Hyderabad: The TS government on Wednesday told the High Court that it would not issue appointment letters to selected police constables for a week.
A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Shameem Akhter was hearing a PIL by one Srinivas Goud questioning the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of police constables.
Senior counsel Sarasani Satyam Reddy, appearing for the petitioner, said the State Level Police Recruitment Board had extended “undue favour” to home guards working with the police by flouting norms and in violation of the rules for reservation.
The bench asked the recruitment board how it could accommodate home guards who had secured 63 marks in the general category when the cut off was 80. Mr B. Mahender Reddy, special TS counsel, said when the leftover vacancies in the general category were filled with candidates of other categories, the question of cut off marks would not arise.
Mr Purnachandra Rao, chairman of the recruitment board, tried to explain something, the bench took objection and told him to speak through special counsel.
While differing with the contention of the special counsel, the bench said that the candidates who have secured cut off marks in the general category should be consider under the category.
Mr Mahender Reddy said certificates were being verified, which would take four weeks. Appointment letters would be issued after that. He sought time to till Monday to submit all the details.
Mr Satyam Reddy urged the bench to record the assurance of the special counsel. Obliging him, the bench adjourned the case to Monday.
Akshaya Gold auction put off
The Hyderabad High Court cancelled the notification issued for the auction of six properties belonging to Akshaya Gold Company that was scheduled on Wednesday due to the poor response.
A division bench comprising Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice S.V. Bhatt was with a dealing a petition by Akshaya Gold customers and Agents Welfare Associations seeking to attach the properties of Akshaya Gold and repaying depositors.
The court asked counsels for the petitioner and respondents to suggest ways to go ahead with the auction.
The bench rejected the proposal mooted by about 30 depositors to allocate land for the value of their deposits instead of money.
The bench noted that only four bids had been submitted for only two of the properties. It asked the registry to return the earnest money deposited by the bidders, and adjourned hearing to March 13.
