Thursday, December 31, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
108 FACTS
108 FACTS against a million LIES -Santosh Vemula
http://ourtelangana.com/content/108-facts-against-million-lies-satosh-vemula
Sources: Articles/write ups by Sri Jaya Shakankar, Sri Vidya Sagar Rao, Sri Venkata Reddy Vedire, Sri Ravi Narayana Reddy, Sri TT Rao,Sri Kaloji, TVV documents, TDF documents
http://ourtelangana.com/content/108-facts-against-million-lies-satosh-vemula
Sources: Articles/write ups by Sri Jaya Shakankar, Sri Vidya Sagar Rao, Sri Venkata Reddy Vedire, Sri Ravi Narayana Reddy, Sri TT Rao,Sri Kaloji, TVV documents, TDF documents
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Chidambaram Statement 12/23/2009
The Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram Statement 12/23/2009
“At a meeting of all political parties convened by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on December 7, 2009, a consensus emerged on the question of formation of a separate state of Telangana. A statement was made on behalf of the Central government on December 9, 2009 on receipt of the minutes of the meeting.”
(Mr Chidambaram had said on December 9 that the “process of formation of the state of Telangana would be initiated. A resolution of the formation of the new state will be moved in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.”)
“However, after the statement, the situation in Andhra Pradesh has altered. A large number of political parties are divided on the issue. There is a need to hold wide-ranging consultations with all political parties and groups in the state. The government of India will take steps to involve all concerned in the process,
Meanwhile, it is necessary that peace and harmony are restored in Andhra Pradesh and the state government is allowed to focus on governance and development. The Central government appeals to the people of the different regions of Andhra Pradesh, and to all political parties and students, to withdraw their agitation and maintain peace, harmony and brotherhood.”
“At a meeting of all political parties convened by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on December 7, 2009, a consensus emerged on the question of formation of a separate state of Telangana. A statement was made on behalf of the Central government on December 9, 2009 on receipt of the minutes of the meeting.”
(Mr Chidambaram had said on December 9 that the “process of formation of the state of Telangana would be initiated. A resolution of the formation of the new state will be moved in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.”)
“However, after the statement, the situation in Andhra Pradesh has altered. A large number of political parties are divided on the issue. There is a need to hold wide-ranging consultations with all political parties and groups in the state. The government of India will take steps to involve all concerned in the process,
Meanwhile, it is necessary that peace and harmony are restored in Andhra Pradesh and the state government is allowed to focus on governance and development. The Central government appeals to the people of the different regions of Andhra Pradesh, and to all political parties and students, to withdraw their agitation and maintain peace, harmony and brotherhood.”
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
COMMON MINIMUM PROGRAMME 2004
For full text see (http://pmindia.nic.in/cmp.pdf)
NATIONAL COMMON MINIMUM PROGRAMME OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA May 2004
Introduction
The people of India have voted decisively in the 14th Lok Sabha elections for secular, progressive forces, for parties wedded to the welfare of farmers, agricultural labour, weavers, workers and weaker sections of society, for parties irrevocably committed to the daily well-being of the common man across the country.
In keeping with this mandate, the Congress, its pre-poll allies that include the RJD, DMK, NCP, PMK, TRS, JMM, LJP, MDMK, AIMIM, PDP, IUML, RPI (A), RPI (G) and KC(J) have come together to form a United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The UPA government supported by the Left Parties will have six basic principles for governance.
to preserve, protect and promote social harmony and to enforce the law without fear or favour to deal with all obscurantist and fundamentalist elements who seek to disturb social amity and peace.
to ensure that the economy grows at least 7-8% per year in a sustained manner over a decade and more and in a manner that generates employment so that each family is assured of a safe and viable livelihood.
to enhance the welfare and well-being of farmers, farm labour and workers, particularly those in the unorganized sector and assure a secure future for their families in every respect.
to fully empower women politically, educationally, economically and legally.
to provide for full equality of opportunity, particularly in education and employment for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs and religious minorities.
to unleash the creative energies of our entrepreneurs, businessmen, scientists, engineers and all other professionals and productive forces of society.
The UPA makes a solemn pledge to the people of our country: to provide a government that is corruption-free, transparent and accountable at all times, to provide an administration that is responsible and responsive at all times.
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The UPA government will consider the demand for the formation of a Telangana state at an appropriate time after due consultations and consensus.
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A Final Word
This is a common minimum programme (CMP) for the UPA government. It is, by no means, a comprehensive agenda. It is a starting point that highlights the main priorities, policies and programmes. The UPA is committed to the implementation of the CMP. This CMP is the foundation for another CMP—collective maximum performance.
NATIONAL COMMON MINIMUM PROGRAMME OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA May 2004
Introduction
The people of India have voted decisively in the 14th Lok Sabha elections for secular, progressive forces, for parties wedded to the welfare of farmers, agricultural labour, weavers, workers and weaker sections of society, for parties irrevocably committed to the daily well-being of the common man across the country.
In keeping with this mandate, the Congress, its pre-poll allies that include the RJD, DMK, NCP, PMK, TRS, JMM, LJP, MDMK, AIMIM, PDP, IUML, RPI (A), RPI (G) and KC(J) have come together to form a United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The UPA government supported by the Left Parties will have six basic principles for governance.
to preserve, protect and promote social harmony and to enforce the law without fear or favour to deal with all obscurantist and fundamentalist elements who seek to disturb social amity and peace.
to ensure that the economy grows at least 7-8% per year in a sustained manner over a decade and more and in a manner that generates employment so that each family is assured of a safe and viable livelihood.
to enhance the welfare and well-being of farmers, farm labour and workers, particularly those in the unorganized sector and assure a secure future for their families in every respect.
to fully empower women politically, educationally, economically and legally.
to provide for full equality of opportunity, particularly in education and employment for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs and religious minorities.
to unleash the creative energies of our entrepreneurs, businessmen, scientists, engineers and all other professionals and productive forces of society.
The UPA makes a solemn pledge to the people of our country: to provide a government that is corruption-free, transparent and accountable at all times, to provide an administration that is responsible and responsive at all times.
.................
The UPA government will consider the demand for the formation of a Telangana state at an appropriate time after due consultations and consensus.
.................
A Final Word
This is a common minimum programme (CMP) for the UPA government. It is, by no means, a comprehensive agenda. It is a starting point that highlights the main priorities, policies and programmes. The UPA is committed to the implementation of the CMP. This CMP is the foundation for another CMP—collective maximum performance.
Monday, December 21, 2009
సమైక్యం GO 1845 Dt. 11/12/2009 ?
(http://telanganaporadu.wordpress.com/welcome/latest-posts/)
డిసెంబర్ పదకొండున రాష్ట్ర పంచాయితీ రాజ్ శాఖ జీవో నెంబర్ 1845 విడుదల చేసింది. గ్రామీణ ప్రాంతాల్లో అభివృద్ధి పనుల గురించి నాబార్డ సంస్థ రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వానికి 130 కోట్ల 26 లక్షల రూపాయలు మంజూరు చేసింది. ఈ నిధులను రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వం వివిధ జిల్లాల్లో 109 రోడ్లు, తొమ్మిది వంతెన నిర్మాణానికి కేటాయింపులు జరిపింది. ఇక్కడే అసలు తిరకాసు మొదలైంది. సర్కారు జరిపిన కేటాయింపుల్లో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతంలోని నాలుగు జిల్లాలకు పది కోట్లు… మిగతా ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్లోని 13 జిల్లాలకు 120 కోట్లు కేటాయించింది. తెలంగాణలోని ఆరు జిల్లాలు ప్రభుత్వానికి మ్యాపులో ఆ సమయంలో కనిపించనే లేదు..
జీవోలోని వివరాలు పరికిస్తే ఏమీ చెప్పకుండానే మనకు అర్థం అవుతుంది.
రాష్ట్రంలోని అన్ని జిల్లాల్లో గ్రామీణాభివృద్ధి పనుల కోసం నాబార్డ మంజూరు చేసిన నిధులు 130 కోట్ల 46 లక్షల 14వేల రూపాయలు మంజూరు చేసింది.
జిల్లాల వారిగా చూస్తే,
కోస్తాంధ్రలో ….
తూర్పు గోదావరి జిల్లా = 12.92 కోట్లు
పశ్చిమగోదావరి జిల్లా = 12.14 కోట్లు
గుంటూరు = 8.80 కోట్లు
కృష్ణా = 6.57 కోట్లు
నెల్లూరు =5.23 కోట్లు
ప్రకాశం = 16.19 కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 61.85 కోట్లు
ఉత్తరాంధ్రలో …
శ్రీకాకుళం = 16.66 కోట్లు
విశాఖపట్నం = 2.88కోట్లు
విజయనగరం =22.27కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 41.87
రాయలసీమలో…
అనంతపురం = 1.85 కోట్లు
చిత్తూరు = 7.40 కోట్లు
కర్నూలు = 5.32 కోట్లు
కడప = 1.00కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 15.57కోట్లు
తెలంగాణలో…
మెదక్ =5.40 కోట్లు
మహబూబ్నగర్ = 1.05కోట్లు
నల్గొండ = 1.22కోట్లు
ఆదిలాబాద్ = 1.64కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 9.31 కోట్లు
తెలంగాణ లోని మిగతా ఆరు జిల్లాలు.. కరీంనగర్, వరంగల్, నిజామాబాద్, ఖమ్మం, రంగారెడ్డి, హైదరాబాద్ జిల్లాలకు ఒక్క రూక కూడా విదిల్చలేదు.. హైదరాబాద్ రాజధాని కాబట్టి దాన్ని మినహాయించారనుకుందాం.. మరి మిగతా అయిదు జిల్లాల మాటేమిటి? కేటాయించిన నాలుగు జిల్లాలకైనా ఏ దామాషా ప్రకారం, ఏ ప్రాధాన్యం ప్రకారం కేటాయింపులు జరిపారు?
నాబార్డ మూడు రకాల పనుల కోసం నిధులు ఇచ్చింది. ఈ నిధులను అన్ని జిల్లాల్లో పనుల ప్రాధాన్యం ఆధారంగా కేటాయించాల్సిన సర్కారు దానికి తిలోదకాలు ఇచ్చింది…ఒక జిల్లాకు అధికంగా కేటాయింపులు జరిపిందంటే అక్కడ పనుల అవసరం అధికంగా ఉన్నట్లు భావించాలి.. సాధారణంగా ఏ ప్రభుత్వమైనా చేసే పని అదే… ప్రధానంగా గ్రామీణాభివృద్ధి విషయంలో ప్రజల అవసరాలు చాలా ఎక్కువగా ఉంటాయి. పైగా మన దేశంలో, ముఖ్యంగా మన రాష్ట్రంలో పల్లెల్లో అభివృద్ధి అంతంత మాత్రమేనని ప్రత్యేకంగా చెప్పాల్సిన అవసరం లేదు.. మరి అలాంటప్పుడు నాబార్డ నిధులను పంపిస్తే.. వాటిని ఏ విధంగా కేటాయించాలి? ఆయా జిల్లాల అవసరాల్ని బట్టి దామాషా ప్రకారం అన్నింటికీ సమన్యాయం చేయాల్సిన బాధ్యత లేదంటారా? తెలంగాణపై చిన్నచూపు చూస్తే చూసిరి.. కనీసం రెండు నెలల క్రితం వరదలతో అల్లల్లాడిపోయిన జిల్లాలు కర్నూలు, మహబూబ్నగర్లనైనా ప్రాధాన్య క్రమంలో ముందుంచాల్సిన బాధ్యత సర్కారుకు లేదా? ఈ జిల్లాలను వరదలు ముంచెత్తి గ్రామాలకు గ్రామాలే కొట్టుకుపోయాయి. కానీ, ఆ జిల్లాలో రహదారులు బాగు చేయటం అత్యంత ప్రాధాన్యమైంది. కానీ, కర్నూలుకు కేటాయించింది అయిదు కోట్లు… మహబూబ్నగర్కు ముష్టి కోటి రూపాయలు.. అదే గోదావరి జిల్లాలు ఒక్కో జిల్లాకు పన్నెండు కోట్ల రూపాయల చొప్పున కేటాయించారు.. ఇక మంత్రి గారి జిల్లా విజయనగరానికి ఏకంగా 22 కోట్లు కేటాయించుకున్నారు.. సరే ఏ మంత్రయినా తన నియోజక వర్గానికి తన జిల్లాకు అధిక ప్రాధాన్యం ఇవ్వటం ఇటీవలి కాలంలో సహజం… సాక్షాత్తూ దివంగత ముఖ్యమంత్రి వైఎస్ రాజశేఖర్ రెడ్డి కూడా చేసింది ఇదే.. మరి మిగతా జిల్లాల విషయంలో ఈ వివక్ష దేనికి ప్రాధాన్య క్రమంలో మినహాయింపులు ఇచ్చారంటే అర్థం ఉంది. కానీ, ఆ మినహాయింపు, ఆ కేటాయింపుల లేమి తెలంగాణ జిల్లాలకు మాత్రమేనా? అవేం పాపం చేసుకున్నాయి…సమైక్యవాదులకు హైదరాబాద్ మినహా మిగతా జిల్లాలు కళ్లకు కనిపించనట్లే… సర్కారుకు కూడా కనిపించలేదా? రాష్ట్రంలో మొత్తం 23 జిల్లాలు ఉంటే సీమాంధ్ర ప్రాంతంలో ఉన్న మొత్తం పదమూడు జిల్లాలకు ఎన్నో కొన్ని నిధుల కేటాయింపులు జరిగాయి. ఏ జిల్లానూ ఇక్కడ మినహాయించలేదు. ప్రతి జిల్లాకు కొద్దోగొప్పో నిధులను కేటాయించారు..మరి తెలంగాణలోని ఆరు జిల్లాలు ఏం పాపం చేశాయి? ఈ ఆరు తెలంగాణ జిల్లాలకు నిధులు కేటాయించకూడదని అనుకున్నారా? లేక ఈ ఆరు తెలంగాణ జిల్లాల్లో రహదారులు వంతెనలు కళకళలాడుతున్నాయా? అన్ని జిల్లాలూ సరైన రవాణా మార్గాలు కలిగి అత్యున్నతమైన అభివృద్ధి పథంలో నడుస్తున్నాయని సర్కారు నిర్ధారణకు వచ్చిందా? అభివృద్ధి ఫలాలు అందరికీ సమాన స్థాయిలో అందాలన్నదే సమైక్యాంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లక్ష్యమంటే అర్థం ఇదేనా?
మరో విశేషం ఈ జీవోలో ఉంది. కడప, విశాఖపట్నం, అనంతపురం జిల్లాలు మినహా మిగతా అన్ని జిల్లాలకు 5కోట్ల రూపాయలకు పైగానే నిధులు కేటాయించారు.. తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతానికి వచ్చేసరికి ఆ నాలుగు జిల్లాలకు విదిలించింది కూడా అక్షరాలా తొమ్మిది కోట్ల 31 లక్షల 72వేల రూపాయలతో సరిపుచ్చారు.. నిధుల కేటాయింపులో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతంలోని నాలుగు జిల్లాలకు కేటాయించిన మొత్తం ఒక్క గుంటూరుకు కేటాయించిన మొత్తంతో దాదాపు సమానం..
డిసెంబర్ పదకొండున రాష్ట్ర పంచాయితీ రాజ్ శాఖ జీవో నెంబర్ 1845 విడుదల చేసింది. గ్రామీణ ప్రాంతాల్లో అభివృద్ధి పనుల గురించి నాబార్డ సంస్థ రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వానికి 130 కోట్ల 26 లక్షల రూపాయలు మంజూరు చేసింది. ఈ నిధులను రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వం వివిధ జిల్లాల్లో 109 రోడ్లు, తొమ్మిది వంతెన నిర్మాణానికి కేటాయింపులు జరిపింది. ఇక్కడే అసలు తిరకాసు మొదలైంది. సర్కారు జరిపిన కేటాయింపుల్లో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతంలోని నాలుగు జిల్లాలకు పది కోట్లు… మిగతా ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్లోని 13 జిల్లాలకు 120 కోట్లు కేటాయించింది. తెలంగాణలోని ఆరు జిల్లాలు ప్రభుత్వానికి మ్యాపులో ఆ సమయంలో కనిపించనే లేదు..
జీవోలోని వివరాలు పరికిస్తే ఏమీ చెప్పకుండానే మనకు అర్థం అవుతుంది.
రాష్ట్రంలోని అన్ని జిల్లాల్లో గ్రామీణాభివృద్ధి పనుల కోసం నాబార్డ మంజూరు చేసిన నిధులు 130 కోట్ల 46 లక్షల 14వేల రూపాయలు మంజూరు చేసింది.
జిల్లాల వారిగా చూస్తే,
కోస్తాంధ్రలో ….
తూర్పు గోదావరి జిల్లా = 12.92 కోట్లు
పశ్చిమగోదావరి జిల్లా = 12.14 కోట్లు
గుంటూరు = 8.80 కోట్లు
కృష్ణా = 6.57 కోట్లు
నెల్లూరు =5.23 కోట్లు
ప్రకాశం = 16.19 కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 61.85 కోట్లు
ఉత్తరాంధ్రలో …
శ్రీకాకుళం = 16.66 కోట్లు
విశాఖపట్నం = 2.88కోట్లు
విజయనగరం =22.27కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 41.87
రాయలసీమలో…
అనంతపురం = 1.85 కోట్లు
చిత్తూరు = 7.40 కోట్లు
కర్నూలు = 5.32 కోట్లు
కడప = 1.00కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 15.57కోట్లు
తెలంగాణలో…
మెదక్ =5.40 కోట్లు
మహబూబ్నగర్ = 1.05కోట్లు
నల్గొండ = 1.22కోట్లు
ఆదిలాబాద్ = 1.64కోట్లు
మొత్తం = 9.31 కోట్లు
తెలంగాణ లోని మిగతా ఆరు జిల్లాలు.. కరీంనగర్, వరంగల్, నిజామాబాద్, ఖమ్మం, రంగారెడ్డి, హైదరాబాద్ జిల్లాలకు ఒక్క రూక కూడా విదిల్చలేదు.. హైదరాబాద్ రాజధాని కాబట్టి దాన్ని మినహాయించారనుకుందాం.. మరి మిగతా అయిదు జిల్లాల మాటేమిటి? కేటాయించిన నాలుగు జిల్లాలకైనా ఏ దామాషా ప్రకారం, ఏ ప్రాధాన్యం ప్రకారం కేటాయింపులు జరిపారు?
నాబార్డ మూడు రకాల పనుల కోసం నిధులు ఇచ్చింది. ఈ నిధులను అన్ని జిల్లాల్లో పనుల ప్రాధాన్యం ఆధారంగా కేటాయించాల్సిన సర్కారు దానికి తిలోదకాలు ఇచ్చింది…ఒక జిల్లాకు అధికంగా కేటాయింపులు జరిపిందంటే అక్కడ పనుల అవసరం అధికంగా ఉన్నట్లు భావించాలి.. సాధారణంగా ఏ ప్రభుత్వమైనా చేసే పని అదే… ప్రధానంగా గ్రామీణాభివృద్ధి విషయంలో ప్రజల అవసరాలు చాలా ఎక్కువగా ఉంటాయి. పైగా మన దేశంలో, ముఖ్యంగా మన రాష్ట్రంలో పల్లెల్లో అభివృద్ధి అంతంత మాత్రమేనని ప్రత్యేకంగా చెప్పాల్సిన అవసరం లేదు.. మరి అలాంటప్పుడు నాబార్డ నిధులను పంపిస్తే.. వాటిని ఏ విధంగా కేటాయించాలి? ఆయా జిల్లాల అవసరాల్ని బట్టి దామాషా ప్రకారం అన్నింటికీ సమన్యాయం చేయాల్సిన బాధ్యత లేదంటారా? తెలంగాణపై చిన్నచూపు చూస్తే చూసిరి.. కనీసం రెండు నెలల క్రితం వరదలతో అల్లల్లాడిపోయిన జిల్లాలు కర్నూలు, మహబూబ్నగర్లనైనా ప్రాధాన్య క్రమంలో ముందుంచాల్సిన బాధ్యత సర్కారుకు లేదా? ఈ జిల్లాలను వరదలు ముంచెత్తి గ్రామాలకు గ్రామాలే కొట్టుకుపోయాయి. కానీ, ఆ జిల్లాలో రహదారులు బాగు చేయటం అత్యంత ప్రాధాన్యమైంది. కానీ, కర్నూలుకు కేటాయించింది అయిదు కోట్లు… మహబూబ్నగర్కు ముష్టి కోటి రూపాయలు.. అదే గోదావరి జిల్లాలు ఒక్కో జిల్లాకు పన్నెండు కోట్ల రూపాయల చొప్పున కేటాయించారు.. ఇక మంత్రి గారి జిల్లా విజయనగరానికి ఏకంగా 22 కోట్లు కేటాయించుకున్నారు.. సరే ఏ మంత్రయినా తన నియోజక వర్గానికి తన జిల్లాకు అధిక ప్రాధాన్యం ఇవ్వటం ఇటీవలి కాలంలో సహజం… సాక్షాత్తూ దివంగత ముఖ్యమంత్రి వైఎస్ రాజశేఖర్ రెడ్డి కూడా చేసింది ఇదే.. మరి మిగతా జిల్లాల విషయంలో ఈ వివక్ష దేనికి ప్రాధాన్య క్రమంలో మినహాయింపులు ఇచ్చారంటే అర్థం ఉంది. కానీ, ఆ మినహాయింపు, ఆ కేటాయింపుల లేమి తెలంగాణ జిల్లాలకు మాత్రమేనా? అవేం పాపం చేసుకున్నాయి…సమైక్యవాదులకు హైదరాబాద్ మినహా మిగతా జిల్లాలు కళ్లకు కనిపించనట్లే… సర్కారుకు కూడా కనిపించలేదా? రాష్ట్రంలో మొత్తం 23 జిల్లాలు ఉంటే సీమాంధ్ర ప్రాంతంలో ఉన్న మొత్తం పదమూడు జిల్లాలకు ఎన్నో కొన్ని నిధుల కేటాయింపులు జరిగాయి. ఏ జిల్లానూ ఇక్కడ మినహాయించలేదు. ప్రతి జిల్లాకు కొద్దోగొప్పో నిధులను కేటాయించారు..మరి తెలంగాణలోని ఆరు జిల్లాలు ఏం పాపం చేశాయి? ఈ ఆరు తెలంగాణ జిల్లాలకు నిధులు కేటాయించకూడదని అనుకున్నారా? లేక ఈ ఆరు తెలంగాణ జిల్లాల్లో రహదారులు వంతెనలు కళకళలాడుతున్నాయా? అన్ని జిల్లాలూ సరైన రవాణా మార్గాలు కలిగి అత్యున్నతమైన అభివృద్ధి పథంలో నడుస్తున్నాయని సర్కారు నిర్ధారణకు వచ్చిందా? అభివృద్ధి ఫలాలు అందరికీ సమాన స్థాయిలో అందాలన్నదే సమైక్యాంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లక్ష్యమంటే అర్థం ఇదేనా?
మరో విశేషం ఈ జీవోలో ఉంది. కడప, విశాఖపట్నం, అనంతపురం జిల్లాలు మినహా మిగతా అన్ని జిల్లాలకు 5కోట్ల రూపాయలకు పైగానే నిధులు కేటాయించారు.. తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతానికి వచ్చేసరికి ఆ నాలుగు జిల్లాలకు విదిలించింది కూడా అక్షరాలా తొమ్మిది కోట్ల 31 లక్షల 72వేల రూపాయలతో సరిపుచ్చారు.. నిధుల కేటాయింపులో తెలంగాణ ప్రాంతంలోని నాలుగు జిల్లాలకు కేటాయించిన మొత్తం ఒక్క గుంటూరుకు కేటాయించిన మొత్తంతో దాదాపు సమానం..
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Letter
Here is a letter from Chief Minister of Hyderabad state, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao to U. N. Dhar, President, Indian National Congress few months before the merger of Telangana (Telugu speaking areas of Hyderabad state ) and Andhra state to create Andhra Pradesh state on November 1st, 1956.
The letter is highly significant for it reveals the thinking of Mr Burgula and his observations of the ground realities in Hyderabad state, and the impending merger of Telangana with Andhra .
From:
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Chief Minister
Hyderabad
To:
Shri U. N. Dhebar
President
Indian National Congress
New Delhi.
My dear Dhebarbhai,
What I am writing to you just now is in the nature of an interim report. Shri Bhargava is flying to Delhi tomorrow and I thought I should write to you lest the whole thing should be rather late. Yesterday and today I had the advantage of meeting a number of persons in individual and representative capacities. This morning both Shri Bhargava and myself had a little round of villages round about Hyderabad. It is not so very easy to assess the views of the people in any manner that can be called accurate. Besides the time at our disposal is so short that we have to do the assessment in a great hurry. Subject to these considerations I am giving below the assessment of the situation as I see it.
There is, no doubt, considerable agitation in Telangana on this important question. When I say considerable, it is of course nothing of the type we come across in Bombay. The agitation this side is spread over the whole province and not restricted only to cities. My estimate of the views of the people of Telangana is that the people by majority would desire Telangana to remain a separate state. There is a strong section of the people holding the other view, that is in favour of Vishalandhra, but the majority is decidedly in favour of retaining Telangana as a separate province as recommended by the S.R.C. The actual breakdown of views I shall try to give in a fuller report that I shall be sending from Bombay. There should, however, be no doubt in anybody's mind that the majority opinion is inclined towards a separate Telangana Province.
I shall now briefly summarise the pros and cons of the situation. Those who desire the formation of Vishalandhra support their view on the following considerations:
1. Many of them would have desired the retention of Hyderabad State as it is at present, but since this is broken in linguistic pieces and since the big two pieces have gone to their respective linguistic units, the third also, viz. Telangana, should go to the large Andhra province.
2. The slogan of Vishalandhra has been in the field for a long time. It had its emotional appeal. In Hyderabad it represented the urge to break away from the feudal system. Hence they believe that Vishalandhra be formed to satisfy that urge.
3. The supporters of the Cultural Integration feel that it is better that two Telugu-speaking people living in contiguous areas should come together. For them there is a great cultural advantage in a bigger province. This is entirely an emotional approach to which a section of the literary people attach considerable importance.
4. In a bigger province, the expenditure of administration becomes less. Duplication and overlapping can be avoided. This is one important point in favour of Vishalandhra. There can be one Governor, one High Court, one Public Service Commission and many other departments can be reduced as compared to their double strength just now for two provinces.
5. There is also a belief that in a larger province there may be a larger scope for industrial development etc.
The enumeration of these points is rather illustrative than exhaustive. Those who are strongly agitating for the retention of Telangana as a separate province do so for, amongst others, the following reasons:-
1. They believe that the emotional urge for Vishalandhra has been considerably weakened after the formation of the separate Andhra state. It will further weaken with the creation of Telangana which is purely a Telugu state. There is no agitation of a strong character in Andhra on this subject while there is a strong agitation in Telangana not to merge with Andhra.
2. If a separate Telangana is formed, it will not practically upset anybody. Ideologists and the people with emotional approach will be a little disappointed but there will be no agitation. On the contrar if Telangana is compulsorily merged with Andhra there will be considerable bitterness in Telangana with no adequate advantage on the other side.
3. Telanganites feel that apart from being Telugus they have built up their own way of life during the last 175 years. This way of life is in many respects different from the way of life of the Telugus in Andhra. The merger, they fear, will destroy this way of life. That is why they are worried.
4. Quite a large number of Telanganites are Urdu-knowing and Urdu-speaking people. For more than a hundred years Urdu has had its place in the life of the people. The administration is carried on in Urdu, records are maintained in Urdu, courts conduct their proceedings in Urdu, lawyers and other professionals carryon their work in Urdu. They are, naturally afraid that the merger would take away the importance of Urdu in their life. They do not like this prospect.
5. Educationally Telangana is very backward as compared to Andhra. They are particularly backward in the study of English for which there are either no facilities or very poor facilities. They are, therefore, afraid that in the matter of service in a bigger province, they will be at a terrific disadvantage. While there are thousands of graduates and M.A's in Andhra, there are not even a few hundreds in Hyderabad. No guarantees can level up this great deficiency. Services, therefore, are afraid of an adverse effect of the merger.
6. Economically, Telanganites are afraid that they will be sufferers in Vishalandhra. On an average, Telanganites are poor people. They have no money reserves as some people in Andhra have. They are afraid there would be an immediate exploitation in land and even in trade, small and big. They have got many instances where Telugus from Andhra do not hesitate to exploit the Telugus from Telangana economically when they get an opportunity to do so. This is by far their biggest fear.
7. Although the language is common, there are instances that there is no love lost between the Telugus in both the states. The classical example of this mutual dislike can be found in the attitude of Andhra officers during the Razakar agitation and immediately after the accession of Hyderabad. While, they say, the Marathi, Kannads and other officers were comparatively kind to the people of Hyderabad, Andhra officers were particularly harsh and unrelenting. There are bad memories left. These memories are so fresh in the minds of the Telanganites that they do not want to be at the mercy of their brethren in Andhra.
8. The Communists and the Communalists, as in similar cases in other parts of India, having made common cause in demanding Vishalandhra, the other sections are rather doubtful whether it would lead to the happiness of the people on both sides. They believe that for the Communists and Communalists, it is a political game. They are not sincere in their support of a larger province.
9. Those who desire a separate Telangana as recommended by the S.R.C. are prepared, as they say, for any test to ascertain the wishes of the people. They claim that in a test it can be found that a larger majority of Telanganites are opposed to the merger. They also claim that if elections are held on this issue they would not yield even a single seat either to the Communists, the Communalists or even the sponsors of Vishalandhra.
I have sketchily summarised some of the pros and cons of the situation. It would be wrong on my part to give any opinion of mine. I have kept my mind open on the subject. I have summarised the situation in an objective and dispassionate manner. I shall write more about this in my fuller review of the situation from Bombay.
Sd/- B. Ramakrishna Rao
Published with written permission from Vijay Burgula(Family member of of Burgula Ramakrishna Rao). Vijay Burgula can be contacted at v_burgula@yahoo.com
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The letter is highly significant for it reveals the thinking of Mr Burgula and his observations of the ground realities in Hyderabad state, and the impending merger of Telangana with Andhra .
From:
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Chief Minister
Hyderabad
To:
Shri U. N. Dhebar
President
Indian National Congress
New Delhi.
My dear Dhebarbhai,
What I am writing to you just now is in the nature of an interim report. Shri Bhargava is flying to Delhi tomorrow and I thought I should write to you lest the whole thing should be rather late. Yesterday and today I had the advantage of meeting a number of persons in individual and representative capacities. This morning both Shri Bhargava and myself had a little round of villages round about Hyderabad. It is not so very easy to assess the views of the people in any manner that can be called accurate. Besides the time at our disposal is so short that we have to do the assessment in a great hurry. Subject to these considerations I am giving below the assessment of the situation as I see it.
There is, no doubt, considerable agitation in Telangana on this important question. When I say considerable, it is of course nothing of the type we come across in Bombay. The agitation this side is spread over the whole province and not restricted only to cities. My estimate of the views of the people of Telangana is that the people by majority would desire Telangana to remain a separate state. There is a strong section of the people holding the other view, that is in favour of Vishalandhra, but the majority is decidedly in favour of retaining Telangana as a separate province as recommended by the S.R.C. The actual breakdown of views I shall try to give in a fuller report that I shall be sending from Bombay. There should, however, be no doubt in anybody's mind that the majority opinion is inclined towards a separate Telangana Province.
I shall now briefly summarise the pros and cons of the situation. Those who desire the formation of Vishalandhra support their view on the following considerations:
1. Many of them would have desired the retention of Hyderabad State as it is at present, but since this is broken in linguistic pieces and since the big two pieces have gone to their respective linguistic units, the third also, viz. Telangana, should go to the large Andhra province.
2. The slogan of Vishalandhra has been in the field for a long time. It had its emotional appeal. In Hyderabad it represented the urge to break away from the feudal system. Hence they believe that Vishalandhra be formed to satisfy that urge.
3. The supporters of the Cultural Integration feel that it is better that two Telugu-speaking people living in contiguous areas should come together. For them there is a great cultural advantage in a bigger province. This is entirely an emotional approach to which a section of the literary people attach considerable importance.
4. In a bigger province, the expenditure of administration becomes less. Duplication and overlapping can be avoided. This is one important point in favour of Vishalandhra. There can be one Governor, one High Court, one Public Service Commission and many other departments can be reduced as compared to their double strength just now for two provinces.
5. There is also a belief that in a larger province there may be a larger scope for industrial development etc.
The enumeration of these points is rather illustrative than exhaustive. Those who are strongly agitating for the retention of Telangana as a separate province do so for, amongst others, the following reasons:-
1. They believe that the emotional urge for Vishalandhra has been considerably weakened after the formation of the separate Andhra state. It will further weaken with the creation of Telangana which is purely a Telugu state. There is no agitation of a strong character in Andhra on this subject while there is a strong agitation in Telangana not to merge with Andhra.
2. If a separate Telangana is formed, it will not practically upset anybody. Ideologists and the people with emotional approach will be a little disappointed but there will be no agitation. On the contrar if Telangana is compulsorily merged with Andhra there will be considerable bitterness in Telangana with no adequate advantage on the other side.
3. Telanganites feel that apart from being Telugus they have built up their own way of life during the last 175 years. This way of life is in many respects different from the way of life of the Telugus in Andhra. The merger, they fear, will destroy this way of life. That is why they are worried.
4. Quite a large number of Telanganites are Urdu-knowing and Urdu-speaking people. For more than a hundred years Urdu has had its place in the life of the people. The administration is carried on in Urdu, records are maintained in Urdu, courts conduct their proceedings in Urdu, lawyers and other professionals carryon their work in Urdu. They are, naturally afraid that the merger would take away the importance of Urdu in their life. They do not like this prospect.
5. Educationally Telangana is very backward as compared to Andhra. They are particularly backward in the study of English for which there are either no facilities or very poor facilities. They are, therefore, afraid that in the matter of service in a bigger province, they will be at a terrific disadvantage. While there are thousands of graduates and M.A's in Andhra, there are not even a few hundreds in Hyderabad. No guarantees can level up this great deficiency. Services, therefore, are afraid of an adverse effect of the merger.
6. Economically, Telanganites are afraid that they will be sufferers in Vishalandhra. On an average, Telanganites are poor people. They have no money reserves as some people in Andhra have. They are afraid there would be an immediate exploitation in land and even in trade, small and big. They have got many instances where Telugus from Andhra do not hesitate to exploit the Telugus from Telangana economically when they get an opportunity to do so. This is by far their biggest fear.
7. Although the language is common, there are instances that there is no love lost between the Telugus in both the states. The classical example of this mutual dislike can be found in the attitude of Andhra officers during the Razakar agitation and immediately after the accession of Hyderabad. While, they say, the Marathi, Kannads and other officers were comparatively kind to the people of Hyderabad, Andhra officers were particularly harsh and unrelenting. There are bad memories left. These memories are so fresh in the minds of the Telanganites that they do not want to be at the mercy of their brethren in Andhra.
8. The Communists and the Communalists, as in similar cases in other parts of India, having made common cause in demanding Vishalandhra, the other sections are rather doubtful whether it would lead to the happiness of the people on both sides. They believe that for the Communists and Communalists, it is a political game. They are not sincere in their support of a larger province.
9. Those who desire a separate Telangana as recommended by the S.R.C. are prepared, as they say, for any test to ascertain the wishes of the people. They claim that in a test it can be found that a larger majority of Telanganites are opposed to the merger. They also claim that if elections are held on this issue they would not yield even a single seat either to the Communists, the Communalists or even the sponsors of Vishalandhra.
I have sketchily summarised some of the pros and cons of the situation. It would be wrong on my part to give any opinion of mine. I have kept my mind open on the subject. I have summarised the situation in an objective and dispassionate manner. I shall write more about this in my fuller review of the situation from Bombay.
Sd/- B. Ramakrishna Rao
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
ఏముంది ? కలిసి వుండాలనుకోవడానికి ?
విడి పోవాలనుకోవడానికి లక్ష కారణాలున్నాయి, కలిసి వుండాలనుకోవడానికి "సమైక్య ఆంధ్రా" (స్వ ఆస్తుల రక్షణ), భాష అనే భావనలు తప్ప - తెలుగోడు
The process of creating a new state
First, the state legislature, will have to pass a resolution and forward it to the Centre (however, this is not mandatory — Parliament suo motu can take up the issue through a direction from the President).
Once it reaches the Centre, the home ministry will examine the issue and send the proposal to the law ministry which in turn whets it and sends it to the Cabinet. The Union Cabinet will have to approve it before placing it in the two Houses of Parliament. Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha will have to pass the resolution with a two-third’s majority since it will be a Constitution amendment to Article 3 which deals with “formation of new states and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing states”.
After Parliament gives its seal of approval, begins the complex issue of the physical formation of the state. The logistics required for a new administration will start with Centre sending a team of officials to put things together for creation of the new state.
One of the first tasks is the drawing of the boundary — in this case between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Other requirements include setting up of administrative and police cadres, transfer of revenue documents and infrastructure such as setting up new office buildings.
As for the IAS and IPS cadres and the government employees, they will be given the option to chose between the two states. The sharing of the tax revenues will be done by a negotiating team of the two states under the guidance by the chief secretary of the existing state with the assistance of the existing Accountant General’s office.
There is also the issue of devolution of funds, which will be done by the Finance Commission, and revenue sharing between the existing state and the new one. Until the FC frames the formula, the Centre will make an interim allocation. The new state will also have a new high court.
As for political governance, the MLAs of the constituencies falling in the new state will automatically become MLAs of the newly formed state. Election for the state Assembly will be held only after the MLAs complete their five year term.
Once it reaches the Centre, the home ministry will examine the issue and send the proposal to the law ministry which in turn whets it and sends it to the Cabinet. The Union Cabinet will have to approve it before placing it in the two Houses of Parliament. Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha will have to pass the resolution with a two-third’s majority since it will be a Constitution amendment to Article 3 which deals with “formation of new states and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing states”.
After Parliament gives its seal of approval, begins the complex issue of the physical formation of the state. The logistics required for a new administration will start with Centre sending a team of officials to put things together for creation of the new state.
One of the first tasks is the drawing of the boundary — in this case between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Other requirements include setting up of administrative and police cadres, transfer of revenue documents and infrastructure such as setting up new office buildings.
As for the IAS and IPS cadres and the government employees, they will be given the option to chose between the two states. The sharing of the tax revenues will be done by a negotiating team of the two states under the guidance by the chief secretary of the existing state with the assistance of the existing Accountant General’s office.
There is also the issue of devolution of funds, which will be done by the Finance Commission, and revenue sharing between the existing state and the new one. Until the FC frames the formula, the Centre will make an interim allocation. The new state will also have a new high court.
As for political governance, the MLAs of the constituencies falling in the new state will automatically become MLAs of the newly formed state. Election for the state Assembly will be held only after the MLAs complete their five year term.
Article ౩ of THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
PREAMBLE
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
PART I
THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
1. Name and territory of the Union.—(1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.
(2) The States and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the First Schedule.
(3) The territory of India shall comprise—
(a) the territories of the States;
(b) the Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and
(c) such other territories as may be acquired.
2. Admission or establishment of new States.—Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
2A. [Sikkim to be associated with the Union.] Rep. by the Constitution (Thirty- sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 5 (w.e.f. 26-4-1975).
3. Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States.—Parliament may by law—
(a) form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State;
(b) increase the area of any State;
(c) diminish the area of any State;
(d) alter the boundaries of any State;
(e) alter the name of any State:
Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except on the recommendation of the President and unless, where the proposal contained in the Bill affects the area, boundaries or name of any of the States, the Bill has been referred by the President to the Legislature of that State for expressing its views thereon within such period as may be specified in the reference or within such further period as the President may allow and the period so specified or allowed has expired.
Explanation I.—In this article, in clauses (a) to (e), “State’’ includes a Union territory, but in the proviso, “State’’ does not include a Union territory.
Explanation II.—The power conferred on Parliament by clause (a) includes the power to form a new State or Union territory by uniting a part of any State or Union territory to any other State or Union territory.
4. Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters. —(1) Any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall contain such provisions for the amendment of the First Schedule and the Fourth Schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions as to representation in Parliament and in the Legislature or Legislatures of the State or States affected by such law) as Parliament may deem necessary.
(2) No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368.
PREAMBLE
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
PART I
THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
1. Name and territory of the Union.—(1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.
(2) The States and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the First Schedule.
(3) The territory of India shall comprise—
(a) the territories of the States;
(b) the Union territories specified in the First Schedule; and
(c) such other territories as may be acquired.
2. Admission or establishment of new States.—Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
2A. [Sikkim to be associated with the Union.] Rep. by the Constitution (Thirty- sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, s. 5 (w.e.f. 26-4-1975).
3. Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States.—Parliament may by law—
(a) form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State;
(b) increase the area of any State;
(c) diminish the area of any State;
(d) alter the boundaries of any State;
(e) alter the name of any State:
Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except on the recommendation of the President and unless, where the proposal contained in the Bill affects the area, boundaries or name of any of the States, the Bill has been referred by the President to the Legislature of that State for expressing its views thereon within such period as may be specified in the reference or within such further period as the President may allow and the period so specified or allowed has expired.
Explanation I.—In this article, in clauses (a) to (e), “State’’ includes a Union territory, but in the proviso, “State’’ does not include a Union territory.
Explanation II.—The power conferred on Parliament by clause (a) includes the power to form a new State or Union territory by uniting a part of any State or Union territory to any other State or Union territory.
4. Laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the amendment of the First and the Fourth Schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters. —(1) Any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall contain such provisions for the amendment of the First Schedule and the Fourth Schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions as to representation in Parliament and in the Legislature or Legislatures of the State or States affected by such law) as Parliament may deem necessary.
(2) No such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368.
SIX - POINT FORMULA(2)
SIX - POINT FORMULA
(For Presidential order related to copy the link and paste in browser)
http://www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/HomePageLinks/PresidentialOrder/Presidential_Order.pdf
Statement issued by the leaders of Andhra Pradesh on 21st September, 1973.
We have had several discussions with Central leaders as well as amongst
ourselves on the problems facing the people of Andhra Pradesh. We are
satisfied that the present misgivings about the future of the State can be
completely removed on actin being taken in accordance with the following
principles :—
(1) Accelerated development of the backward areas of the State and
planned development of the State capital with specific resources
earmarked for these purposes and appropriate association of
representations of such backward areas in the State legislature
along with other experts in the formulation and monitoring of
development schemes for such areas should form the essential
part of the developmental strategy of the State. Constitution at
the State level of a Planning Board as well-as Sub-Committees
for different backward areas should be the appropriate instrument
for achieving this objective.
(2) Institution of uniform, arrangements throughout the State enabling
adequate preference being given to local candidates in the matter
of admission to educational institutions and establishment of a
new Central University at Hyderabad to argument the exiting
educational facilities should be the basis of the educational policy
of the State.
(3) Subject to the requirements of the State as a whole, local
candidates should be given preference to specified extent in the
matter of direct recruitment to (i) non-gazetted posts (other than
in the Secretariat. Offices of Heads of Department, other State
level offices and institutions and the Hyderabad City Police) (ii)
corresponding posts under the local bodies and (iii) the posts
of Tahsildars, Junior Engineers and Civil Assistant Surgeons.
In order to improve their promotion prospects, service cadres
should be organised to the extent possible on appropriate local
basis up to specified gazetted level, first or second, as may be
administratively convenient.
(4) A high power administrative tribunal should be constituted to
deal with the grievances of services regarding appointments,
seniority, promotion and other allied matters. The decisions of the
Tribunal should ordinarily be binding on the State Government.
The constitution of such a tribunal would justify limits on recourse
to judiciary in such matters.
(5) In order that implementation of measures based on the above
principles does not give rise to litigation and consequent
uncertainity, the Constitution should be suitably amended to the
extent necessary conferring on the President enabling powers in
this behalf.
(6) The above approach would render the continuance of Mulki Rules
and Regional Committee unnecessary.
2. We are convinced that the accelerated development of the
backward areas and planned development of the State capital are the major
factors which will help in successfully implementing the above principles,
We would, therefore, urge upon the Central Government to take a generous
view in the matter of financial assistance to the State for the development
of these areas.
CLARIFICATIONS ON SIX-PINT FORMULA
Statement issued by Andhra Pradesh Leaders on 22nd October, 1973.
We discussed amongst ourselves and the Central leaders the various
aspects and implications of the six-point formula which has received
overwhelming support from all shades of public opinion in Andhra Pradesh
and else where in the country. The formula was intended to indicate the
basic approach to promote the accelerated development of backward
areas, a balanced development of the State as a whole and to provide
equitable opportunities to different areas of State in the matter of education,
employment and career prospects in public services, with a view achieve
a fuller emotional integration of the people of Andhra Pradesh. It will be
for the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Government of India to
formulate specific, comprehensive and practicable schemes in the light of
the approach set out in the six-point formula. We, however, appreciate that
it would be advantageous to elaborate the more basic aspects of the formula
to promote a better understanding of its approach.
2. The formula lays stress on accelerated development of backward
areas. We discussed the question whether it would be possible to specify
straightaway what the backward areas in the State are Backward areas will
require to be identified in the light of objective factors and in consultation
with Planning Commission. This task will have to be left to the popular
Government to be completed with atmost expedition.
3. Schemes for development of all such areas, will have to be drawn
up and resources required for implementing such schemes should be
earmarked, not only out of the general resources of the State Plan but also
out of the special assistance from the Centre. In the process of preparing
suitable schemes as well as earmarking resources, the State Planning Board
should necessarily have an important role. The role of the State Board
in overall co-ordination between the general Plan Scheme and special
programmes for accelerated development of backward areas will also have
to be emphasised. It will, therefore, have to be an effective organisation
consisting of the Chief Minister, some of his colleagues, expert people’s
representatives and others.
4. The Committees for the different backward areas should be agencies
to assist the Planning Board in the formulation of development schemes
for such areas, particularly in regard to matters where knowledge of local
conditions is of importance and subsequent monitoring of the implementation
of such schemes. These Committees should hence have a substantial number
of the representatives of the people familiar with local conditions and
problems. The composition of these Committees should, however, be such
as to make them business like, compact and knowledgeable,. In order that
these Committees enjoy the full support and backing of Government it may
be considered if the Chief Minister himself could be their Chairman.
5. Programme in the State Plan to develop the infrastructure of the State
will benefit the capital city. Other schemes intended specifically for urban
development, housing, water supply, expansion of educational and medical
facilities etc., also from part of the State Plan. The formula contemplates
that special assistance from the Centre to supplement these programmes
would also be available. As the formula emphasised the importance of the
planned development of the capital city, Government may also consider the
constitution of a suitable Capital Development Authority.
6. Taking into account the broad scope and functions of the Planning
Board and its role in co-ordination, it may be advantageous to designate it as
Andhra Pradesh Planning and Development Board and its Sub-Committees
as Planning and Development Committees for the respective areas. Other
details regarding composition for functions, procedures and role of the
Committees will have to be left to the Government.
7. In regard to the services the basic approach of the formula is that
the people of different areas should have equitable employment and career
prospects. The concepts of local candidates and local areas are interrelated
because local candidates will be identified with reference to a local area.
In specifying any local areas it should not be necessary to go below the
level of a district. For recruitment to Class IV posts and posts of L.D.C.
and equivalent in district officer, the district will then be the local area.
For other categories of posts it would be desirable to group contiguous
districts into divisions. We, however, visualise that the State as a whole
may consist of five or six divisions, the twin cities including the cantonment
being constituted into a separate division.
8. A local candidate can be a person residing in the concerned local
area or who has studied in an institution situated in that area leading
to the educational qualifications prescribed for the post or a pass in the
Matriculation / equivalent examination whichever is lower. In cases where
no educational qualifications are at all required, residence can be the only
test. In other cases, it may be advantageous to adopt the criterion of study
in a local institution. Where necessary either of the criteria could also be
adopted ensuring however that a candidate is not regarded as belonging
to more than one local area. To obviate hardship, suitable exemptions will
require to be formulated. The minimum period of residence of study in a
local institution should be reasonable, neither being illusory nor excessive.
In the course or our deliberations we found that it should not be difficult to
specify such a reasonable, minimum after explaining to the people of the
State the different aspects of the problem.
9. The extent of preference for local candidates should in no case be
100%. In case of Class IV posts it can be 80 %. For all other non-gazetted
posts the extent of preference should be 70 % and for gazetted posts it
should be 60%. It will, however, have to be borne in mind that substantial
employment potential may develop in different local areas on account of
major development projects. These will have to be equitably shared between
different areas in the State and special arrangements for this purpose may
be necessary. Suitable remedial measures will have to be devised in cases
where the institution of revised administrative arrangements affect the
employment of the candidates from the twin cities.
10. In regard to the agency for recruitment, posts entrusted to the State
Public Service Commission may continue with the Commission. It will no
doubt require separate consideration whether any special measures are
called for in regard to the scope, strength, status and efficient functioning of
the Commission to enable the Commission to discharge its responsibilities.
Where any category of posts is excluded from the purview of the Commission
it may be advantageous initially to constitute district / divisional committees
to make recruitment for such posts.
11. We are satisfied that the six-point formula provide all the necessary
policy directives for comprehensive detailed schemes to be drawn up and
implemented in due course. The association of the Central Government in
the implementation of the six-point formula will make available to the State
Government the necessary expertise and national guidance. As soon as a
popular Government is restored in Andhra Pradesh the stage would be set
for the State and the Centre to take upon themselves without any delay the
implementation of the formula.
For Presidential order related to above copy the link and paste in browser
http://www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/HomePageLinks/PresidentialOrder/Presidential_Order.pdf
(For Presidential order related to copy the link and paste in browser)
http://www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/HomePageLinks/PresidentialOrder/Presidential_Order.pdf
Statement issued by the leaders of Andhra Pradesh on 21st September, 1973.
We have had several discussions with Central leaders as well as amongst
ourselves on the problems facing the people of Andhra Pradesh. We are
satisfied that the present misgivings about the future of the State can be
completely removed on actin being taken in accordance with the following
principles :—
(1) Accelerated development of the backward areas of the State and
planned development of the State capital with specific resources
earmarked for these purposes and appropriate association of
representations of such backward areas in the State legislature
along with other experts in the formulation and monitoring of
development schemes for such areas should form the essential
part of the developmental strategy of the State. Constitution at
the State level of a Planning Board as well-as Sub-Committees
for different backward areas should be the appropriate instrument
for achieving this objective.
(2) Institution of uniform, arrangements throughout the State enabling
adequate preference being given to local candidates in the matter
of admission to educational institutions and establishment of a
new Central University at Hyderabad to argument the exiting
educational facilities should be the basis of the educational policy
of the State.
(3) Subject to the requirements of the State as a whole, local
candidates should be given preference to specified extent in the
matter of direct recruitment to (i) non-gazetted posts (other than
in the Secretariat. Offices of Heads of Department, other State
level offices and institutions and the Hyderabad City Police) (ii)
corresponding posts under the local bodies and (iii) the posts
of Tahsildars, Junior Engineers and Civil Assistant Surgeons.
In order to improve their promotion prospects, service cadres
should be organised to the extent possible on appropriate local
basis up to specified gazetted level, first or second, as may be
administratively convenient.
(4) A high power administrative tribunal should be constituted to
deal with the grievances of services regarding appointments,
seniority, promotion and other allied matters. The decisions of the
Tribunal should ordinarily be binding on the State Government.
The constitution of such a tribunal would justify limits on recourse
to judiciary in such matters.
(5) In order that implementation of measures based on the above
principles does not give rise to litigation and consequent
uncertainity, the Constitution should be suitably amended to the
extent necessary conferring on the President enabling powers in
this behalf.
(6) The above approach would render the continuance of Mulki Rules
and Regional Committee unnecessary.
2. We are convinced that the accelerated development of the
backward areas and planned development of the State capital are the major
factors which will help in successfully implementing the above principles,
We would, therefore, urge upon the Central Government to take a generous
view in the matter of financial assistance to the State for the development
of these areas.
CLARIFICATIONS ON SIX-PINT FORMULA
Statement issued by Andhra Pradesh Leaders on 22nd October, 1973.
We discussed amongst ourselves and the Central leaders the various
aspects and implications of the six-point formula which has received
overwhelming support from all shades of public opinion in Andhra Pradesh
and else where in the country. The formula was intended to indicate the
basic approach to promote the accelerated development of backward
areas, a balanced development of the State as a whole and to provide
equitable opportunities to different areas of State in the matter of education,
employment and career prospects in public services, with a view achieve
a fuller emotional integration of the people of Andhra Pradesh. It will be
for the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Government of India to
formulate specific, comprehensive and practicable schemes in the light of
the approach set out in the six-point formula. We, however, appreciate that
it would be advantageous to elaborate the more basic aspects of the formula
to promote a better understanding of its approach.
2. The formula lays stress on accelerated development of backward
areas. We discussed the question whether it would be possible to specify
straightaway what the backward areas in the State are Backward areas will
require to be identified in the light of objective factors and in consultation
with Planning Commission. This task will have to be left to the popular
Government to be completed with atmost expedition.
3. Schemes for development of all such areas, will have to be drawn
up and resources required for implementing such schemes should be
earmarked, not only out of the general resources of the State Plan but also
out of the special assistance from the Centre. In the process of preparing
suitable schemes as well as earmarking resources, the State Planning Board
should necessarily have an important role. The role of the State Board
in overall co-ordination between the general Plan Scheme and special
programmes for accelerated development of backward areas will also have
to be emphasised. It will, therefore, have to be an effective organisation
consisting of the Chief Minister, some of his colleagues, expert people’s
representatives and others.
4. The Committees for the different backward areas should be agencies
to assist the Planning Board in the formulation of development schemes
for such areas, particularly in regard to matters where knowledge of local
conditions is of importance and subsequent monitoring of the implementation
of such schemes. These Committees should hence have a substantial number
of the representatives of the people familiar with local conditions and
problems. The composition of these Committees should, however, be such
as to make them business like, compact and knowledgeable,. In order that
these Committees enjoy the full support and backing of Government it may
be considered if the Chief Minister himself could be their Chairman.
5. Programme in the State Plan to develop the infrastructure of the State
will benefit the capital city. Other schemes intended specifically for urban
development, housing, water supply, expansion of educational and medical
facilities etc., also from part of the State Plan. The formula contemplates
that special assistance from the Centre to supplement these programmes
would also be available. As the formula emphasised the importance of the
planned development of the capital city, Government may also consider the
constitution of a suitable Capital Development Authority.
6. Taking into account the broad scope and functions of the Planning
Board and its role in co-ordination, it may be advantageous to designate it as
Andhra Pradesh Planning and Development Board and its Sub-Committees
as Planning and Development Committees for the respective areas. Other
details regarding composition for functions, procedures and role of the
Committees will have to be left to the Government.
7. In regard to the services the basic approach of the formula is that
the people of different areas should have equitable employment and career
prospects. The concepts of local candidates and local areas are interrelated
because local candidates will be identified with reference to a local area.
In specifying any local areas it should not be necessary to go below the
level of a district. For recruitment to Class IV posts and posts of L.D.C.
and equivalent in district officer, the district will then be the local area.
For other categories of posts it would be desirable to group contiguous
districts into divisions. We, however, visualise that the State as a whole
may consist of five or six divisions, the twin cities including the cantonment
being constituted into a separate division.
8. A local candidate can be a person residing in the concerned local
area or who has studied in an institution situated in that area leading
to the educational qualifications prescribed for the post or a pass in the
Matriculation / equivalent examination whichever is lower. In cases where
no educational qualifications are at all required, residence can be the only
test. In other cases, it may be advantageous to adopt the criterion of study
in a local institution. Where necessary either of the criteria could also be
adopted ensuring however that a candidate is not regarded as belonging
to more than one local area. To obviate hardship, suitable exemptions will
require to be formulated. The minimum period of residence of study in a
local institution should be reasonable, neither being illusory nor excessive.
In the course or our deliberations we found that it should not be difficult to
specify such a reasonable, minimum after explaining to the people of the
State the different aspects of the problem.
9. The extent of preference for local candidates should in no case be
100%. In case of Class IV posts it can be 80 %. For all other non-gazetted
posts the extent of preference should be 70 % and for gazetted posts it
should be 60%. It will, however, have to be borne in mind that substantial
employment potential may develop in different local areas on account of
major development projects. These will have to be equitably shared between
different areas in the State and special arrangements for this purpose may
be necessary. Suitable remedial measures will have to be devised in cases
where the institution of revised administrative arrangements affect the
employment of the candidates from the twin cities.
10. In regard to the agency for recruitment, posts entrusted to the State
Public Service Commission may continue with the Commission. It will no
doubt require separate consideration whether any special measures are
called for in regard to the scope, strength, status and efficient functioning of
the Commission to enable the Commission to discharge its responsibilities.
Where any category of posts is excluded from the purview of the Commission
it may be advantageous initially to constitute district / divisional committees
to make recruitment for such posts.
11. We are satisfied that the six-point formula provide all the necessary
policy directives for comprehensive detailed schemes to be drawn up and
implemented in due course. The association of the Central Government in
the implementation of the six-point formula will make available to the State
Government the necessary expertise and national guidance. As soon as a
popular Government is restored in Andhra Pradesh the stage would be set
for the State and the Centre to take upon themselves without any delay the
implementation of the formula.
For Presidential order related to above copy the link and paste in browser
http://www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/HomePageLinks/PresidentialOrder/Presidential_Order.pdf
GIRGLANI COMMISSION REPORT
GIRGLANI COMMISSION REPORT on G.O Ms 610 See report at
http://www.aponline.gov.in/Quick%20Links/RTIA/OneManCommission/Final%20Report%20Vol-II/Final%20Report%20Volume%20II%20.doc
GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Letter No.06/86/OMC(A.1)2002-1, Dt : 01-11-2002
FROM :
J.M. GIRGLANI, IAS, (Retd.)
One Man Commission (SPF)
General Administration Department
‘K’ Block, 2nd Floor, Room No. 327A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad
To
The Secretary to Government
General Administration (Services) Department
A.P. Secretariat Hyderabad
Sir,
Sub : SPF – Presidential Order (OMC) – Gazetting of posts after the issue of Presidential Order - Reg.
Ref : OMC (SPF) Preliminary Report submitted to the Government in October, 2001.
* * *
Kindly refer Commission’s Preliminary report, Preliminary Finding Nos. 12A to 12D with particular reference to sub-Para (ii) of Para 2.28.0 of the Preliminary Finding 12A (xerox copy of the finding is enclosed for ready reference). After this Report, the Commission has had occasion to hold meetings with the Officers of the Heads of the Departments to find out about the deviations if any from the Presidential Order. One of the most important issues that has come to the notice of the Commission is that in many departments the posts which were hitherto Non-gazetted before 18-10-1975, the date of the Presidential Order, have been made Gazetted either with the same designation or with some change of designation. As Non-Gazetted posts these were zonal posts with 70% preference for local candidates. On becoming Gazetted, the posts become State-wide posts and also lose the preference for the local candidates. Thus, through this process the Presidential Order is getting diluted in respect of many important posts at the zonal level and local candidates of all the zones are losing the advantage of localisation and preference. Apart from the posts that have come to the notice of this Commission, the Commission understands that there is a demand from many Service Associations for Gazetting some of their posts and that these demands have been referred to Anomalies Commission for examination. The Anomalies Commission will no doubt examine the administrative and other aspects of the demands for making the posts Gazetted. But the one aspect that needs to be safeguarded is that when a post is Gazetted or any change is made in a post, its original local character should be preserved so that the Presidential Order is not diluted and local candidates’ interests are not adversely affected. It is found that some of the posts which were gazetted after 18-10-1975 were got included by the Government in the Third Schedule of the Presidential Order in the category of Specified Gazetted Posts. One finds from the Third Schedule that even up to 1993 some posts were added to this category, but not all the posts that have been gazetted to-date have been added to this category.
Adding to the Third Schedule of Presidential Order under the category of Specified Gazetted Posts only preserves the zonal character of the post, but that brings no solace to the local candidates because the preference for local candidates does not apply to all the posts which are included in this category excepting for a few posts like Tahsildars and Assistant Engineers etc., in this Schedule which were originally given the preference of 60% for local candidates. Thus inclusion to this category also does not restore the local candidate preference of 70% which is lost when a Non-Gazetted post is Gazetted. In many of the cases that have come before the Commission, the posts have not even been brought to the Specified Gazetted Category after being gazetted so that even the zonal character is lost. In two cases: one of the Forest Range Officer in the Forest Department and another of Prohibition and Excise Inspectors, the proposal for inclusion in the Third Schedule as Specified Gazetted Category Posts was even rejected by the Government of India. On the latter case this Commission has written to you already.
This process of gazetting is resulting in consequences which are against the principle enunciated in the Preliminary Findings cited above. You may kindly recall that this particular finding had found favour with the Cabinet Sub-Committee in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, who had also agreed with it in principle. This was also presented before the Cabinet. It is therefore more or less an agreed principle. The reason for the recommendations in these findings cited above is that if we do not accept the principle of immutability of the local character of the posts as it stood at the time of the Presidential Order, then the Government would find it difficult to deny the demands for expanding the scope of the Presidential Order in so many other dimensions. This is one of the demands in the G.O.Ms.No.610. It will be found in G.O.Ms.No.610, one of the demand which the Government had agreed to look into was Para 5(5) and 5(9) which reads as under:
Para 5(5)The posts in Institutions/Establishment notified in G.S.R.No.526(E), dated 18-10-1975 shall be filled up by drawing persons on tenure basis from different local cadres on an equitable basis as per orders issued in the G.O. 3rd read above.
Para 5(9)The possibility of allotting persons from within the same zone/multi-zone against non-local vacancy in a particular cadre will be examined in consultation with the APPSC.
Thereafter, the Services Associations particularly of Telangana have also made demands for extending the Presidential Order to Corporations and other quasi-government organisations which are now outside the Presidential Order. To put finality to the scope of the Presidential Order this Commission had suggested that we should also accept to put a stop to the abridgement of the scope of the Presidential Order and give an assurance to the Employees Association to this effect, while not expanding its scope.
The abridgement of the Presidential Order and the leakage of localized posts through this process of gazetting is against the principle that the Presidential Order’s scope shall not be mutated i.e., neither expanded nor abridged. If it is allowed to be abridged then the counter demands for expansion of the scope cannot be easily ignored.
In pursuance of this principle of immutability of the local character of a post as it stood on the date of the Presidential Order the Government have taken care to ensure that the posts of the Secondary Grade Teachers were retained as district cadre posts and later on the Government took further action to ensure that the original 80% preference for local candidates was also restored even though the scale of the post had been raised by the 1994 Pay Revision Commission above the level of the LDC Scales, which would normally have made it a zonal post with 70% preference. Having accepted the principle of immutability and applied it in the case of the Secondary Grade Teachers it is but fair that the same principle be applied wherever there is any administrative action or change that mutates the original local character of a post. This will give finality and stability to the Presidential Order amidst the dynamics of a progressive and expanding administrative system.
In pursuance of this principle and in view of the dimensions mentioned above, it is suggested as under :-
1. That all the posts that were gazetted after 18-10-1975 should be got included in the Third Schedule to the Presidential Order as Specified Gazetted Categories. This will ensure the zonal character of the posts and retain the zone as “local area” for the posts.
2. To retain the 70% preference for the local candidates which applied to these posts before being Gazetted as they were Non-Gazetted zonal posts.
3. In respect of the posts which are pending consideration for being gazetted, if the Gazetted status is granted on administrative grounds then ‘ipso facto’ a reference to the Government of India may be made immediately on the lines mentioned above under (1) and (2) so that their local character is not mutated.
4. In cases which were referred to the Government of India and have been rejected for inclusion in the Third Schedule i.e., Specified Gazetted Category, the cases may be reopened and action taken as suggested at (1) and (2) above.
A list of the posts that have come to the notice of the Commission which have been Gazetted with or without changes in designation after the Presidential Order is enclosed. This list is not exhaustive but information may be collected from all the departments so that in one single reference Government of India’s orders may be obtained. (Please see Annexure-3 herein).
It is also suggested that the action on this matter may be taken expeditiously particularly in view of the pending demands for gazetting of some posts in some of the departments.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-One Man Commission (SPF
http://www.aponline.gov.in/Quick%20Links/RTIA/OneManCommission/Final%20Report%20Vol-II/Final%20Report%20Volume%20II%20.doc
GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
Letter No.06/86/OMC(A.1)2002-1, Dt : 01-11-2002
FROM :
J.M. GIRGLANI, IAS, (Retd.)
One Man Commission (SPF)
General Administration Department
‘K’ Block, 2nd Floor, Room No. 327A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad
To
The Secretary to Government
General Administration (Services) Department
A.P. Secretariat Hyderabad
Sir,
Sub : SPF – Presidential Order (OMC) – Gazetting of posts after the issue of Presidential Order - Reg.
Ref : OMC (SPF) Preliminary Report submitted to the Government in October, 2001.
* * *
Kindly refer Commission’s Preliminary report, Preliminary Finding Nos. 12A to 12D with particular reference to sub-Para (ii) of Para 2.28.0 of the Preliminary Finding 12A (xerox copy of the finding is enclosed for ready reference). After this Report, the Commission has had occasion to hold meetings with the Officers of the Heads of the Departments to find out about the deviations if any from the Presidential Order. One of the most important issues that has come to the notice of the Commission is that in many departments the posts which were hitherto Non-gazetted before 18-10-1975, the date of the Presidential Order, have been made Gazetted either with the same designation or with some change of designation. As Non-Gazetted posts these were zonal posts with 70% preference for local candidates. On becoming Gazetted, the posts become State-wide posts and also lose the preference for the local candidates. Thus, through this process the Presidential Order is getting diluted in respect of many important posts at the zonal level and local candidates of all the zones are losing the advantage of localisation and preference. Apart from the posts that have come to the notice of this Commission, the Commission understands that there is a demand from many Service Associations for Gazetting some of their posts and that these demands have been referred to Anomalies Commission for examination. The Anomalies Commission will no doubt examine the administrative and other aspects of the demands for making the posts Gazetted. But the one aspect that needs to be safeguarded is that when a post is Gazetted or any change is made in a post, its original local character should be preserved so that the Presidential Order is not diluted and local candidates’ interests are not adversely affected. It is found that some of the posts which were gazetted after 18-10-1975 were got included by the Government in the Third Schedule of the Presidential Order in the category of Specified Gazetted Posts. One finds from the Third Schedule that even up to 1993 some posts were added to this category, but not all the posts that have been gazetted to-date have been added to this category.
Adding to the Third Schedule of Presidential Order under the category of Specified Gazetted Posts only preserves the zonal character of the post, but that brings no solace to the local candidates because the preference for local candidates does not apply to all the posts which are included in this category excepting for a few posts like Tahsildars and Assistant Engineers etc., in this Schedule which were originally given the preference of 60% for local candidates. Thus inclusion to this category also does not restore the local candidate preference of 70% which is lost when a Non-Gazetted post is Gazetted. In many of the cases that have come before the Commission, the posts have not even been brought to the Specified Gazetted Category after being gazetted so that even the zonal character is lost. In two cases: one of the Forest Range Officer in the Forest Department and another of Prohibition and Excise Inspectors, the proposal for inclusion in the Third Schedule as Specified Gazetted Category Posts was even rejected by the Government of India. On the latter case this Commission has written to you already.
This process of gazetting is resulting in consequences which are against the principle enunciated in the Preliminary Findings cited above. You may kindly recall that this particular finding had found favour with the Cabinet Sub-Committee in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, who had also agreed with it in principle. This was also presented before the Cabinet. It is therefore more or less an agreed principle. The reason for the recommendations in these findings cited above is that if we do not accept the principle of immutability of the local character of the posts as it stood at the time of the Presidential Order, then the Government would find it difficult to deny the demands for expanding the scope of the Presidential Order in so many other dimensions. This is one of the demands in the G.O.Ms.No.610. It will be found in G.O.Ms.No.610, one of the demand which the Government had agreed to look into was Para 5(5) and 5(9) which reads as under:
Para 5(5)The posts in Institutions/Establishment notified in G.S.R.No.526(E), dated 18-10-1975 shall be filled up by drawing persons on tenure basis from different local cadres on an equitable basis as per orders issued in the G.O. 3rd read above.
Para 5(9)The possibility of allotting persons from within the same zone/multi-zone against non-local vacancy in a particular cadre will be examined in consultation with the APPSC.
Thereafter, the Services Associations particularly of Telangana have also made demands for extending the Presidential Order to Corporations and other quasi-government organisations which are now outside the Presidential Order. To put finality to the scope of the Presidential Order this Commission had suggested that we should also accept to put a stop to the abridgement of the scope of the Presidential Order and give an assurance to the Employees Association to this effect, while not expanding its scope.
The abridgement of the Presidential Order and the leakage of localized posts through this process of gazetting is against the principle that the Presidential Order’s scope shall not be mutated i.e., neither expanded nor abridged. If it is allowed to be abridged then the counter demands for expansion of the scope cannot be easily ignored.
In pursuance of this principle of immutability of the local character of a post as it stood on the date of the Presidential Order the Government have taken care to ensure that the posts of the Secondary Grade Teachers were retained as district cadre posts and later on the Government took further action to ensure that the original 80% preference for local candidates was also restored even though the scale of the post had been raised by the 1994 Pay Revision Commission above the level of the LDC Scales, which would normally have made it a zonal post with 70% preference. Having accepted the principle of immutability and applied it in the case of the Secondary Grade Teachers it is but fair that the same principle be applied wherever there is any administrative action or change that mutates the original local character of a post. This will give finality and stability to the Presidential Order amidst the dynamics of a progressive and expanding administrative system.
In pursuance of this principle and in view of the dimensions mentioned above, it is suggested as under :-
1. That all the posts that were gazetted after 18-10-1975 should be got included in the Third Schedule to the Presidential Order as Specified Gazetted Categories. This will ensure the zonal character of the posts and retain the zone as “local area” for the posts.
2. To retain the 70% preference for the local candidates which applied to these posts before being Gazetted as they were Non-Gazetted zonal posts.
3. In respect of the posts which are pending consideration for being gazetted, if the Gazetted status is granted on administrative grounds then ‘ipso facto’ a reference to the Government of India may be made immediately on the lines mentioned above under (1) and (2) so that their local character is not mutated.
4. In cases which were referred to the Government of India and have been rejected for inclusion in the Third Schedule i.e., Specified Gazetted Category, the cases may be reopened and action taken as suggested at (1) and (2) above.
A list of the posts that have come to the notice of the Commission which have been Gazetted with or without changes in designation after the Presidential Order is enclosed. This list is not exhaustive but information may be collected from all the departments so that in one single reference Government of India’s orders may be obtained. (Please see Annexure-3 herein).
It is also suggested that the action on this matter may be taken expeditiously particularly in view of the pending demands for gazetting of some posts in some of the departments.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-One Man Commission (SPF
SIX POINT FORMULA
GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
SIX POINT FORMULA – Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres & Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975 – Alleged violation in the implementation of Six Point Formula in Zones V to VI – Rectification – Order – Issued.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SPF-A) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.610 Dated the 30-12- 1985
Read the following
1.G.O.Ms.No.674, G. A. (SPF-A) Dept., dated 20-10-1975.
2.G.O.P.No.728, G. A. (SPF-A) Dept., dated 01-11-1975.
3.G.O.P.No.729, G. A. (SPF-A) Dept., dated 01-11-1975.
4. From the President, Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Union, letter dated 05-12-1985
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O R D E R:
The G.O. 1st read above, which is generally known as Presidential Order contains principles regarding Organisation of Local Cadres allotment of personnel of the various Departments to the various local cadres, method of direct recruitment to the various categories, inter-local cadre in transfers etc. of the employees holding those posts. In the G.Os 2nd and 3rd read above clarificatory instructions were issued regarding procedure for implementation of the various provisions of the Presidential Order.
2. In accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Order, local cadres have been organized to the various categories of posts in all Government Departments and allotment of personnel was made as per the guidelines contained in paragraph 4 of the said order.
3. In the representation 4th cited, the President, Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Union has represented that certain allotments have been made in violation of the provisions of the Presidential Order. 4. The Government after carefully examining the issues raised in the representation and after having wide ranging discussion with the representatives of the Union have entered into an agreement with the Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Union on 07-12-1985. 5. As per the terms of agreement the following orders are issued: (1) The employees allotted after 18-10-1975 to Zones V & VI in violation of zonalisation of local cadres under the Six Point Formula will be repatriated to their respective zones by 31-03-1986 by creating supernumerary posts wherever necessary.
(2) In respect of Jurala, Srisailam Left Canal and Sriramsagar Project Stage-II, all the staff in the Non-Gazetted categories both technical and non-technical including Asst. Executive Engineers (formerly JEs) coming under zonalisation of local cadres under the Presidential Order of 1975 who were posted to the projects from outside zones V and VI after 01-03-1983, will be retransferred to their respective zones and posted either in existing vacancies in various Government Establishments in those zones or in supernumerary posts where vacancies are not available. Towards this the Government will also move the Government of India for seeking amendment to Government of India’s notification G.S.R. 525(E) dated 28-06-1985 to give retrospective effect to this order with effect from 01-03-1983.
(3) (a) In respect of appeals filed against orders of allotment made under paragraph 4 of the Presidential Order of 1975 to the competent authority in time and where such appeals are still pending disposal, all such cases where details are furnished by the T.N.G.Os Union or individuals, shall be disposed of by 31-03-1986.
(b) As a result of the above exercise, consequential vacancies if any, arising shall be filled up as per the procedure laid down under the Presidential Order.
(4) In respect of first level Gazetted posts in certain Departments which are outside the purview of the Presidential Order, action should be taken to review the question of inclusion of such posts also in the scheme of localization and the matter should be taken up with the Government of India for suitable amendment to the said order.
(5) The posts in Institutions/Establishment notified in G.S.R. No.526 (E) dated:18-10-1975 shall be filled up by drawing persons on tenure basis from different local cadres on an equitable basis as per the orders issued in the G.O. 3rd read above.
(6) The provision in Para 5(2) (c) of the Presidential Order relating to inter-local cadre transfers shall be strictly implemented and such transfers shall be effected only under exceptional circumstances in public interest.
(7) Action will be initiated in the concerned departments in cases brought to their notice regarding bogus registrations in Employment Exchanges.
(8) On receipt of complaints, if any, made by the TNGOs Union relating to irregular allotments of candidates particularly to Zones V and VI in the category of Village Assistants the concerned department shall take up the matter with the A.P. Public Service Commission and take such measures as may be necessary to rectify the irregular allotments made if any.
(9) The possibility of allotting persons from within the same zone/multi-zone against non-local vacancy in a particular local cadre will be examined in consultation with the APPSC.
(10) The T.N.G.Os Union will furnish to Government the service/ categories where for want of trained personnel, non-local candidates are being appointed in zones V and VI so that Government can provide training facilities in respect of such services/categories with a view to providing adequate opportunities for recruitment and appointment of local candidates in zones V and VI.
(11) The Departments of Secretariat shall complete the review of appointments/promotions made under the Presidential Order as required under Para 13 of the said order, by 30-06-1986.
(12) (a) Immediate action will be taken to finalise the Common Gradation List in respect of Assistant Engineers (Presently Dy. E.Es) as on 01-11-1956, following the prescribed procedure under the S.R. Act. 1956.
(b) In respect of former Junior Engineers (Presently Asst.E.Es) the common gradation list published by the Government was quashed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal and the Government had gone in appeal to the Supreme Court. Effective measures will be taken for the disposal of the matter before the Supreme Court, expeditiously.
(13) The matter relating to allotment of 7 non-local personnel in the cadre of Inspector of Local Fund Audit belonging to Zones I to IV, allotted to Zones-V and VI against their options, will be examined by the Department concerned keeping in view of the provisions of the Presidential Order.
(14) The question of repatriation of 13 Deputy Executive Engineers of the Public Health Department working in the city of Hyderabad to Zones I to IV will be considered by the Department concerned keeping in view the provisions of the Presidential Order.
6. The Departments of Secretariat who are concerned with the terms shall take immediate necessary steps to implement the orders in consultation with Law/General Administration Department, if necessary, about the legal implications/interpretation of the provisions of the Presidential Order.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
SHRAVAN KUMAR
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To All Secretaries to Govt.
All Departments of Secretariat
//TRUE COPY//
Sd/-
SECTION OFFICER.
ABSTRACT
SIX POINT FORMULA – Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres & Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975 – Alleged violation in the implementation of Six Point Formula in Zones V to VI – Rectification – Order – Issued.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SPF-A) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.610 Dated the 30-12- 1985
Read the following
1.G.O.Ms.No.674, G. A. (SPF-A) Dept., dated 20-10-1975.
2.G.O.P.No.728, G. A. (SPF-A) Dept., dated 01-11-1975.
3.G.O.P.No.729, G. A. (SPF-A) Dept., dated 01-11-1975.
4. From the President, Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Union, letter dated 05-12-1985
* * *
O R D E R:
The G.O. 1st read above, which is generally known as Presidential Order contains principles regarding Organisation of Local Cadres allotment of personnel of the various Departments to the various local cadres, method of direct recruitment to the various categories, inter-local cadre in transfers etc. of the employees holding those posts. In the G.Os 2nd and 3rd read above clarificatory instructions were issued regarding procedure for implementation of the various provisions of the Presidential Order.
2. In accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Order, local cadres have been organized to the various categories of posts in all Government Departments and allotment of personnel was made as per the guidelines contained in paragraph 4 of the said order.
3. In the representation 4th cited, the President, Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Union has represented that certain allotments have been made in violation of the provisions of the Presidential Order. 4. The Government after carefully examining the issues raised in the representation and after having wide ranging discussion with the representatives of the Union have entered into an agreement with the Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers Union on 07-12-1985. 5. As per the terms of agreement the following orders are issued: (1) The employees allotted after 18-10-1975 to Zones V & VI in violation of zonalisation of local cadres under the Six Point Formula will be repatriated to their respective zones by 31-03-1986 by creating supernumerary posts wherever necessary.
(2) In respect of Jurala, Srisailam Left Canal and Sriramsagar Project Stage-II, all the staff in the Non-Gazetted categories both technical and non-technical including Asst. Executive Engineers (formerly JEs) coming under zonalisation of local cadres under the Presidential Order of 1975 who were posted to the projects from outside zones V and VI after 01-03-1983, will be retransferred to their respective zones and posted either in existing vacancies in various Government Establishments in those zones or in supernumerary posts where vacancies are not available. Towards this the Government will also move the Government of India for seeking amendment to Government of India’s notification G.S.R. 525(E) dated 28-06-1985 to give retrospective effect to this order with effect from 01-03-1983.
(3) (a) In respect of appeals filed against orders of allotment made under paragraph 4 of the Presidential Order of 1975 to the competent authority in time and where such appeals are still pending disposal, all such cases where details are furnished by the T.N.G.Os Union or individuals, shall be disposed of by 31-03-1986.
(b) As a result of the above exercise, consequential vacancies if any, arising shall be filled up as per the procedure laid down under the Presidential Order.
(4) In respect of first level Gazetted posts in certain Departments which are outside the purview of the Presidential Order, action should be taken to review the question of inclusion of such posts also in the scheme of localization and the matter should be taken up with the Government of India for suitable amendment to the said order.
(5) The posts in Institutions/Establishment notified in G.S.R. No.526 (E) dated:18-10-1975 shall be filled up by drawing persons on tenure basis from different local cadres on an equitable basis as per the orders issued in the G.O. 3rd read above.
(6) The provision in Para 5(2) (c) of the Presidential Order relating to inter-local cadre transfers shall be strictly implemented and such transfers shall be effected only under exceptional circumstances in public interest.
(7) Action will be initiated in the concerned departments in cases brought to their notice regarding bogus registrations in Employment Exchanges.
(8) On receipt of complaints, if any, made by the TNGOs Union relating to irregular allotments of candidates particularly to Zones V and VI in the category of Village Assistants the concerned department shall take up the matter with the A.P. Public Service Commission and take such measures as may be necessary to rectify the irregular allotments made if any.
(9) The possibility of allotting persons from within the same zone/multi-zone against non-local vacancy in a particular local cadre will be examined in consultation with the APPSC.
(10) The T.N.G.Os Union will furnish to Government the service/ categories where for want of trained personnel, non-local candidates are being appointed in zones V and VI so that Government can provide training facilities in respect of such services/categories with a view to providing adequate opportunities for recruitment and appointment of local candidates in zones V and VI.
(11) The Departments of Secretariat shall complete the review of appointments/promotions made under the Presidential Order as required under Para 13 of the said order, by 30-06-1986.
(12) (a) Immediate action will be taken to finalise the Common Gradation List in respect of Assistant Engineers (Presently Dy. E.Es) as on 01-11-1956, following the prescribed procedure under the S.R. Act. 1956.
(b) In respect of former Junior Engineers (Presently Asst.E.Es) the common gradation list published by the Government was quashed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal and the Government had gone in appeal to the Supreme Court. Effective measures will be taken for the disposal of the matter before the Supreme Court, expeditiously.
(13) The matter relating to allotment of 7 non-local personnel in the cadre of Inspector of Local Fund Audit belonging to Zones I to IV, allotted to Zones-V and VI against their options, will be examined by the Department concerned keeping in view of the provisions of the Presidential Order.
(14) The question of repatriation of 13 Deputy Executive Engineers of the Public Health Department working in the city of Hyderabad to Zones I to IV will be considered by the Department concerned keeping in view the provisions of the Presidential Order.
6. The Departments of Secretariat who are concerned with the terms shall take immediate necessary steps to implement the orders in consultation with Law/General Administration Department, if necessary, about the legal implications/interpretation of the provisions of the Presidential Order.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
SHRAVAN KUMAR
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To All Secretaries to Govt.
All Departments of Secretariat
//TRUE COPY//
Sd/-
SECTION OFFICER.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Andhra formation
STATES REORGANISATION ACT 1956
THE STATES REORGANISATION ACT, 1956
ACT NO. 37 OF 1956
[31st August, 1956.]
An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- PART PRELIMINARY PART I PRELIMINARY
Short title. 1. Short title. This Act may be called the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Definitions. 2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day" means the 1st day of November, 1956; (b) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (c) "assembly constituency", "council constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (d) "corresponding new State" means, in relation to the existing State of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Punjab or Rajasthan, the new State with the same name, and in relation to the existing State of Travancore- Cochin, the new State of Kerala; (e) "corresponding State" means, in relation to the new State of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Punjab or Rajasthan, the existing State with the same name, and in relation to the new State of Kerala, the existing State of Travancore-Cochin; (f) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324; (g) "existing State" means a State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution at the commencement of this Act; (h) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of the territory of India; 304 (i) "new State" means a 1*** State formed by the provisions of Part II; (j) "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; (k) "population ratio", in relation to the successor States of an existing State, means such ratio as the Central Government may by notified order specify to be the ratio in which the population of that existing State as ascertained at the last census is distributed territorially among the several successor States by virtue of the provisions of Part II; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "principal successor State" means-- (i) in relation to the existing State of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Madras or Rajasthan, the State with the same name; and (ii) in relation to the existing States of Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat and Travancore-Cochin, the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, respectively; (n) "sitting member" in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House; (o) "successor State", in relation to an existing State, means any State to which the whole or any part of the territories of that existing State is transferred by the provisions of Part II, and includes in relation to the existing State of Madras, also that State as territorially altered by the said provisions and the Union; (p) "transferred territory" means any territory transferred from an existing State to another existing State or to a new State by the provisions of Part II; (q) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury; and (r) any reference to a district, taluk, tahsil or other territorial division of a State shall be construed as a reference to --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 305 the area comprised within that territorial division on the 1st day of July, 1956. PART TERRITORIAL CHANGES AND FORMATION OF NEW STATES PART II TERRITORIAL CHANGES AND FORMATION OF NEW STATES
Transfer of territory from Hyderabad to Andhra and alteration of name. 3. Transfer of territory from Hyderabad to Andhra and alteration
of name. (1) As from the appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Andhra the territories comprised in-- (a) the districts of Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar; (b) Alampur and Gadwal taluks of Raichur district and Kodangal taluk of Gulbarga district; (c) Tandur taluk of Gulbarga district; (d) Zahirabad taluk (except Nirna circle), Nyalkal circle of Bidar taluk and Narayankhed taluk of Bidar district; (e) Bichkonda and Jukkal circles of Deglur taluk of Nanded district; and (f) Mudhol, Bhiansa and Kuber circles of Mudhol taluk of Nanded district; and (g) Adilabad district except Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and Rajura taluk; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Hyderabad and the State of Andhra shall be known as the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(2) The territories referred to in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and
(f) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and become part of, Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts, respectively, in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
THE STATES REORGANISATION ACT, 1956
ACT NO. 37 OF 1956
[31st August, 1956.]
An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- PART PRELIMINARY PART I PRELIMINARY
Short title. 1. Short title. This Act may be called the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
Definitions. 2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day" means the 1st day of November, 1956; (b) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (c) "assembly constituency", "council constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (d) "corresponding new State" means, in relation to the existing State of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Punjab or Rajasthan, the new State with the same name, and in relation to the existing State of Travancore- Cochin, the new State of Kerala; (e) "corresponding State" means, in relation to the new State of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Punjab or Rajasthan, the existing State with the same name, and in relation to the new State of Kerala, the existing State of Travancore-Cochin; (f) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324; (g) "existing State" means a State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution at the commencement of this Act; (h) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of the territory of India; 304 (i) "new State" means a 1*** State formed by the provisions of Part II; (j) "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; (k) "population ratio", in relation to the successor States of an existing State, means such ratio as the Central Government may by notified order specify to be the ratio in which the population of that existing State as ascertained at the last census is distributed territorially among the several successor States by virtue of the provisions of Part II; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "principal successor State" means-- (i) in relation to the existing State of Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Madras or Rajasthan, the State with the same name; and (ii) in relation to the existing States of Hyderabad, Madhya Bharat and Travancore-Cochin, the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, respectively; (n) "sitting member" in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House; (o) "successor State", in relation to an existing State, means any State to which the whole or any part of the territories of that existing State is transferred by the provisions of Part II, and includes in relation to the existing State of Madras, also that State as territorially altered by the said provisions and the Union; (p) "transferred territory" means any territory transferred from an existing State to another existing State or to a new State by the provisions of Part II; (q) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury; and (r) any reference to a district, taluk, tahsil or other territorial division of a State shall be construed as a reference to --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 305 the area comprised within that territorial division on the 1st day of July, 1956. PART TERRITORIAL CHANGES AND FORMATION OF NEW STATES PART II TERRITORIAL CHANGES AND FORMATION OF NEW STATES
Transfer of territory from Hyderabad to Andhra and alteration of name. 3. Transfer of territory from Hyderabad to Andhra and alteration
of name. (1) As from the appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Andhra the territories comprised in-- (a) the districts of Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar; (b) Alampur and Gadwal taluks of Raichur district and Kodangal taluk of Gulbarga district; (c) Tandur taluk of Gulbarga district; (d) Zahirabad taluk (except Nirna circle), Nyalkal circle of Bidar taluk and Narayankhed taluk of Bidar district; (e) Bichkonda and Jukkal circles of Deglur taluk of Nanded district; and (f) Mudhol, Bhiansa and Kuber circles of Mudhol taluk of Nanded district; and (g) Adilabad district except Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and Rajura taluk; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Hyderabad and the State of Andhra shall be known as the State of Andhra Pradesh.
(2) The territories referred to in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and
(f) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and become part of, Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad, Medak, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts, respectively, in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
STATES REORGANISATION COMMISSION REPORT
STATES REORGANISATION COMMISSION REPORT
States Reorganisation Commission TitleThe States Reorganization Commission was constituted by the Central Government of India under the States Reorganization Act and consisted of Hon. Fazal Ali, K.M. Panikker, & H.N. Kunzru. The Report submitted by the Committee in 1955 known as SRC Report went among other things into the problems of Telangana and Andhra regions, and the arguments for and against the merger of two regions.
Case for Vishalandhra
369. The next question which we have to consider is the future of the Telugu speaking areas of the existing State of Hyderabad, with particular reference to the demand for creation of Vishalandhra.
370. It is unnecessary for us to trace the history of the Andhra agitation in any great detail, because the Andhra State is now in existence, having been established on 1st October, 1953. In point of fact, however the arrangements which were made in 1953 have not been regarded by the Andhras in the new State, especially in the Circars, as final and the case for the creation of Vishalandhra has remained substantially un-examined.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 366 to 369371. The advantages of a larger Andhra State including Telangana are that it will bring into existence a State of about 32 millions with a considerable hinterland, with large water and power resources, adequate mineral wealth and valuable raw materials. This will also solve the difficult and vexing problem of finding a permanent capital for Andhra, the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are very well suited to be the capital of Vishalandhra.
372 Another advantage of the formation of Vishalandhra will be that the development of the Krishna and Godavari rivers will thereby be brought under unified control. The Krishna and the Godavari projects rank amongst the most ambitious in India. They have been formulated after prolonged period of inactivity, during which, for various technical and administrative, reasons only anicuts in the delta area have been built. Complete unification of either the Krishna or the Godavari valley is not, of course, possible. But if one independent political jurisdiction, namely, that of Telangana, can be eliminated, the formulation and implementation of plans in the eastern areas in these two great river basins will be greatly expedited. Since Telangana, as part of Vishalandhra, will benefit both directly and indirectly from this development, there is a great deal to be said for its amalgamation with the Andhra State.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 369 to 374373. The economic affiliation of Telangana with the existing Andhra State are also not unimportant. Telangana has in years of scarcity a sizable deficit in food supplies. The existing Andhra State, however, has normally a surplus which Telangana may be able to use. The existing State of Andhra has likewise no coal, but will be able to get its supplies from Singareni. Telangana will also be able to save a great deal of expenditure on general administration in case if it is not established as a separate unit.
374. The creation of Vishalandhra is an ideal to which numerous individuals and public bodies, both in Andhra and Telangana, have been passionately attached over a long period of times, and unless there are strong reasons to the contrary, this sentiment is entitled to consideration.
Case for Telangana
375. The case of Vishalandhra thus rests on arguments which are impressive. The considerations which have been argued in favour of a separate Telangana State are, however, not such as may be lightly brushed aside.
376. The existing Andhra State has faced a financial problem of some magnitude ever since it was crated and in comparison with Telangana the existing Andhra State has a low per capita revenue. Telangana, on ther other hand, is much less likely to be faced with financial embarrassment. The much higher incidence of land revenue in Telangana and an excise revenue of the order of Rs.5 crores per annum principally explain this difference. Whatever the explanation may be, some Telangana leaders seem to fear that the result of unification will be to exchange some settled sources of revenue, out of which development schemes may be financed, for financial uncertainty similar to that which Andhra is now faced. Telangana claims to be progressive and from an administrative point of view, unification it is contended is not likely to confer any benefits on this area.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 374 to 378377. When plans for future development are taken into account, Telangana fears that the claims of this area may not receive adequate consideration in Vishalandhra. The Nandikonda and Kushtapuram (Godavari) projects are, for example among the most important which Telangana or the country as a whole has undertaken. Irrigation in the coastal as of these two great rivers is however, also being planned, Telangana. Therefore, does not wish to lose its present independent rights in relation to the utilization of the waters of Krishna and Godavari.
378. One of the principal causes of opposition of Vishalandhra also seems to be the apprehension felt by the educationally backward people of Telangana that they may be swamped and exploited by the more advanced people of the coastal areas. In the Telangana districts outside the city of Hyderabad, education is woefully backward. The result is that a lower qualification than in Andhra is accepted for public services The real fear of the people of Telangana is that if they enjoy Andhra they will be unequally placed in relation to the people of Andhra and in this partnership the major partner will derive all the advantages immediately, while Telangana, itself may be converted into a colony by the enterprising coastal Andhra.
379. ' The Telangana' it has .further been argued, can be stable and viable, unit considered by itself. The revenue receipts of this area on current account have been estimated at about Rs. 17 crores, and although the financing of the Krishna and Godavari projects will impose a recurring burden on the new State by way of interest charges, the probable deficit, if any is unlikely to be large. In favorable conditions, the revenue budget may even be balanced or indicate a marginal surplus. This fairly optimistic forecast can be explained or justified by a variety of reasons.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 379 to 383380. One important reason is, of course, that the existing Hyderabad State and Telangana as part of Hyderabad have benefited considerably from the implementation from April 1952, of the Finance Commissions' recommendations. The increase in central payments from out of the divisible pools of income-tax and Central excise which has been possible under the present arrangements and the reduction in police expenditure for which credit can be taken., as the situation in Telangana improves, more or less offset the loss on account of the abolition of internal customs duties, and if the scope which exists of raising the yield of certain State heads of revenue is fully explored, the financial position of Telangana need not cause anxiety.
[edit] The State of Hyderabad
381. The advantages of the formation of Vishalandhra are obvious. The desirability of bringing the Krishna and Godavari river basins under unified control, the trade affiliations between Telangana and Andhra and the suitability of Hyderabad as the capital for the entire region are in brief the arguments in favor of the bigger unit.
382. It seems to us, therefore, that there is much to be said for the formation of the larger State and the nothing should be done to impede the realisation of this goal. At the same time, we have to take note of the important fact that, while opinion in Andhra is overwhelmingly in favour of the larger unit, public opinion in Telangana has still to crystallize itself. Important leaders of public opinion in Andhra themselves seem to appreciate that the unification of Telangana with Andhra, though desirable, should be based on a voluntary and willing association of the people and that it is primarily for the people of Telangana to take a decision about their future.
383. We understand that the leaders of the existing Andhra State may be prepared to provide adequate safeguards to protect the interest of Telangana in the event of its integration in Vishalandhra. These safeguards may take the form of a guarantee (presumably on the lines of Sri Baug Pact between Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra) of opportunities for employment for Telangana in the public services of the new State at least to the extent of one-third, that is to say, roughly in the proportion, and an assurance that particular attention will be paid to the development plans of this area.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 383 to 387384. We have carefully gone into the details of the arrangements which may be made on these lines. It seems to us, however, that neither guarantees on the lines of the Sri Baug Pact nor constitutional devices, such as "Scottish devolution" in the United Kingdom, will provide workable or meet the requirements of Telangana during the period of transition. Anything short of supervision by the Central Government over the measures intended to meet the special needs of Telangana will be found ineffective, and we are not disposed to suggest any such arrangement in regard to Telangana.
385 A further point to be borne in mind is that the State of Andhra was brought into existence only recently and has still not got over the stress of transition. It has for example, still to formulate a policy on land reforms and the problems arising from the partition from the composite State of Madras have, by no means, been. Tackled fully yet. Integration of Telangana with Andhra at this stage is, therefore, likely to create administrative difficulties both for Andhra and Telangana.
386. After taking all these factors into consideration we have come to the conclusions that it will be in the interests of Andhra as well as Telangana, if for the present, the Telangana area is to constitute into a separate State, which may be known as the Hyderabad State with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two thirds majority the legislature of the residency Hyderabad State expresses itself in favor of such unification.
387. The advantage of this arrangement will be that while the objective of the unification of the Andhras will neither be blurred nor impeded during a period of five or six years, the two governments may have stabilized their administrative machinery and, if possible, also reviewed their land revenue systems etc., the object in view being the attainment of uniformity. The intervening period may incidentally provide an opportunity for allaying apprehensions and achieving the consensus of opinion necessary for a real union between the two States.
388 Andhra and Telangana have common interests and we hope these interests will tend to bring the people closer to each other. If, however, our hopes for the development of the environment and conditions congenial to the unification of the two areas do not materialise and if public sentiment in Telangana crystallises itself against the unification of the two states, Telangana will have to continue as a separate unit.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 388 to 392389. The State of Hyderabad (as we would prefer to all this unit), to be constituted for the time being, should consist of the following districts,' namely, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Warangal including Khammam, Karimhagar,Adilabad, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Medak and Bidar and Munagaala enclave in Nalgonda district belonging to the.Krishna district of the existing Andhra State.
Source: Government of India's "Report of the States Reorganisation Commission, 1955".
States Reorganisation Commission TitleThe States Reorganization Commission was constituted by the Central Government of India under the States Reorganization Act and consisted of Hon. Fazal Ali, K.M. Panikker, & H.N. Kunzru. The Report submitted by the Committee in 1955 known as SRC Report went among other things into the problems of Telangana and Andhra regions, and the arguments for and against the merger of two regions.
Case for Vishalandhra
369. The next question which we have to consider is the future of the Telugu speaking areas of the existing State of Hyderabad, with particular reference to the demand for creation of Vishalandhra.
370. It is unnecessary for us to trace the history of the Andhra agitation in any great detail, because the Andhra State is now in existence, having been established on 1st October, 1953. In point of fact, however the arrangements which were made in 1953 have not been regarded by the Andhras in the new State, especially in the Circars, as final and the case for the creation of Vishalandhra has remained substantially un-examined.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 366 to 369371. The advantages of a larger Andhra State including Telangana are that it will bring into existence a State of about 32 millions with a considerable hinterland, with large water and power resources, adequate mineral wealth and valuable raw materials. This will also solve the difficult and vexing problem of finding a permanent capital for Andhra, the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are very well suited to be the capital of Vishalandhra.
372 Another advantage of the formation of Vishalandhra will be that the development of the Krishna and Godavari rivers will thereby be brought under unified control. The Krishna and the Godavari projects rank amongst the most ambitious in India. They have been formulated after prolonged period of inactivity, during which, for various technical and administrative, reasons only anicuts in the delta area have been built. Complete unification of either the Krishna or the Godavari valley is not, of course, possible. But if one independent political jurisdiction, namely, that of Telangana, can be eliminated, the formulation and implementation of plans in the eastern areas in these two great river basins will be greatly expedited. Since Telangana, as part of Vishalandhra, will benefit both directly and indirectly from this development, there is a great deal to be said for its amalgamation with the Andhra State.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 369 to 374373. The economic affiliation of Telangana with the existing Andhra State are also not unimportant. Telangana has in years of scarcity a sizable deficit in food supplies. The existing Andhra State, however, has normally a surplus which Telangana may be able to use. The existing State of Andhra has likewise no coal, but will be able to get its supplies from Singareni. Telangana will also be able to save a great deal of expenditure on general administration in case if it is not established as a separate unit.
374. The creation of Vishalandhra is an ideal to which numerous individuals and public bodies, both in Andhra and Telangana, have been passionately attached over a long period of times, and unless there are strong reasons to the contrary, this sentiment is entitled to consideration.
Case for Telangana
375. The case of Vishalandhra thus rests on arguments which are impressive. The considerations which have been argued in favour of a separate Telangana State are, however, not such as may be lightly brushed aside.
376. The existing Andhra State has faced a financial problem of some magnitude ever since it was crated and in comparison with Telangana the existing Andhra State has a low per capita revenue. Telangana, on ther other hand, is much less likely to be faced with financial embarrassment. The much higher incidence of land revenue in Telangana and an excise revenue of the order of Rs.5 crores per annum principally explain this difference. Whatever the explanation may be, some Telangana leaders seem to fear that the result of unification will be to exchange some settled sources of revenue, out of which development schemes may be financed, for financial uncertainty similar to that which Andhra is now faced. Telangana claims to be progressive and from an administrative point of view, unification it is contended is not likely to confer any benefits on this area.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 374 to 378377. When plans for future development are taken into account, Telangana fears that the claims of this area may not receive adequate consideration in Vishalandhra. The Nandikonda and Kushtapuram (Godavari) projects are, for example among the most important which Telangana or the country as a whole has undertaken. Irrigation in the coastal as of these two great rivers is however, also being planned, Telangana. Therefore, does not wish to lose its present independent rights in relation to the utilization of the waters of Krishna and Godavari.
378. One of the principal causes of opposition of Vishalandhra also seems to be the apprehension felt by the educationally backward people of Telangana that they may be swamped and exploited by the more advanced people of the coastal areas. In the Telangana districts outside the city of Hyderabad, education is woefully backward. The result is that a lower qualification than in Andhra is accepted for public services The real fear of the people of Telangana is that if they enjoy Andhra they will be unequally placed in relation to the people of Andhra and in this partnership the major partner will derive all the advantages immediately, while Telangana, itself may be converted into a colony by the enterprising coastal Andhra.
379. ' The Telangana' it has .further been argued, can be stable and viable, unit considered by itself. The revenue receipts of this area on current account have been estimated at about Rs. 17 crores, and although the financing of the Krishna and Godavari projects will impose a recurring burden on the new State by way of interest charges, the probable deficit, if any is unlikely to be large. In favorable conditions, the revenue budget may even be balanced or indicate a marginal surplus. This fairly optimistic forecast can be explained or justified by a variety of reasons.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 379 to 383380. One important reason is, of course, that the existing Hyderabad State and Telangana as part of Hyderabad have benefited considerably from the implementation from April 1952, of the Finance Commissions' recommendations. The increase in central payments from out of the divisible pools of income-tax and Central excise which has been possible under the present arrangements and the reduction in police expenditure for which credit can be taken., as the situation in Telangana improves, more or less offset the loss on account of the abolition of internal customs duties, and if the scope which exists of raising the yield of certain State heads of revenue is fully explored, the financial position of Telangana need not cause anxiety.
[edit] The State of Hyderabad
381. The advantages of the formation of Vishalandhra are obvious. The desirability of bringing the Krishna and Godavari river basins under unified control, the trade affiliations between Telangana and Andhra and the suitability of Hyderabad as the capital for the entire region are in brief the arguments in favor of the bigger unit.
382. It seems to us, therefore, that there is much to be said for the formation of the larger State and the nothing should be done to impede the realisation of this goal. At the same time, we have to take note of the important fact that, while opinion in Andhra is overwhelmingly in favour of the larger unit, public opinion in Telangana has still to crystallize itself. Important leaders of public opinion in Andhra themselves seem to appreciate that the unification of Telangana with Andhra, though desirable, should be based on a voluntary and willing association of the people and that it is primarily for the people of Telangana to take a decision about their future.
383. We understand that the leaders of the existing Andhra State may be prepared to provide adequate safeguards to protect the interest of Telangana in the event of its integration in Vishalandhra. These safeguards may take the form of a guarantee (presumably on the lines of Sri Baug Pact between Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra) of opportunities for employment for Telangana in the public services of the new State at least to the extent of one-third, that is to say, roughly in the proportion, and an assurance that particular attention will be paid to the development plans of this area.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 383 to 387384. We have carefully gone into the details of the arrangements which may be made on these lines. It seems to us, however, that neither guarantees on the lines of the Sri Baug Pact nor constitutional devices, such as "Scottish devolution" in the United Kingdom, will provide workable or meet the requirements of Telangana during the period of transition. Anything short of supervision by the Central Government over the measures intended to meet the special needs of Telangana will be found ineffective, and we are not disposed to suggest any such arrangement in regard to Telangana.
385 A further point to be borne in mind is that the State of Andhra was brought into existence only recently and has still not got over the stress of transition. It has for example, still to formulate a policy on land reforms and the problems arising from the partition from the composite State of Madras have, by no means, been. Tackled fully yet. Integration of Telangana with Andhra at this stage is, therefore, likely to create administrative difficulties both for Andhra and Telangana.
386. After taking all these factors into consideration we have come to the conclusions that it will be in the interests of Andhra as well as Telangana, if for the present, the Telangana area is to constitute into a separate State, which may be known as the Hyderabad State with provision for its unification with Andhra after the general elections likely to be held in or about 1961 if by a two thirds majority the legislature of the residency Hyderabad State expresses itself in favor of such unification.
387. The advantage of this arrangement will be that while the objective of the unification of the Andhras will neither be blurred nor impeded during a period of five or six years, the two governments may have stabilized their administrative machinery and, if possible, also reviewed their land revenue systems etc., the object in view being the attainment of uniformity. The intervening period may incidentally provide an opportunity for allaying apprehensions and achieving the consensus of opinion necessary for a real union between the two States.
388 Andhra and Telangana have common interests and we hope these interests will tend to bring the people closer to each other. If, however, our hopes for the development of the environment and conditions congenial to the unification of the two areas do not materialise and if public sentiment in Telangana crystallises itself against the unification of the two states, Telangana will have to continue as a separate unit.
States Reorganisation Commission Para 388 to 392389. The State of Hyderabad (as we would prefer to all this unit), to be constituted for the time being, should consist of the following districts,' namely, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Warangal including Khammam, Karimhagar,Adilabad, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Medak and Bidar and Munagaala enclave in Nalgonda district belonging to the.Krishna district of the existing Andhra State.
Source: Government of India's "Report of the States Reorganisation Commission, 1955".
Gentlemen’s Agreement 1956
Gentlemen’s Agreement 1956
THE following points arising out of the unification of Telangana and Andhra were discussed and the conclusions arrived at as follows: 1. The expenditure of the Central and General Administration of the State should be borne proportionately by the two regions and the balance of income from Telangana should be reserved for expenditure on the development of Telangana area. This arrangement will be reviewed after five years and can be continued for another five years if the Telangana members of the Assembly so desire.
2. Prohibition in Telangana should be implemented in the manner decided upon by the Assembly members of Telangana.
3. The existing educational facilities in Telangana should be secured to the students of Telangana and further improved. Admission to the colleges, including technical institutions in the Telangana area, should be restricted to the students of Telangana, or the latter should have admission to the extent of one-third of the total admission in the entire State, whichever course is advantageous to Telangana students.
4. Retrenchment of services should be proportionate from both regions if it becomes inevitable due to integration.
5. Future recruitment to services will be on the basis of population from both regions.
6. The position of Urdu in the administrative and judicial structure existing at present in the Telangana area may continue for five years, when the position may be revised by the Regional Council.
So far as recruitment to services is concerned, knowledge of Telugu should not be insisted upon at the time of recruitment, but they should be required to pass a prescribed Telugu test in two years’ time after appointment.
7. Some kind of domicile rules e.g. Residence for 12 years, should be provided in order to secure the prescribed proportion to recruitment of services for Telangana area.
8. Sales of agricultural lands in Telangana area to be controlled by the Regional Council.
9. A Regional Council will be established for the Telangana area with a view to secure its all-round development in accordance with its needs and requirements.
10. The Regional Council will consist of 20 members as follows: 9 members of the Assembly representing each district of Telangana to be elected by the Assembly members of the Telangana districts separately.
6 members of the Assembly or the Parliament elected by the Telangana representatives in the Assembly.
5 members from outside the Assembly to be elected by the Telangana members of the Assembly.
All ministers from Telangana region will be members. The Chief Minister or Deputy Chief Minister, whoever is from Telangana will be the Chairman of the Council. Other Cabinet Ministers may also be invited.
11. (a) The Regional Council will be a statutory body empowered to deal with the decide about matters mentioned above and those relating to planning and development, irrigation and other projects, industrial development within the general plan and recruitment to services in so far as they relate to Telangana area. If there is difference of opinion between the views of the Regional Council and the Government of the State, a reference may be make to the Government of India for final decision.
(b) Unless revised by agreement earlier, this arrangement will be reviewed at the end of ten years.
12. The Cabinet will consist of members in proportion of 60:40 per cent, for Andhra and Telangana respectively. Out of 40 per cent Telangana Ministers, one will be a Muslim from Telangana.
13. If the Chief Minister is from Andhra, the Deputy Chief Minister will be from Telangana and vice versa. Two out of the following portfolios will be assigned to Ministers from Telangana: (a) Home (b) Finance (c) Revenue (d) Planning and Development (e) Commerce and Industry.
14. The H.P.C.C. President desires that the P.C.C.
should be separate for Telangana up to the end of 1962. A.P.C.C. President has no objection.
All those above points were agreed upon in a meeting held as above on February 20, 1956. We have today further discussed about the following points, on which agreement could not be arrived at: 1) The name of the New State - the Telangana representatives wanted that the name of Andhra Telangana (as proposed in the draft bill) be retained, while the Andhra representatives wanted that Andhra Pradesh, as amended by the Joint Selection Committee be retained.
2) Regarding the High Court, the Telangana representatives wanted that there should be a bench at Guntur, with the principal seat at Hyderabad, while the Andhra representatives desired that there should be no bench at Guntur and the entire High Court be located only at Hyderabad.
Signatories
Andhra region
B. Gopal Reddy
Chief Minister, Andhra State
N. Sanjeeva Reddy
G.Lachanna
Alluri Satyanarayana Raju
Telangana Region
B. Rama Krishna Rao
Chief Minister, Hyderabad state
K.V. Ranga Reddy
M. Channa Reddy
J.V. Narsing Rao
THE following points arising out of the unification of Telangana and Andhra were discussed and the conclusions arrived at as follows: 1. The expenditure of the Central and General Administration of the State should be borne proportionately by the two regions and the balance of income from Telangana should be reserved for expenditure on the development of Telangana area. This arrangement will be reviewed after five years and can be continued for another five years if the Telangana members of the Assembly so desire.
2. Prohibition in Telangana should be implemented in the manner decided upon by the Assembly members of Telangana.
3. The existing educational facilities in Telangana should be secured to the students of Telangana and further improved. Admission to the colleges, including technical institutions in the Telangana area, should be restricted to the students of Telangana, or the latter should have admission to the extent of one-third of the total admission in the entire State, whichever course is advantageous to Telangana students.
4. Retrenchment of services should be proportionate from both regions if it becomes inevitable due to integration.
5. Future recruitment to services will be on the basis of population from both regions.
6. The position of Urdu in the administrative and judicial structure existing at present in the Telangana area may continue for five years, when the position may be revised by the Regional Council.
So far as recruitment to services is concerned, knowledge of Telugu should not be insisted upon at the time of recruitment, but they should be required to pass a prescribed Telugu test in two years’ time after appointment.
7. Some kind of domicile rules e.g. Residence for 12 years, should be provided in order to secure the prescribed proportion to recruitment of services for Telangana area.
8. Sales of agricultural lands in Telangana area to be controlled by the Regional Council.
9. A Regional Council will be established for the Telangana area with a view to secure its all-round development in accordance with its needs and requirements.
10. The Regional Council will consist of 20 members as follows: 9 members of the Assembly representing each district of Telangana to be elected by the Assembly members of the Telangana districts separately.
6 members of the Assembly or the Parliament elected by the Telangana representatives in the Assembly.
5 members from outside the Assembly to be elected by the Telangana members of the Assembly.
All ministers from Telangana region will be members. The Chief Minister or Deputy Chief Minister, whoever is from Telangana will be the Chairman of the Council. Other Cabinet Ministers may also be invited.
11. (a) The Regional Council will be a statutory body empowered to deal with the decide about matters mentioned above and those relating to planning and development, irrigation and other projects, industrial development within the general plan and recruitment to services in so far as they relate to Telangana area. If there is difference of opinion between the views of the Regional Council and the Government of the State, a reference may be make to the Government of India for final decision.
(b) Unless revised by agreement earlier, this arrangement will be reviewed at the end of ten years.
12. The Cabinet will consist of members in proportion of 60:40 per cent, for Andhra and Telangana respectively. Out of 40 per cent Telangana Ministers, one will be a Muslim from Telangana.
13. If the Chief Minister is from Andhra, the Deputy Chief Minister will be from Telangana and vice versa. Two out of the following portfolios will be assigned to Ministers from Telangana: (a) Home (b) Finance (c) Revenue (d) Planning and Development (e) Commerce and Industry.
14. The H.P.C.C. President desires that the P.C.C.
should be separate for Telangana up to the end of 1962. A.P.C.C. President has no objection.
All those above points were agreed upon in a meeting held as above on February 20, 1956. We have today further discussed about the following points, on which agreement could not be arrived at: 1) The name of the New State - the Telangana representatives wanted that the name of Andhra Telangana (as proposed in the draft bill) be retained, while the Andhra representatives wanted that Andhra Pradesh, as amended by the Joint Selection Committee be retained.
2) Regarding the High Court, the Telangana representatives wanted that there should be a bench at Guntur, with the principal seat at Hyderabad, while the Andhra representatives desired that there should be no bench at Guntur and the entire High Court be located only at Hyderabad.
Signatories
Andhra region
B. Gopal Reddy
Chief Minister, Andhra State
N. Sanjeeva Reddy
G.Lachanna
Alluri Satyanarayana Raju
Telangana Region
B. Rama Krishna Rao
Chief Minister, Hyderabad state
K.V. Ranga Reddy
M. Channa Reddy
J.V. Narsing Rao
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Big three - Telangana
THE TIMES OF INDIA
Big three unlikely to walk the talk on Telangana
15 Feb 2009, 0412 hrs IST, Kingshuk Nag, TNN
HYDERABAD: With Y S Rajasekhara Reddy announcing on the floor of the Assembly that he would set up a committee of legislators to take a firm view on
the creation of a new state, hopes have been aroused in some pro-Telangana quarters.
But analysts say that these hopes are misplaced because none of the big three in the fray for elections in Andhra Pradesh — Rajasekhara Reddy, Chandrababu Naidu and Chiranjeevi — is really interested in creating a new state, their utterances notwithstanding.
The analysts point out that these netas are making promises to consider creation of a new state knowing fully well that they will not be taken to task anytime in the future for reneging on their promises. This complacency is born out of the belief that the people of Telangana are not charged enough to extract their pound of flesh in the form of a new state.
Analysts point out that the situation is akin to a group of employees asking for a salary hike out of turn — if they are not ready to quit their jobs if they don’t get a hike, they are unlikely to get a hike. But they might expect to get a raise if they take the extreme step of resigning.
These analysts believe that so long as the people of Telangana do not come out on the streets agitating, braving police bullets and jail, the chances of their getting Telangana are remote. “Don’t get me wrong. Nobody in Telangana is opposed to Telangana. Everybody would welcome the formation of a new state, but to most it does not matter if a new state is created or not,” a Congress politician says.
The most desirous are the students and middle class professionals like lawyers, bank and government officials who see more job opportunities and activities in a new state.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao begs to differ from the logic of braving bullets and going to jail before a new state can be created. “Were Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh created after prolonged agitations?” he asks. He is right.
For that matter even a separate nation of Pakistan was not carved after an intense movement. But in the case of Pakistan and even Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, the creators (UK & NDA governments respectively) had an interest in doing so, for various reasons.
“The big three perceive that in the Andhra region they would be punished for creating Telangana, whereas in Telangana they would not be so for not creating a state,” concedes a top Congressman. “This was essentially the line that Rajasekhara Reddy successfully sold to Sonia Madam,” he adds. The only circumstance in which Telangana could be created — without the denizens of the region doing anything for it — is if the BJP-led NDA coalition would come to power in New Delhi after the general elections.
This is because the BJP has virtually no presence in any part of Andhra Pradesh, including Telangana. So for them, there can be no negative fallout as a result of the creation of the new state. On the other hand, they can create a base for themselves in the newly formed Telangana and thus extend their southern influence.
Big three unlikely to walk the talk on Telangana
15 Feb 2009, 0412 hrs IST, Kingshuk Nag, TNN
HYDERABAD: With Y S Rajasekhara Reddy announcing on the floor of the Assembly that he would set up a committee of legislators to take a firm view on
the creation of a new state, hopes have been aroused in some pro-Telangana quarters.
But analysts say that these hopes are misplaced because none of the big three in the fray for elections in Andhra Pradesh — Rajasekhara Reddy, Chandrababu Naidu and Chiranjeevi — is really interested in creating a new state, their utterances notwithstanding.
The analysts point out that these netas are making promises to consider creation of a new state knowing fully well that they will not be taken to task anytime in the future for reneging on their promises. This complacency is born out of the belief that the people of Telangana are not charged enough to extract their pound of flesh in the form of a new state.
Analysts point out that the situation is akin to a group of employees asking for a salary hike out of turn — if they are not ready to quit their jobs if they don’t get a hike, they are unlikely to get a hike. But they might expect to get a raise if they take the extreme step of resigning.
These analysts believe that so long as the people of Telangana do not come out on the streets agitating, braving police bullets and jail, the chances of their getting Telangana are remote. “Don’t get me wrong. Nobody in Telangana is opposed to Telangana. Everybody would welcome the formation of a new state, but to most it does not matter if a new state is created or not,” a Congress politician says.
The most desirous are the students and middle class professionals like lawyers, bank and government officials who see more job opportunities and activities in a new state.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao begs to differ from the logic of braving bullets and going to jail before a new state can be created. “Were Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh created after prolonged agitations?” he asks. He is right.
For that matter even a separate nation of Pakistan was not carved after an intense movement. But in the case of Pakistan and even Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, the creators (UK & NDA governments respectively) had an interest in doing so, for various reasons.
“The big three perceive that in the Andhra region they would be punished for creating Telangana, whereas in Telangana they would not be so for not creating a state,” concedes a top Congressman. “This was essentially the line that Rajasekhara Reddy successfully sold to Sonia Madam,” he adds. The only circumstance in which Telangana could be created — without the denizens of the region doing anything for it — is if the BJP-led NDA coalition would come to power in New Delhi after the general elections.
This is because the BJP has virtually no presence in any part of Andhra Pradesh, including Telangana. So for them, there can be no negative fallout as a result of the creation of the new state. On the other hand, they can create a base for themselves in the newly formed Telangana and thus extend their southern influence.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
తెలంగాణా గీతం
తెలంగాణా గీతం - అందెశ్రీ
జయజయహే తెలంగాణ జననీ జయకేతనం
ముక్కోటి గొంతుకలు ఒక్కటైన చేతనం
|| జయ…||
తరతరాల చరితగల తల్లీ నీరాజనం
|| తర…||
పది జిల్లల నీ పిల్లలు ప్రణమిల్లిన శుభతరుణం
జై తెలంగాణ జై జై తెలంగాణ
|| జై…||
పోతనదీ పురిటిగడ్డ రుద్రమదీ వీరగడ్డ
గండర గండడు కొమురం భీముడేలే బిడ్డ
కాకతీయ కళాప్రభల కాంతిరేఖ రామప్ప
గోలుకొండ నవాబుల గొప్పవెలుగె చార్మినార్
|| జై…||
జానపదా జనజీవన జావళీలు జాలువార
కవిగాయక వైతాళిక కళలా మంజీరాలు
జాతిని జాగృతపరచే గీతాలా జనజాతర
అనునిత్యం నీ గానం అమ్మ నీవె మాప్రాణం
|| జై…||
సిరివెలుగులు విరజిమ్మే సింగరేణి బంగారం
అణువణువున ఖనిజాలే నీ తనువుకు సింగారం
సహజమైన వనసంపద సక్కనైన పూవులపొద
సిరులుపండె సారమున్న మాగాణియె కద నీ ఎద
|| జై…||
గోదావరి కృష్ణమ్మలు మన బీళ్ళకు మళ్ళాలి
పచ్చని మాగాణాల్లో పసిడి సిరులు పండాలి
సుఖశాంతుల తెలంగాణ సుభిక్షంగ ఉండాలె
స్వరాష్ట్రమై తెలంగాణ స్వర్ణయుగం కావాలి
జయజయహే తెలంగాణ జననీ జయకేతనం
ముక్కోటి గొంతుకలు ఒక్కటైన చేతనం
జయజయహే తెలంగాణ జననీ జయకేతనం
ముక్కోటి గొంతుకలు ఒక్కటైన చేతనం
|| జయ…||
తరతరాల చరితగల తల్లీ నీరాజనం
|| తర…||
పది జిల్లల నీ పిల్లలు ప్రణమిల్లిన శుభతరుణం
జై తెలంగాణ జై జై తెలంగాణ
|| జై…||
పోతనదీ పురిటిగడ్డ రుద్రమదీ వీరగడ్డ
గండర గండడు కొమురం భీముడేలే బిడ్డ
కాకతీయ కళాప్రభల కాంతిరేఖ రామప్ప
గోలుకొండ నవాబుల గొప్పవెలుగె చార్మినార్
|| జై…||
జానపదా జనజీవన జావళీలు జాలువార
కవిగాయక వైతాళిక కళలా మంజీరాలు
జాతిని జాగృతపరచే గీతాలా జనజాతర
అనునిత్యం నీ గానం అమ్మ నీవె మాప్రాణం
|| జై…||
సిరివెలుగులు విరజిమ్మే సింగరేణి బంగారం
అణువణువున ఖనిజాలే నీ తనువుకు సింగారం
సహజమైన వనసంపద సక్కనైన పూవులపొద
సిరులుపండె సారమున్న మాగాణియె కద నీ ఎద
|| జై…||
గోదావరి కృష్ణమ్మలు మన బీళ్ళకు మళ్ళాలి
పచ్చని మాగాణాల్లో పసిడి సిరులు పండాలి
సుఖశాంతుల తెలంగాణ సుభిక్షంగ ఉండాలె
స్వరాష్ట్రమై తెలంగాణ స్వర్ణయుగం కావాలి
జయజయహే తెలంగాణ జననీ జయకేతనం
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