Supreme Court To Hear Andhra Pradesh Plea For Division Of Assets With Telangana In January 2023
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the petition filed by the government of Andhra pradesh seeking a fair, equitable and expeditious division of assets and liabilities of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh between the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in terms of the Apportionment made under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, and ordered it to be listed in the...
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the petition filed by the government of Andhra pradesh seeking a fair, equitable and expeditious division of assets and liabilities of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh between the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in terms of the Apportionment made under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, and ordered it to be listed in the second week of January.
Counsel appearing for the state government today pointed out before a bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh that this was an extraordinary situation wherein the Act, which clearly apportions everything, was brought in the year 2014. He also urged the court today that the issue needed to be resolved soon. The bench remarked that there were several similar matters already pending before the top court on the issue.
The bench asked the state government to serve advance copies of the petition on the Union Government and the State of Telangana. The matter will be heard next in the second week of January 2023.
It is to be pointed out that the Supreme Court is hearing a Writ Petition filed by the government of Andhra Pradesh which points out that not even a single institution specified in Schedule IX (91 institutions), Schedule X (142 institutions) and Institutions not mentioned in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014 (12 institutions) have been apportioned between the States following their reorganization in 2014.
The petition specified that the total amount of fixed assets which was to be divided by the institution is about Rs. 1,42,601 crores. The petition also stated that Telangana would be the state that would be benefitted by the non-division of assets as 91% of these assets are in Hyderabad which has become the Capital City of Telangana.
The petition also states that institutions being referred to in the petition perform various essential and basic functions such as, agriculture, dairy development, education, medical services, minority and backward class development, industrial development, infrastructure development, social security etc.
Case Title - Case Title : The State of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Chief Secretary vs. Union of India and Anr. - WP(C) No. 1091/2022