Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday ruled that the petition seeking a directive to the speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly and chairman of Legislative Council to expedite a hearing on the disqualification of three TD MLAs and five Congress MLCs was not maintainable. Errabelli Dayakar Rao, floor leader of TS TD moved the petition seeking disqualification of MLAs T. Srinivasa Yadav , T. Krishna Reddy and Challa Dharma Reddy.
Congress whip in the Legislative Council M.S. Prabhakar Rao moved another petition seeking to declare action against the chairman of the TS Legislative Council in not fixing a date for hearing of his application for the disqualification of MLCs K.R. Amos, V. Bhoopal Reddy, N. Rajalingam, T. Bhanu Prasad Rao and S. Jagadis-war Reddy as illegal. Mr Dayakar Rao contended that the MLAs were elected on a TD ticket and had later joined with the TRS. The three attracted disqualification on grounds of defection.
Both petitioners relied on previous judgements of the Apex Court.Mr Dayakar Rao said that he had filed his application on November 24, 2014. Mr Prabhakar Rao told the court that he had filed the application on June 1, 2014. Both the petitioners said neither the Speaker nor the Chairman had commenced the hearing and urged the court to direct them to fix a date. K. Ramakrishna Reddy, advocate general for TS submitted that judicial interference was not proper prior to the decision of the Chairman and Speaker on the issue. Justice Vilas Afzulpurkar dismissed the case saying that none of the cases related to invocation of jurisdiction by the court under Article 226 of the Constitution.
Fresh probe into illegal building
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of the Hyderabad High Court has ordered Visakhapatnam district judge to conduct a fresh probe into the alleged unauthorised constructions that was constructed on Kailasagiri Hill violating the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) norms. The bench was dealing with a petition by Samatha and Ankita, two NGOs working against the violation CRZ rules.
The petitioners told the court that the VUDA had invited tenders to construct resorts on the Kaila-sagiri Hill and all this was in violation of CRZ rules.The bench earlier directed the district collector and other revenue authorities to file a report after going through the allegations. The area was also surveyed in accordance with the directions of the court.
The bench had also sought the version of the state government and the principal secretary of environment filed an affidavit admitting that the Hill falls within the CRZ and no permissions were obtained from environment ministry for constructions.The bench directed the district judge to submit a comprehensive report on CRZ and violations by conducting field inspection.
Delegation asks for separate HC
The TS Advocates Joint Action Committee on Tuesday urged Chief Justi-ce Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta of the High Court to initiate steps to establish separate HC for the state of AP. A delegation of the TAJAC led by its convenor M. Rajender Reddy and others met the CJ with a request to consider their suggestions on the issue and to send necessary communication to the Centre and the Supreme Court.
They submitted a representation suggesting that the CJ divide the existing infrastructure of the High Court between TS and AP and that the existing quarters of the High Court Judges to be allocated between AP and Telangana High Court Judges in the ratio of 58:42.
