Hyderabad: The Telangana state government has initiated a process to adapt existing laws in the residuary state of AP by making amendments with reference to defining the territorial jurisdiction of the Acts. The government on Friday began the process by adapting the Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Commission Act, 1998 (Act 31 of 1998), for the purpose of facilitating its application in relation to the state of Telangana by issuing the Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Commission Act (Telangana Adaptation) Order, 2014, through a GO.
As per Section 101 of the AP Reorganisation Act 2014, it is mandatory on the part of the new state to amend the existing Acts by replacing the word ‘Andhra Pradesh’ with Telangana in the Acts, and to make them applicable in the territorial jurisdiction of the new state. According to the officials of the government that the state of Telangana is empowered by order, to make such adaptations and modifications of any law made before June 2, 2014, whether by way of repeal or amendment as may be necessary or expedient, for the purpose of facilitating the application of such law in Telangana, before expiration of two years from June .
The officials explained that the adaption order will come into force with immediate effect and throughout the Act, for the words ‘Andhra Pradesh’ the word ‘Telangana’ shall be substituted. As the government adapted the Minority Commission, now it has empower to constitute a separate commission for the Telangana state, the officials added.
