Division of property: SC to listen to Andhra Pradesh’s plea in 2nd week of January
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By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday mentioned it can hear a plea filed by the Andhra Pradesh authorities, looking for an equitable and expeditious division of property and liabilities between itself and Telangana, within the second week of January.
A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh requested the Andhra Pradesh authorities to serve an advance copy of the petition to Telangana.
“There are similar petitions pending. You serve the copy to the respondents,” the bench mentioned.
At the outset, the counsel showing for the Andhra Pradesh authorities submitted that a unprecedented scenario has arisen and the matter ought to be resolved. The high court docket mentioned it can hear the matter within the second week of January 2023.
The Andhra Pradesh authorities mentioned it has approached the apex court docket as “parens patriae” (mother or father of the nation), claiming {that a} non-division of the property has benefitted Telangana since about 91 per cent of these are located in Hyderabad.
“Non-apportionment of the property has led to a mess of points adversely affecting and violating the elemental and different constitutional rights of the individuals of the state of Andhra Pradesh, together with the workers of the mentioned establishments.
“Without adequate funding and actual division of assets in terms of the apportionment made under the Act (the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014), the functioning of the said institutions in the state of Andhra Pradesh has been severely stunted,” the plea filed just lately mentioned.
Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated and a brand new state of Telangana got here into existence on June 2, 2014.
The petition mentioned the workers working within the state establishments (numbering roughly 1,59,096) have been in a limbo since 2014, solely as a result of there was no correct division.
“The position of pensionable employees who have retired post bifurcation is pitiable and many of them have not received terminal benefits. It is therefore imperative that all these assets be divided at the earliest and a quietus be put to the issue,” it mentioned.
The Andhra Pradesh authorities mentioned its establishments are an extension of the state and carry out a variety of fundamental and important features.
“Hyderabad (which is now a part of Telangana) was the capital of the combined state of Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad was not only transformed into an economic powerhouse as a result of the ‘Capital Centric Development Model’ but also, most of the institutions of governance (intended for the welfare of the people of all the regions of the state), including government infrastructure, were exclusively centred in and developed around the city of Hyderabad by extensively investing resources of the combined state,” the plea mentioned.
After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad turned the joint capital of the 2 states and the transitional association is slated to finish in 2024.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday mentioned it can hear a plea filed by the Andhra Pradesh authorities, looking for an equitable and expeditious division of property and liabilities between itself and Telangana, within the second week of January.
A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh requested the Andhra Pradesh authorities to serve an advance copy of the petition to Telangana.
“There are similar petitions pending. You serve the copy to the respondents,” the bench mentioned.
At the outset, the counsel showing for the Andhra Pradesh authorities submitted that a unprecedented scenario has arisen and the matter ought to be resolved. The high court docket mentioned it can hear the matter within the second week of January 2023.
The Andhra Pradesh authorities mentioned it has approached the apex court docket as “parens patriae” (mother or father of the nation), claiming {that a} non-division of the property has benefitted Telangana since about 91 per cent of these are located in Hyderabad.
“Non-apportionment of the property has led to a mess of points adversely affecting and violating the elemental and different constitutional rights of the individuals of the state of Andhra Pradesh, together with the workers of the mentioned establishments.
“Without adequate funding and actual division of assets in terms of the apportionment made under the Act (the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014), the functioning of the said institutions in the state of Andhra Pradesh has been severely stunted,” the plea filed just lately mentioned.
Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated and a brand new state of Telangana got here into existence on June 2, 2014.
The petition mentioned the workers working within the state establishments (numbering roughly 1,59,096) have been in a limbo since 2014, solely as a result of there was no correct division.
“The position of pensionable employees who have retired post bifurcation is pitiable and many of them have not received terminal benefits. It is therefore imperative that all these assets be divided at the earliest and a quietus be put to the issue,” it mentioned.
The Andhra Pradesh authorities mentioned its establishments are an extension of the state and carry out a variety of fundamental and important features.
“Hyderabad (which is now a part of Telangana) was the capital of the combined state of Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad was not only transformed into an economic powerhouse as a result of the ‘Capital Centric Development Model’ but also, most of the institutions of governance (intended for the welfare of the people of all the regions of the state), including government infrastructure, were exclusively centred in and developed around the city of Hyderabad by extensively investing resources of the combined state,” the plea mentioned.
After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad turned the joint capital of the 2 states and the transitional association is slated to finish in 2024.
