Tamilnadu Governor K. Rosaiah received a breather when the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging his appointment as the head of the state.
An advocate Mohanlal filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the appointment of the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh as the Governor of Tamilnadu as there was case pending against him in the ACB Court.
The Supreme Court did not concur with the petitioner that Mr. Rosaiah had been appointed as Governor while the case was pending against in the ACB Court and also there was no violation of any rules and rights. Questioning the propriety of the ACB Court in issuing summons to Mr. Rosaiah 10 months after his appointment as Governor, the apex court felt that the action was illegal and unconstitutional.
Another petition praying for Mr. Rosaiah’s personal appearance before the ACB Court was also dismissed by the Supreme Court. It might be mentioned here that the A.P. Court had earlier dismissed a petition filed against Mr. Rosaiah in connection with a land issue in Ameerpet wherein it was alleged that as A.P. Chief Minister he had gifted away a prime land to a person at a cheaper price whereby the state government had incurred a huge revenue loss.
Being the constitutional head of a state, Mr. Rosaiah should not be issued any notices till he holds the high office, the Supreme Court ruled and any notices issued to him hitherto should be treated as nukll and void.
–Agencies