By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, Oct 31 : The AP High Court on Friday directed the government to make available to the petitioners all the files, including note filings of the Cabinet, pertaining to allotment of house sites to legislators, bureaucrats and journalists. While dealing with a petition filed challenging the allotment of house sites a special bench comprising Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy and Justice Nooty Ramamohan Rao issued the orders.
The petitioner contended that their plea to make the records available was ignored by the office of advocate general.
Before issuing orders the judges sought to know if the government would oppose the plea. The AG or government pleaders were not present then.
The bench also observed that it was only an assumption of the petitioner that journalists would turn loyal to the government after receiving a benefit. "Will Opposition legislators stop criticising the government once they get house plots?," the bench asked the petitioner’s advocate.
Further, the judges did not agree with the petitioners’ argument that the basic market value fixed by the government would be obnoxiously low.
The case was posted for November 15 for further hearing.
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