CJI recuses himself from hearing of Krishna river dispute between Andhra Pradesh, Telangana.
Chief Justice NV Ramana on Wednesday recused himself from hearing the Krishna river water dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana after Andhra’s counsel said the matter would require a legal adjudication as mediation did not work.
On Monday, Justice Ramana had indicated that he would not hear the AP government’s plea, alleging that the Telangana government has been deprived of its legitimate share of water for drinking and irrigation purposes and calling it “unconstitutional and unconstitutional”. illegal”. Justice Ramana had said: “I do not wish to hear the matter legally. I belong to both the states. If the matter can be settled in arbitration, please do so”. He told the counsel for the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments, “We can help in this. Otherwise I will transfer it to another bench.” The top court then listed the matter for further hearing on Wednesday.
The AP government on Wednesday informed the top court that it wants a legal decision as the matter cannot be resolved through mediation. The Chief Justice recorded Andhra Pradesh’s submission that it did not seek mediation to settle the Krishna river water dispute and referred the matter to another bench.
Andhra Pradesh, in its petition, said that Telangana was refusing to comply with the decisions taken in the Apex Council constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, directions of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) constituted under the Act and the Centre’s directions. Is.
The petition states that the Board can exercise jurisdiction under section 87(1) only in respect of such aspects as have been notified by the Centre, but so far no such notification has been issued.
The plea argued that with no progress on notification of jurisdiction of KRMB, Telangana is seriously affecting the supply of water to Andhra Pradesh for irrigation and other purposes by the acts of its commission.
The petition states that in the Srisailam dam project, the reservoir volume has been severely depleted due to the use of water for power generation in Telangana, which has been established by the “daily readings” submitted by the dam authorities. The Andhra government said it has caused great hardship to its people, as water availability has been severely affected by shortages in the Srisailam dam project as well as other projects such as the Nagarjuna Sagar project and the Pulichintala project.
“More significantly, the State of Telangana is clearly in contravention of a binding award, popularly known as the “Bachavat Award” dated 31.05.1976 and express provisions of the 2014 Act, which The state of Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh under the Act, said the petition filed through advocate Mahfouz A. Nazki.
The Andhra government argued that the Telangana government’s action was unconstitutional and violated the right to life of its people.
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