HC dismisses PIL against land allotment to journalists society
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Hyderabad High Court has recently made it clear that the allotment of house sites to journalists by the government cannot be found fault with. “Journalists, as a group, are always treated as a lot to which various measures of support has been given because they are expected to be involved in dissemination of information which will augment the citizens’ access to information, which in turn would aid the due exercise of the fundamental right to freedom of expression in so far as the citizens are concerned”, the bench observed.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan and Justice V Ramasubramanian was dismissing the PIL filed recently by K Nagi Reddy, a farmer from Ranga Reddy district, against alienating land in Narsingi village in Rajendra Nagar mandal of the district to the Ranga Reddy Working Journalists Mutually Aided Cooperative Housing Society Limited.
Respond to plea filed against recognising Banjaras as STs: HC
HYDERABAD:The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the governments of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra to respond to the petition filed against recognising Banjaras, Lambadas and Sugalis as belonging to Scheduled Tribes community. The Apex Court was admitting the petition filed by Telangana Adivasi Societies against continuing the said three castes . According to the petitioner, these three castes were treated as backward classes (BCs) in Telangana region till 1976, while they were treated as STs in Andhra region.
After introduction of an Act in the Parliament, these castes were transferred to ST community. After bifurcation of the erstwhile united AP state in 2014, the Adivasis approached the Supreme Court against continuation of above three castes in STs. When the matter came up for hearing, the SC made it clear that it would hear the case further after seeing the response of the Centre and other state governments.
‘Appoint sarpanches to gram panchayats by Aug 31’
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High Court on Monday directed the Andhra Pradesh government to examine and take a decision by August 31 on the issue of appointing the petitioners (sarpanches) as “person incharges” for the gram panchayats whose term will end by August 1 this year.
Justice M S Ramachandra Rao was passing this order in petitions filed K Gopala Rao, sarpanch of Vaddilanka gram panchayat in West Godavari district and others alleging that the AP government has no intention to conduct elections immediately for the panchayats. As per Section 1453 of Panchayat Raj Act, the government has power to appoint special officers and person incharges.