Hyderabad: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court directed Telangana Public Service Commission and other departments to follow the rule of horizontal reservations with respect to people with disabilities. The petitioners Masanipally Arjun and Arun Reddy Kukunoori, aspirants of Group-1 services, applied for different positions with the TSPSC. In their writ plea, they alleged that the PSC and other departments issued a notification in February and arbitrarily treated persons with disabilities by giving vertical reservation instead of horizontal reservation. The petitioners alleged that the PSC notification was against the Indian Constitution and in violation of various decisions laid down by the Supreme Court. The judge passed an interim order directing the respondents to follow horizontal reservation in respect of persons with disabilities by treating them on par with women and meritorious sportspersons and posting the matter for further adjudication.
Dalit alleges improper investigation in honour killing
Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court reserved its verdict in a writ plea with regard to an honour killing case. The judge was dealing with a writ petition filed by M. Suguna alleging that the action of the Bheemgal station house officer of Nizamabad in not conducting a fair and effective investigation in a case on the file of Special Trial Cases for SCs/STs POA Act. Senior counsel V. Raghunath, appearing for the petitioner, argued that the victim was a Dalit and in love with a woman from the upper caste. It was for this reason that the petitioner’s son was killed brutally. He alleged that the police made it appear like a suicide. The petitioner sought a direction to the ACP Armoor district to conduct further or reinvestigation by arraying unofficial respondents as an accused. The government pleader argued that as per the FSL report, there were no injuries on the body of the deceased, and 200 gm of black colour poison was found with the deceased. After hearing both parties, the judge posted the matter for orders for a later date.
Correct DOB in the passport in line with SSC record: HC
Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy of the Telangana High Court directed the regional passport officer (RPO) to renew a passport by correcting the date of birth that was entered when the applicant was just three years old. The petitioner sought correction in the passport according to the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) record. The judge was dealing with a writ plea filed by Y.S. Amulya seeking to correct the date of birth on her passport to match the date on her SSC record, under the Passports Act, 1997. The petitioner contended that the passport was originally issued when she was just three years old and found a discrepancy between the date of birth on the passport and the SSC certificate. Counsel for the petitioner argued that the inaction of the RPO in renewing the passport with the corrected date of birth was illegal, and arbitrary. The court allowing the writ petition concluded that the date of birth on the SSC certificate should be considered as accurate and accordingly directed the RPO to renew the petitioner's passport with the corrected date of birth in the interest of justice.
