A Division Bench of the Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar on Monday asked the Telangana State government to produce the file pertaining to shifting of Secretariat to Erragadda from its present location.
The Bench was dealing with a case filed by an Aam Aadmi Party leader Mohammed Haji. He challenged the decision of government to shift the Secretariat to Erragadda by incurring a huge expenditure of about Rs.150 crore to the State exchequer.
He lamented that the decision was not for administrative reasons, but based upon the superstition of an individual. The Bench said it wanted to ascertain the reason for shifting the Secretariat.
The Bench commented that if the decision was based upon administrative reasons, then it is a different thing. The case will be listed next week.
Case on life convicts
A Division Bench of the Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar on Monday refused to take on file, a case filed by Prof. G. Haragopal seeking a direction to the governments of the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to enlarge life convicts who have undergone imprisonment for a long time, but whose cases were not being adjudicated expeditiously.
The petitioner contended that speedy trial was a right and slow disposal shall not be at the peril life convicts.
The Bench said such orders cannot be given and the individual convicts can come either on their own to the court or through the legal aid committees.
Court directive
A Division Bench of Hyderabad High Court comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar on Monday directed the Central government and Election Commission of India to respond to a writ petition filed seeking barring of the Ministers of the Central and State governments from active political campaign during elections.
Dayanand, an advocate, filed a Public Interest Litigation contending that Union and State Ministers were public servants and that they should not be permitted to campaign in any election.
He averred that this was a violation of the model code of conduct and the spirit of constitutional principles.
The case was adjourned for four weeks for the respondents to inform the court about the legal provisions in this regard.
