Court amends writ rules to let CJ hear all AP division cases
Hyderabad High Court
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has amended the Writ Proceeding Rules 1977 to enable the bench headed by the Chief Justice to hear the petitions challenging the provisions, sections, rules and regulations of the Act itself.
The High Court has issued a notification by incorporating the words “Andhra Pradesh Reorga-nisation Act 2014” after the words “the Consumer Protection Act 1986” in Rule 14 (a) (IV) of the Writ Proceeding Rules 1977.
As the writ proceedings were amended, the bench headed by the Chief Justice will only hear matters in which the High Court is impleaded as a party and also matters in which the provisions of the Reorganisation Act or the Act itself are challenged.
Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale directed the registry to post all the matters before the bench headed by him as the amendment was to come into force from Tuesday. The matters pertaining to a separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh and also recruitment of judges and income-tax issues belonging to the Telangana Beverages Corporation are already before the Chief Justice.
According to the registry, all other cases which are pending before other judges will be placed before the bench headed by the Chief Justice including the case of employees of the power distribution companies. It may be relevant to mention here that scores of employees working with the Telangana State South-ern Power Distribution Company Ltd. have moved a petition before a single judge challenging their repatriation to AP.
When this matter come up for hearing before Justice R Kantha Rao on Wednesday, counsel representing the petitioners brought to the notice of the judge the amendment. The judge then directed the registry to place the matter before the Chief Justice.
Full bench to hear registration law:
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice S V Bhatt of the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday referred a matter pertaining to Section 22-A of the Stamps and Registration Act to a full bench to find a permanent solution to the issue.
The relevant Sections bars the land classified as barren, assigned, poramboke and government land from being sold through the registration department. Several farmers and land owners have approached the court questioning the decision of the revenue authorities in showing their land as the government land.
As a result their lands are being shown as the one that falls under the definition of Section 22-A and the authorities refused to register their land transactions. The full bench comprising of three judges will hear the case on August 12.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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