An unsurprising judgment – The Hindu

AThe Central Government was prepared for the next restriction exercise that would redefine the boundaries of the election zones according to the first census after 2026, and the law of TaLangana and Andhra Pradesh, andhra Pradesh Reorganization, as promised in 2014, was waiting to be increased. However Supreme Court Decision He reduced his hopes.

According to the 2014 Act, the number of seats in the legislative assemblies would be increased from 175 to 225 in Andhra Pradesh and from 119 to 153 in TaLANgana. However, since the census could not be made in 2020-21, the restriction process stopped-before Covid-19 pandemi and then for various reasons.

Tahangana represented the issue to the central government many times. The State Government brought up by the Ministry of Interior of the Union during the meetings gathered after the Southern Regional Council meetings after the Southern Regional Council meetings organized by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and at the same time under the chairmanship of trade union Interior Minister Amit Shah.

In a letter addressing the Union Interior Minister Rajiv Mehrishi in June 2016, Rajiv Sharma, the Chief Secretary of the then Teanghana, recalled the provision made in accordance with the 26th part of the Law for the limitation of the election zones in the two states. As the new TaLangana province entered into force as of June 2, 2014, Mr. Sharma asked the Ministry of Interior to place the issue from 119 to 153 as much as possible to increase the seats in the TaLangana Legislative Assembly to increase the seats in the Legislative Assembly. Rajat Kumar, the former chief election officer of TaLangana, mentioned the effect of several magnalies of the Khammam region in TaLangana after the transition to neighbor Andhra Pradesh. He said the three election zones were separated for planned tribes.

Professor K. Purushottam Redy, the Supreme Court of Appeals in the assemblies of the two states that requested the re -adjustment of the seats, and Jammu and Kashmir’tek pointed out the exercise. Last week, the Supreme Court decided to limit the election zones until the completion and publication of the census expected to begin in 2026. The court rejected his petition, saying that the constitutional design would be contrary to the letter and spirit ”. “Article 170 [which deals with composition of Legislative Assemblies in States] There is no application to the union regions … ”The center therefore explained that he did not discriminate against Andhra Pradesh and Tahangana voters, or that J & K did not reduce the legitimate expectations by limiting voters in the Union Region, but the increase in justice was insufficient. And the division of each state into regional voters will be re -adjusted by such authority by setting a law by this authority ”.

The next census planned to start in 2026 is likely to be performed in two stages. The number of official personnel expected to be completed by March 1, 2027 and the home listing process will take several years to complete and release. The restriction commission can only base its work on the published census figures and may even delay the limitation exercise in these two states. This means that the exercise will only start after the release of the next census data.

The decision is not surprising as it disrupts the hopes of the states. No political party, including Bharat Rashtra Samithi, who claims to play an important role in the preparation of the law, does not seem to have notified the statement of the law. As former deputy B. Vinod Kumar rightly said at a press conference, the 2014 Law would solve the problem to add the words “Chapter 170 Sub -Article 3”. If this had been done, limiting in these two states would probably not be limited to the country.

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