Govt bows to T-advocates - Agrees To Equitable Representation For Telangana Lawyers In Judicial Posts

In a partial concession to the agitating Telangana advocates,the state government on Saturday agreed to consider equitable representation to genuine advocates from the region in the posts of govt pleaders, asst government pleaders and standing counsels. The agreement was signed between the cabinet sub-committee comprising three ministers and the Telangana advocates after prolonged talks on Saturday.The three-member committee of the ministers appointed by chief minister K Rosaiah on August 23 has taken into consideration the demands of the Telangana lawyers and assured to consider them by giving due equitable representation to genuine Telangana advocates in the matter of appointment of law officers in the High Court and tribunals.To ensure justice to all sections of society,due consideration will also be given to advocates belonging to SC/ST/BC,minorities,women etc in appointing the law officers.The exercise will be completed in three weeks, said the agreement.There was no mention of the 42 per cent quota as demanded by the T advocates.

While the cabinet sub-committee was represented by law minister M Venkataramana,information minister J Geeta Reddy and forest minister P Ramachandra Reddy,the advocates were led by lawyers JAC convenor M Rajender Reddy,co-convenor T Sriranga Rao and included Telangana MPs Madhu Yaskhi Goud and G Vivek. Soon after the agreement,jubilant Telangana advocates called off their proposed march to the Secretariat on Monday.The three ministers also drove down to Gandhi Hospital and ensured that the five advocates who were on a fast broke it following the state agreeing to consider their demands.The advocates,however,warned that the agitation will be revived in case the agreement is not implemented within the stipulated time of three weeks.

The agreement made no mention of the other two demands of the Telangana advocates,namely that Advocate General D V Sitarama Murthy should be removed and all cases registered against the agitating advocates in the Andhra Pradesh High Court should be withdrawn.Sources said while the former was rejected by the state,it was informally agreed upon that the cases will be withdrawn. However,the partial concession granted to the Telangana advocates is expected to create some unrest in the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.Even before the agreement was signed,elected representatives from Seemandhra condemned the agitation and described it as a violation of the Constitutional rights of the people of the two regions.

On Saturday,students and advocates in the Rayalaseema and Andhra regions staged demonstrations against the 42 per cent quota demanded by the Telangana advocates in the law officers appointment and the stalling of APPSC group I exams by Telangana protesters.Further,the Seemandhra JAC of students announced that they would observe Samaikhyaandhra Day on September 21 and 22 by boycotting the classes in protest against the demands of the Telangana advocates.Now that the agreement has been signed,there are chances of more protests in the other two regions, said a police official.
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Justice Nagarjuna withdraws resignation

Following a long discussion with AP High Court Chief Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru at his residence on Saturday,Justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy is believed to have withdrawn his resignation.Justice Reddy,who had tendered his resignation following the violent incidents and unrest in the High Court caused by the Telangana advocates agitation,conveyed this to the CJ through a letter on Saturday evening in which he described the three-day attack on the AP High Court as a designed attack by vested interests.In your absence,the happenings on September 14,15 and 16 were the worst of the nightmares that have brought down the glory of the great institution that nurtured me as its son, Justice Nagarjuna Reddy is believed to have told CJ Kakru in his letter.I realised now that the cause of the judiciary will be better served by my being with it rather than getting out of it, Justice Reddy said in his letter while thanking all for the overwhelming response they had shown for him.
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Seemandhra MLAs seek protection for non-locals - Delegation Meets DGP,Says Seemandhra People Face Threat

The regional differences between the Seemandhra elected representatives and their Telangana counterparts continued to mount with the former meeting the DGP and demanding protection for their people.A delegation of seven Andhra-Rayalaseema MLAs and MLCs met DGP K Aravinda Rao on Saturday and demanded protection for the lives of the people of their regions and their property in Hyderabad and other Telangana districts. Led by government whip S Sailajanath,the delegation told the DGP that a high level of insecurity has gripped the people from these two regions living in Hyderabad.We demand special security for the Seemandhra people in the state capital.We also want a constant vigil by the police in the areas where the people from these two regions live in large numbers as there is an apprehension among them that they will be attacked by Telangana zealots, an MLA who was part of the delegation told. The Seemandhra leaders also raised the issue of the ministers from their regions being attacked while carrying out their official duties in the T districts.While housing minister Shilpa Mohan Reddys convoy was stoned by T activists in Karimnagar district on Thursday,municipal administration minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy was greeted with protests in Khammam district on Saturday.

The ministers from the Seemandhra regions are not able to move around in the Telangana region.There are threats to individual families in many areas in the state capital.There is need to instill confidence among the Seemandhra people that there would be no attacks on them, Sailajanath told the media later. MLAs Anam Vivekananda Reddy and Labbi Venkataswamy were also part of the delegation that met the DGP.Dubbing the agitation of the Telangana lawyers seeking 42 per cent quota as an assault on the constitutional rights of the people from the other regions,the chief whip said the government should treat their agitation as a war against the state and the constitution and take strict action against them.

Decrying the Telangana leaders contention that injustice was being done in the appointment of government pleaders in the state,Vijayawada MP L Rajagopal said even the people who settled in Telangana decades ago were being labelled as outsiders by T supporters. The meeting with the DGP was the culmination of a series of moves by the Seemandhra leaders since Friday and a fallout of the agitation by the Telangana advocates in the AP High Court since last Monday. The group of Seemandhra leaders led by Sailajanath had met CM K Rosaiah,home minister Sabita Indra Reddy and information minister J Geeta Reddy on Friday.  Congress MLC Rudraraju Padmaraju said they would now meet the governor and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and convey to them the feeling of insecurity among the non-locals living in Hyderabad.
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(source-toi)