Andhra HC can’t be “town planner”, says SC on excessive courtroom order for constructing state capital in 6 months

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from farmers and their associations, and the Centre to a plea by the Andhra Pradesh authorities difficult the excessive courtroom choice which mentioned the state legislature “lacked competence” to make any legislation for shifting, bifurcating or trifurcating the capital.

It noticed the Andhra Pradesh High Court can’t be a “town planner” or an “engineer” and direct the federal government that the capital metropolis ought to come up in six months.

A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna additionally stayed time-bound instructions issued by the excessive courtroom, together with the one which mentioned the state will assemble and develop Amaravati capital metropolis and capital area inside six months.

The excessive hourt had additionally ordered the federal government and the authorities involved to finish infrastructure growth like roads, drainage and electrical energy and consuming water provide within the Amaravati Capital City and Region inside one month.

The SC bench mentioned it wants to look at the problem at size and posted a batch of petitions filed by the State, farmers, associations and their committees for additional listening to on January 31.

The prime courtroom, which requested the events to file their responses by December, was knowledgeable by senior advocate KK Venugopal that the state authorities has repealed the legislation for having three completely different capitals of the State.

On March 3, the excessive courtroom had mentioned the inaction of the State and Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA’s) failure to develop the capital metropolis and capital area as agreed to when it comes to the Development Agreement-cum-Irrevocable General Power of Attorney, is nothing however a deviation from the promise made by the State, defeating reputable expectation.

It had mentioned the State and the APCRDA violated the elemental rights of the petitioners (farmers), as they surrendered their solely supply of livelihood-over 33,000 acres of fertile land.

The excessive courtroom had handed its 300-page verdict on a batch of 63 writ petitions filed by aggrieved farmers of Amaravati area in opposition to Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities’s choice to make Visakhapatnam the Executive Capital, Kurnool the Judiciary Capital and Amaravati because the Legislative Capital of Andhra Pradesh.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from farmers and their associations, and the Centre to a plea by the Andhra Pradesh authorities difficult the excessive courtroom choice which mentioned the state legislature “lacked competence” to make any legislation for shifting, bifurcating or trifurcating the capital.

It noticed the Andhra Pradesh High Court can’t be a “town planner” or an “engineer” and direct the federal government that the capital metropolis ought to come up in six months.

A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna additionally stayed time-bound instructions issued by the excessive courtroom, together with the one which mentioned the state will assemble and develop Amaravati capital metropolis and capital area inside six months.

The excessive hourt had additionally ordered the federal government and the authorities involved to finish infrastructure growth like roads, drainage and electrical energy and consuming water provide within the Amaravati Capital City and Region inside one month.

The SC bench mentioned it wants to look at the problem at size and posted a batch of petitions filed by the State, farmers, associations and their committees for additional listening to on January 31.

The prime courtroom, which requested the events to file their responses by December, was knowledgeable by senior advocate KK Venugopal that the state authorities has repealed the legislation for having three completely different capitals of the State.

On March 3, the excessive courtroom had mentioned the inaction of the State and Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA’s) failure to develop the capital metropolis and capital area as agreed to when it comes to the Development Agreement-cum-Irrevocable General Power of Attorney, is nothing however a deviation from the promise made by the State, defeating reputable expectation.

It had mentioned the State and the APCRDA violated the elemental rights of the petitioners (farmers), as they surrendered their solely supply of livelihood-over 33,000 acres of fertile land.

The excessive courtroom had handed its 300-page verdict on a batch of 63 writ petitions filed by aggrieved farmers of Amaravati area in opposition to Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities’s choice to make Visakhapatnam the Executive Capital, Kurnool the Judiciary Capital and Amaravati because the Legislative Capital of Andhra Pradesh.