The courts expressing their anger at the Andhra Pradesh government is not new. On many occasions, the state government was slammed by the court. The decisions and policies taken by the government often make the court angry. The government had to face a big hammer blow from the court in connection with an issue the other day.
The division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court expressed its dissatisfaction over people with criminal records being members of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board, which runs the Holy Shrine of Tirumala. The Court said the appointments of such people are not accepted.
The issue had reached the court when G Bhanu Prakash Reddy, a local Bharatiya Janata Party leader, approached the High Court against the appointment of such people to the board. The bench led by Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, which also comprises Justice M Satyanarayana Murthy heard the petition.
With a strong tone, the bench said that it cannot tolerate the appointment of people with criminal backgrounds. Having said that, the bench said if the government wonât remove at least some of the members of the board who are having a criminal background, then it has to take the matter into its hands.
During the arguments, the lawyers who represented the Andhra Pradesh government and TTD told the court that the members who were taken into the board had the eligibility. However, the bench was not satisfied with the arguments and did not consider the arguments.
It has to be mentioned here that the Andhra Pradesh Government led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had given a chance to many people to be members of the board. Special invitees were also given a chance to get a spot on the board
Earlier last year, the Andhra Pradesh government had nominated as many as 52 special invitees for the temple board. This announcement had made many heads turn as many people including the opposition parties asked why so many people were made special invitees. The majority of the special invitees have a criminal record. Now the High Court asked the government to remove at least some of them.
The division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court expressed its dissatisfaction over people with criminal records being members of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board, which runs the Holy Shrine of Tirumala. The Court said the appointments of such people are not accepted.
The issue had reached the court when G Bhanu Prakash Reddy, a local Bharatiya Janata Party leader, approached the High Court against the appointment of such people to the board. The bench led by Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, which also comprises Justice M Satyanarayana Murthy heard the petition.
With a strong tone, the bench said that it cannot tolerate the appointment of people with criminal backgrounds. Having said that, the bench said if the government wonât remove at least some of the members of the board who are having a criminal background, then it has to take the matter into its hands.
During the arguments, the lawyers who represented the Andhra Pradesh government and TTD told the court that the members who were taken into the board had the eligibility. However, the bench was not satisfied with the arguments and did not consider the arguments.
It has to be mentioned here that the Andhra Pradesh Government led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had given a chance to many people to be members of the board. Special invitees were also given a chance to get a spot on the board
Earlier last year, the Andhra Pradesh government had nominated as many as 52 special invitees for the temple board. This announcement had made many heads turn as many people including the opposition parties asked why so many people were made special invitees. The majority of the special invitees have a criminal record. Now the High Court asked the government to remove at least some of them.