On the 4th of February, the Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) High Court, ordered the State Government to stop shifting offices to Amaravati, Kurnool or Visakhapatnam.
The HC hearing took place after the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) issued directives to relocate a few offices in Amaravati to Kurnool, which is expected to be the judiciary capital of the State.
Soon after the State Government issued the directive, Kondepati Giridhar, a farmer of Guntur district and Tirupati Rao, the Secretary of the ‘Amaravati Parirakshana Samiti,’ filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the same.
The A.P., HC heard the PIL on the 4th of February and ordered the State Government to withdraw the directives and the Government Order (GO) related to the decentralisation of State capitals.
A bench of judges, comprising Chief Justice G.K. Maheswari and Justice N. Jayasurya, also asked the State Government how the Government could issue orders to shift offices when the matter is pending with the Court.
The two bills related to the decentralisation of the State capital, which were approved by the YSRCP Government, are also pending with the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the select committee which would review them.
Meanwhile, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP,) the A.P., Joint Action Committee (JAC) and farmers of the 29 villages of Amaravati intensified their agitation against the splitting of the State capitals into three.
The farmers who gave their lands for the development of Amaravati as the sole capital of A.P., are against the YSRCP’s proposal of having 3 State capitals.
During a special Assembly session, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of A.P., proposed the State would have 3 capitals—Visakhapatnam, Amaravati and Kurnool.
The date of the next hearing regarding the petitions filed against the decentralisation of the State capital is yet to be announced.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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