Hyderabad: The AP government has proposed a plan to divide the AP Bhavan in Delhi with the TS government, after receiving a clarification from the Centre on sharing assets based in the national capital.
The AP Bhavan complex has three blocks — Godavari, Sabari and Pataudi. The AP government proposes to leave either the 72-room Godavari block or the Sabari block with five suites and two cottages to the TS government.It proposes to share the Patuadi block at the ratio of 58:42 ratio.
AP Chief Minister’s Office sources said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had accepted the proposal prepared by officials on the subject.
AP Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar wrote to his TS counterpart S.P. Singh that the Centre had clarified that the division of properties located at Delhi including AP Bhavan was to be done in accordance with Section 48 (1) of the AP Reorganisation Act.
Mr Kumar said that it was proposed to set up a committee to discuss and come to an agreement on division of AP Bhavan. He requested Mr Singh to nominate officers to represent the TS government on the committee to enable it to finalise the bifurcation at the earliest.
TS government officials said a decision would be taken after running it past Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
The AP government has prepared the agenda to discuss bifurcation of assets in Delhi.
The AP committee comprises the secretary (political) in the general administration department, principal secretary to the AP government, State Reorganisation (SR), and the chief engineer (buildings), roads and buildings, as members. The resident commissioner of AP Bhavan would be member convener.
