Telangana High Court reserves order on NIT-Warangal plea
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji on Tuesday reserved order in a writ appeal filed by Registrar of National Institute of Technology, Warangal, against an order setting aside termination of Ph.D registration of petitioner, Chandramohan Andugula. It was contended on behalf of NITW […]
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Tukaramji on Tuesday reserved order in a writ appeal filed by Registrar of National Institute of Technology, Warangal, against an order setting aside termination of Ph.D registration of petitioner, Chandramohan Andugula. It was contended on behalf of NITW that the petitioner was given showcause notices on account of his erratic behaviour which amounts to misconduct and attracted disciplinary action. After hearing both the sides the panel reserved the orders in the matter.
Writ petition dismissed
The same panel dismissed a writ petition filed by Pathireddy Rajeshwar Reddy challenging the action of the Chief Electoral officer, Telangana, and District Election Officer cum District Collector in accepting forged withdrawal of nomination form allegedly submitted on behalf of the petitioner and subsequently refusing to disregard/reject the said forged withdrawal of the form. The petitioner also sought a direction to permit him to contest in the local bodies MLC elections from Adilabad district. The panel while dismissing the writ petition directed the petitioner to move the Election Tribunal byway of an election petition.
Petitioners fined
The said panel dismissed a writ petition filed by J Jayashankar and another challenging the decision of the government to regularise the services of 23,000 contract employees. Jayashankar and another unemployed person filed the writ petition challenging GO 16 issued in February 2016. M Satyam Reddy, senior counsel appearing for the petitioners, pointed out that such regularisation was contrary to the apex court rulings. However, senior counsel L Ravichander, appearing for beneficiary recruitees appointed as multi-purpose health assistants, pointed out that the very same writ petitioners had earlier unsuccessfully canvased the same issue before the court. He pointed out that the petitioners did not even refer to the earlier writ petition and its dismissal in the present petition. The panel observed that under ordinary circumstances it would have imposed exemplary costs but since the petitioners were unemployed, they were directed to pay Rs 1,000 to the Prime Minister’s Covid Relief Fund.
SCCL told to form doctors’ panel
Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili directed constitution of a high power independent committee of doctors to go into the question of whether certain former employees of Singareni Collieries suffered ‘disability’ or ‘debility’ at the age of 58. The judge was dealing with a batch of 128 writ petitions questioning the actions of the SCCL refusing to employ a member from their families in accordance with the National Coal Wages Agreement. The management of SCCL contended that they did not satisfy the condition of disability and hence were not entitled to the benefit. The management relied on certification from a panel headed by Chief Medical Officer of Singareni. The judge remanded the matter for fresh consideration by an independent panel. The judge also made clear that this panel is to be constituted by the authorities of the Gandhi Hospital and will specifically deal with and respond to the query as to whether they are ‘disabled’ or just suffered ‘disability’. The court granted four months’ time for the constitution and implementation of the directions by the committee. The petitioners seeking such benefit are also entitled to claims supported by medical certification, if any, in furtherance of their claims.
Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana Today on Telegram everyday. Click the link to subscribe.
Click to follow Telangana Today Facebook page and Twitter .
