High Court refuses to issue notice to YSR

By Shariff Ameeruddin Ishaqui
Hyderabad, April 28 : Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday refused to issue notice to the Chief Minister Dr. Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, the tribal welfare minister Mr. Redya Naik,and the Chief Minister's principal secretary Mr Jannat Hussain on a petition filed against Mohammed Quamaruddin, the Engineer-in -Chief of the Tribal Welfare Department .
The court admitted the petition filed by P Narender Reddy of Nalgonda district seeking a direction from the court to set aside the GO issued for dropping charges against the engineer-in-chief.
It may be mentioned that the court asked on Wednesday to the Advocate General to submit relevant files to it in a sealed cover by Friday.
Justice Nooty Rammohan Rao observed that after perusing the files it felt that there was no prima-facie against the Chief Minster , Minister and Mr Jannat Hussain in dropping the case against the official.
The judge observed that "there is no point in issuing making the chief minister and his principal secretary and the minister as respondents , when there is no prima-facie against them". The court issued notices to the Principal Secretary Tribal Welfare, the Director-General Vigilance and Enforcement department , Nalgonda District Collector and Mr Quamaruddin.
The petitioner informed the court that Vigilance and Enforcement department and Intelligence department submitted a report against the officer on alleged irregularities committed by him in execution of works at textile park at Malkapur village in Nalgonda district.
He told the court that the Vigilance department recommended to initiate action against Mr Quamaruddin and others under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.
The petitioner informed the court that the engineer-in-chief is the brother-in-law of principal secretary to the chief minister, Mr. Jannat Hussain. He said that Mr Jannat Hussain's daughter was married to the son of Mr Quamaruddin. He alleged that Mr Hussain holding a top post in the Chief Minster's office was able to get an order on April 28, 2007 dropping further action against his brother-in-law. He also alleged that instead of taking action the government promoted Mr Quamaruddin from superintendent engineer to engineer -in-chief "in due recognition of his meritorious services."