By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, Nov 22: A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of the AP High Court on Thursday told the Centre and the gas agencies not to insist on consumers having an Aadhaar card for supply of subsidised LPG cylinders.
The bench was disposing of a writ petition by one T.S.R. Sharma, challenging the action of the oil companies in insisting that consumers have an Aadhaar card if they want to avail of subsidised LPG cylinders.
Counsel for the petitioner contended that collecting data of citizens through biometrics amounts to intruding on the privacy of citizens and it was against the basic principles of law.
He argued that till date the Centre has not made any law mandating that Aadhaar card is compulsory to receive benefits under the subsidy scheme.
The Chief Justice asked assistant solicitor-general Ponnam Ashok Goud under which law the Centre was insisting on Aadhaar cards to extend subsidies to citizens.
Goud pointed out that the petitioner has not made either the ministry of petroleum or the ministry of planning as parties to the petitions.
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