Hyderabad: A PIL was moved before the Hyderabad High Court challenging GO Ms No. 44 issued on October 15, 2015, by the Telangana state transport department for re-assignment of vehicle registration number from ‘AP’ to ‘TS’.
City resident J. Ram Mohan Chowdhary moved the PIL contending that under the GO the Telangana state government could claim the power to punish owners of motor vehicles registered before June 2, 2014, and treat vehicles registered in the Telangana region of the erstwhile undivided state having AP as state code, as invalid.
He told the court that the government had incorporated Rule 81-A to the Telangana Motor Vehicle Rules through the GO to replace AP with TS as the state code for motor vehicles registered before June 9, 2014.
He said that the GO was contrary to the notification issued by the Centre on the matter.
He urged the court to stay the GO and direct the Centre to allot a new group of letters other than ‘AP’ as the state code for the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh, to facilitate vehicles registered before June 2, 2014, to have hassle-free commuting in both states.
HC faults Khammam district staff ignoring safety of children
The Hyderabad High Court found fault with the Khammam district administration for allowing a private school to run on a tank bed without taking any safety measures for the children.
A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice S.V. Bhatt was disposing of a PIL by Khammam resident G. Nageswara Rao who had said that officials had not implemented safety measures despite several representations and complaints lodged against the private school in Kalluru.
The district collector stated that the school situated on the bed of the Kanteru Kunta. Following court orders, a survey had been conducted and the local tahsildar had also conducted an inquiry. The land belongs to Kalluru resident Md Ayub, he said. The collector said that it was found that the land owner had occupied a piece of land belonging to the tank to lay a road.
After perusing the records, the bench found that though allegations of inaction of the authorities was factually incorrect but a few aspects — alleged encroachment of five guntas by the owner and location of the school beside the tank and lack of safety measures — were evident.
The bench ordered the collector to complete the inquiry initiated through the tahsildar against the encroachement under the Land Encroachment Act within two months and the district education officer to inspect the school and examine the safety measures provided by the school.
The bench directed the DEO to direct the school management to take all steps including construction of a wall to separate the school and the tank to ensure the safety of students.
The bench made it clear that the renewal of approval shall be subject to complying with these conditions by the school management.
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