Centre to umpire AP and Telangana assets talk; Delhi calls both states

Hyderabad: The Centre has stepped in to resolve the row over bifurcation of common institutions listed under Schedules IX and X of the AP Reorganisation Act between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It has summoned officials of both states to Delhi on June 21 to break the deadlock over bifurcation of institutions.

The Centre is planning to set up a committee for bifurcation, which Telangana opposes. The meeting convened by the Union home ministry assumes significance as it is the first to be called after the Supreme Court ruled in the AP State Council of Higher Education case in March that the assets and liabilities of institutions listed in Schedule X should be shared 52:48 on the basis of the population of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

The council is one of the 107 Schedule X institutions, most of which are located in Hyderabad. The home ministry has invited secretaries of the State Reorganisation Cell and resident commissioners of both the states.

Senior IAS officers, L. Premchandra Reddy and S. Ramakrishna Rao, will attend the meeting on behalf of AP and Telangana as secretaries of SRC.

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After the Supreme Court judgement in March, Andhra Pradesh had written several times to Telangana for bifurcation of the Schedule X institutions. As there was no response, Andhra Pradesh approached the Centre.

The Telangana government argues that the Supreme Court judgement is limited only to the education council. It is unwilling to share the institutions with Andhra Pradesh on the ground that a review petition is pending.

The Centre wants to resolve the issue as the Andhra Pradesh government has started moving its administration to Amaravati and Andhra Pradesh wants it settled the transfer is complete in October.