on CBI investigations against public servants without written permission from the state. On Tuesday, the state issued a gazette notification to this effect.

The gazette notification 792 on “extending the jurisdiction of CBI in the state of AP for investigation of sections notified by the central government under section 3 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) act, 1946 (act no.25 of 1946)” was issued at the hands of Kumar Vishwajeet, principal secretary to the state home department.

AP imposed the condition that no such investigation shall be taken up by CBI in cases relating to the public servants controlled by the AP government except with the prior written permission of the state government.

All previous general consent for any other offences and consent accorded on a case-to-case basis for any other offence shall also remain in force. The gazette added that the orders come into force with retrospective effect from July 1, 2024.