Hyderabad: PIL filed against route privatisation
5 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: PIL filed against route privatisation

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Hyderabad: Challenging the Telangana Cabinet decision for privatising the 5,100 permits of the RTC, a PIL has been filed before the Telangana High court seeking a stay on the decision. Vishweshwar Rao, convenor, Telangana Democratic Forum and vice president of Telangana Janasamithi filed the petition, alleging that the state cabinet has taken the decision in a hurry without following the stipulated law. Tracing the history of the Road Transport Corporation from 1950 to the present, where around 50,000 workers are employed to provide transport facilities to commuters in Telangana with around 10,000 buses, the petitioner states that the cabinet has taken the decision in a whimsical manner. Prof Rao brought to the notice of the court that the Provident Fund contribution of the RTC employees amounting to Rs 900 crores and employees co-operative amount of Rs 326 crores were being diverted.

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PIL Challenging RPA Provisions Dismissed
10 months, 4 weeks ago

PIL Challenging RPA Provisions Dismissed

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HYDERABAD: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court dismissed a PIL challenging provisions of The Representation of People’s Act, 1951, pertaining to the arrangement of names of candidates on ballot papers. Ban on rooftop hoardings: SCB refrained from taking further action Justice S. Nanda of the Telangana High Court directed the Secunderabad Cantonment Board not to take any further …

Fresh PIL Against Allotment of Kokapet Land to BRS Party
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Fresh PIL Against Allotment of Kokapet Land to BRS Party

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HYDERABAD: A PIL has been filed before the Telangana High Court challenging the decision of the then BRS government in allotting 11 acres of land located in survey Numbers 239 and 240 of Kokapet village in Gandipet mandal to BRS for establishing an institute of excellence and HRD at Rs 3,41,25,000 when the market value of the land prevailing in …

RTC forms Panel, Hired Bus Owners Call off Strike
1 year ago

RTC forms Panel, Hired Bus Owners Call off Strike

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Hyderabad: The Telangana State Hired Bus Owners Association has called off its proposed strike from Friday after the TSRTC decided to form a committee to resolve the issues emanating from the Maha Lakshmi scheme for free bus travel, by January 10. The association, with 2,700 bus owners, highlighted five issues, with regard to fuel and maintenance charges, among others. “We …

HC Seeks Centre, TS, AP Reply to PIL on Irrigation Projects
1 year, 4 months ago

HC Seeks Centre, TS, AP Reply to PIL on Irrigation Projects

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HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed Centre and state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to submit their arguments with regard to a PIL that complained the loss of crops spanning several acres due to water inundation caused by the construction of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation and Polavaram projects. The bench comprising Chief Justice …

Reply on ORR Tender PIL: Telangana HC to Govt
1 year, 5 months ago

Reply on ORR Tender PIL: Telangana HC to Govt

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday issued notices to the state government and a slew of top officials, directing them to file their contentions over a PIL alleging non-transparent tender proceedings in the award of the Outer Ring Road project for 30 years. Those issued notices include the principal secretary of the MA&UD, HMDA commissioner, director of Hyderabad Growth …

Telangana HC slams PIL seeking speedy trial in Jagan assets cases
1 year, 6 months ago

Telangana HC slams PIL seeking speedy trial in Jagan assets cases

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HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea or even direct the court registry to allot a registration number to a petition requesting direction to the CBI court in Hyderabad to expedite trial in cases pertaining to Y.S. The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji faulted petitioner Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah, …

HC prioritises PIL against FTL land acquisition
1 year, 10 months ago

HC prioritises PIL against FTL land acquisition

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HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Monday directed its registry to number the PIL that questions the state’s action in initiating land acquisition proceedings for acquisition of land in FTL at Kotha Cheruvu for construction of a road connecting NH61 with Bangalpet in Nirmal town. Earlier, the court had issued directions to the district collector to fence the FTL land …

RTC staff may get conditional reprieve
5 years, 1 month ago

RTC staff may get conditional reprieve

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Hyderabad: The state Cabinet on Friday may take a decision on allowing Telangana State Road Transport Corporation workers to resume duties. The Cabinet could also discuss the issue of privatising 5,100 RTC routes and explore the possibility of announcing a Voluntary Retirement Scheme for the RTC workers. For privatising RTC routes, the state government would have to request the Central …

KCR goes ahead with RTC privatisation plan
5 years, 1 month ago

KCR goes ahead with RTC privatisation plan

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Hyderabad: Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, is likely to call for a Cabinet meeting in next week to discuss the privatisation of 5,100 Road Transport Corporation routes against the backdrop of Telangana High Court paving the way for granting route permits to private stage carriers. The court ruled that the state government had ample power under the Motor Vehicles Act …

Telangana High Court allows route privatisation in transport sector
5 years, 1 month ago

Telangana High Court allows route privatisation in transport sector

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday declared that the state government had power to grant permits to private carriers in the transport sector. Noting the recently-introduced Section 67 of the Motor Vehicles Act, Mr Chauhan said it had been introduced in September 2019 to improve the transportation sector, to make it competitive, for the convenience of passengers. The bench …

Telangana didn’t privatise routes: High Court
5 years, 1 month ago

Telangana didn’t privatise routes: High Court

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday prima facie said that approaching the court by coming to the conclusion that the Cabinet had given permission to private bus operators in 5,100 routes would be premature. After going through the minutes of the Cabinet meeting, the bench said the documents revealed that the government was keen to initiate steps tow-ards privatisation …

Telangana High Court extends its stay on privatisation of TSRTC
5 years, 1 month ago

Telangana High Court extends its stay on privatisation of TSRTC

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday suggested to the petitioner who has challenged the Cabinet decision to privatise 5,100 route permits to delete the words ‘in TSRTC’. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek Reddy was dealing a PIL filed Prof. P.L Vishweshawar Rao. Prasad to submit the Cabinet decision in a sealed …

Telangana rejects HC’s 3-judge panel to end RTC strike
5 years, 1 month ago

Telangana rejects HC’s 3-judge panel to end RTC strike

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Hyderabad: Sticking to its guns that there would not be any reconciliation and negotiation proceedings with the RTC trade unions, the Telangana government on Wednesday expressed its unwillingness to accept the High Court’s proposal for a high-powered committee, comprising three retired judges of the Supreme Court, to examine the issues leading to the TSRTC employees’ strike. Chief Secretary Shailendra Kumar …

Centre: Andhra Pradesh’s RTC split incomplete
5 years, 2 months ago

Centre: Andhra Pradesh’s RTC split incomplete

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Hyderabad: The Central government on Thursday gave striking Telangana State Road Transport Corporation employees a huge relief, by categorically submitting before the High Court that the TSRTC was not a statutory entity. He further submitted that the Telangana government has never sought to establish a legal entity called TSRTC, under Section 47 of Transport Act, as was mandatory, nor has …

Hyderabad: More PILs filed on RTC strike
5 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: More PILs filed on RTC strike

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Hyderabad: More public interest litigations have been filed before the Telangana High Court, seeking the court to deem the Road Transport Corporation workers’ strike as illegal and direct the employees to resume their duties. A lawyer, K. Bhaskar Reddy, from Zaheerabad and one Venkat Rao Bompalli from the city filed separate PILs on Friday before the court. Both petitioners complained …

Telangana High Court isn’t satisfied with RTC report
5 years, 2 months ago

Telangana High Court isn’t satisfied with RTC report

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Hyderabad: Not satisfied with the report filed by the state government and TSRTC management on the measures taken to mitigate people’s sufferings due to the ongoing RTC strike, the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state government and RTC management and also RTC unions to file detailed counter affidavits in the PIL filed against the strike. The Vacation Bench …

Half of RTC to go private, says K Chandrasekhar Rao
5 years, 3 months ago

Half of RTC to go private, says K Chandrasekhar Rao

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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday decided to privatise half of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation and allow private owners to run buses under the control of the corporation to sustain it. A CMO statement said that of this 30 per cent, nine per cent buses would need to be replaced to make up the numbers. The …

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