Supreme Court Issues Notice On Andhra Pradesh Govt Plea Seeking Division Of Assets With Telangana

Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh on Monday issued notices in a writ petition filed by the State of Andhra Pradesh for division of assets and liabilities with the State of Telangana under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014. The petition filed by the government of Andhra Pradesh seeks 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.During the earlier hearing, the Senior Counsel appearing for the state government had 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 had also urged the court today that the issue needed to be resolved soon. The Court had agreed to hear the plea in January.BackgroundThe 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: State of AP v. UoI And Anr. WP(C) No. 1091/2022 [Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki]Click Here To Read/Download Order

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Andhra Pradesh Govt Plea Seeking Division Of Assets With Telangana

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