Hyderabad: The Union of India on Thursday made it clear before the Hyderabad Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal that it will not give any option to the existing All India Service officers in AP and Telangana states to choose a state of their choice to serve.
G. Jayaprakash Babu, counsel representing the Union of India, submitted before a two-member Bench comprising B.V. Rao and Ms Ranjana Chowdari that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has out rightly rejected the requests of All India Service officers to choose a state of their choice to serve.
The Bench was hearing a petition by two senior IPS officers S.A. Huda and T.P. Das challenging their provisional cadre allotment made to Telangana state.
When the matter came up for hearing on Thursday, the Bench questioned the Centre about its stance. The Centre’s counsel replied that the process of cadre division among the two states was over and that it will be communicated to both the states in the next few days.
Despite objections from the counsel appearing for the petitioner granting of time, the Bench granted a week’s time to the Centre to file its counter and warned that it would finalise the matter in the next hearing even if the Centre fails to file its counter by then.
CMs asked to ensure HC split
A. Narasimha Reddy, chairman of Bar Council of the AP on Thursday urged the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to take steps for immediate bifurcation of the existing High Court and Bar Council for the state of Telangana.
Addressing a press conference along with member of the Bar Council of India N. Ramachandra Rao, he said, “any delay in this matter will obstruct the smooth functioning of the judicial system and will create unavoidable problems. Immediate bifurcation will promote good will and understanding among the members of the legal profession in both the state”.
Justice Vilas Afzulpurkar of the Hyderabad High Court on Thursday directed the police of Nellore not to arrest B Raghavendra Reddy, ZPTC member of the YSR Congress, till the completion of elections to the Zilla Parishad chairman and vice-chairman posts, Nellore district, scheduled for July 20.
The judge granted order while dealing with the plea by Mr Reddy alleging that he was implicated in false cases to prevent him from participating in elections. The judge made it clear that the petitioner shall appear before the investigating officer concerned on July 21.
