Hyderabad, August 09: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday took a serious exception to the protagonists of Telangana State calling for bandhs again and again causing severe hardships to the general public frequently.
Acting on a Public Interest Litigation petition filed by an advocate, Mr Krishnaiah, the High Court ordered issue of notices to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi president, Mr K Chandrasekhara Rao, and the Telangana Political JAC convener, Prof. Kodandaram. The court also issued notices to the Chief Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Director General of Police in this regard.
The court has directed Mr Chandrasekhara Rao, Prof. Kodandaram and the government officials to give explanations within two weeks.
In his PIL petition, Mr Krishnaiah contended that calls for bandhs should not be given over a trivial issue like deletion of 14(F) clause from the Presidential Order of 1975.
—Agencies