HC directs TS to submit report on TSPSC members appointment

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday directed the Telangana government to provide comprehensive information pertaining to the appointment of the six members to the Telangana State Public Service Commission, including the number of applications/bio data received from eligible candidates, the number of applications shortlisted, and whether any sub-committee comprised of Cabinet ministers. Hearing a petition against the appointment of the six members, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice C.V. Bhaskar Reddy directed Advocate General B.S. Senior counsel Sudharshan Reddy, who is representing R. Satyanarayana, one of the TSPSC's six members, informed the HC that he is a newspaper reporter and publisher who has published three books on the environment and its impact on villages and agriculture. On an earlier hearing, the counsel for the petitioner brought to the court's attention that a scribe working at the district level had been appointed as a TSPSC member, and he had raised concerns about how a reporter working at the district level could participate in the selection process of officers working at the state level.