Home Secretary Anil Goswami fails to broker peace between AP and Telangana
29 Nov 2014 9:55 AM IST
Chief secretaries of both States failed to resolve disputes
Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami
Hyderabad: The meeting convened by Union home secretary Anil Goswami with the chief secretaries of both AP and Telangana state, to resolve disputes between the two states, failed to broker peace.
Andhra Pradesh chief secretary I.Y.R. Krishna Rao on Friday made a strong appeal with Union home secretary Anil Goswami to operationalise the Section-8 of the AP Reorganisation Act, which deals with the special responsibility of the Governor to protect the residents of the common capital i.e. Greater Hyderabad.
The AP chief secretary reminded that the police in the common capital was toeing the line of the Telangana state government. As a result, injustice was being done to AP.
Sources said that Telangana chief secretary Rajiv Sharma lodged a strong protest claiming that Section VIII of the Act cannot be operationalised as the issue is pending with Government of India.
The AP government was able to effectively put forth its arguments on issues of Schedule X institutions, where the committee’s attention was drawn to Part VI of the Act, which says that these institutions devolve first to the successor state. The need for a common exam for a common admission process was also put forth before the committee. And the committee favorably reacted to AP’s view points.
On the other hand, the TS CS said the Krishna River Board should not issue unilateral orders to Telangana. The chief secretaries then met Pratyush Sinha and urged him to complete the bifurcation of AIS officers between the two states at the earliest.
They were told that the Prime Minister’s Office had raised a plethora of queries when the file was sent to it and the exercise would be completed as soon as the PMO is satisfied with the clarifications.
The two chief secretaries also met the members of the Kamalanathan Committee. Distribution of gazetted officers between AP and TS is likely to take another four months as the Kamalanathan Committee is still in the process of identifying cadre strength in various departments.
Mr Kamalanathan, who is heading the panel, which is looking into allocation of government officers between the two states, on Friday said the cadre strength in 70 other departments would be known by December 10. He said the staff distribution process will likely be completed by March 2015.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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