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Damodar asks CS not to follow CM’s unlawful orders
Damodar asks CS not to follow CM’s unlawful orders, Damodar Rajanarsimha, PK Mohanty, Kiran Kumar. The issue of the State bifurcation was entirely the Centre’s prerogative and the State government had no role in the matter, Rajanarasimha added.
• Speculations rife that CM may ask Mohanty to file a case against T formation in apex court
• Constitution recognises State government as Council of Ministers
• Centre-State concerns constitutional
• State has no role in Centre’s decision on bifurcation
Hyderabad: The Telangana leaders are making all-out efforts to thwart the attempts of Seemandhra leaders, who are trying to stall the process of formation of separate Telangana, and ensure that the Centre introduces the Bill in Parliament in the upcoming session starting February 5.
As part of this, Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarsimha has written to Chief Secretary PK Mohanty to be doubly cautious in following the instructions given by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has been strongly opposing statehood to Telangana. Referring to the reports that the Chief Minister was contemplating to ask the Chief Secretary to file a case opposing the State bifurcation in the Supreme Court, Rajanarsimha said that as Chief Secretary, he should not follow any such irregular and unlawful instructions issued by the Chief Minister.
He said any application on behalf of Andhra Pradesh, particularly raising concerns and disputes on a Centre-State issue, must be in accordance with the Constitution. The Constitution recognises the executive of the State government being represented by the Council of Ministers, he added. “The Council of Ministers collectively constitutes the government and it is the Council of Ministers which should take all necessary decisions on behalf of the executive. This has been recognised in many cases including those of Rameshwar Prasad v/s Union of India,” the Deputy Chief Minister explained.
The issue of the State bifurcation was entirely the Centre’s prerogative and the State government had no role in the matter, Rajanarasimha added. Hence, he directed the Chief Secretary not to take note of any unlawful instructions from the Chief Minister.
