By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, Nov 24 : Justice P. Naveen Rao of the AP High Court has pointed out how a writ can be maintainable on bifurcation of AP when the contents of the petition are in public interest.
The judge was dealing with a writ by a retired government servant of Visakhapatnam and five grampanchayat sarpanches of Garla mandal, of Srikakulam, aggrieved by the decision of the Centre to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out a separate Telangana state.
D. Suryanarayana, retired employee, Ambati Ambica and four other sarpanches have moved the petition stating that they have filed the writ under Article 226 of the Constitution as the decision of the Centre was volatile of the fundamental rights, guaranteed under Article 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution.
The judge said the contents of the petition are in public interest and a single judge cannot hear such plea. He recalled the recent observation of the Apex Court that when entertaining petitions at this stage are premature, as the Union government has not given final shape to the bifurcation of AP. The judge said that he will decide on Monday on maintainability of the writ.
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