The central government is in favor of the appointment of a referee to resolve the dead point over the vorto [division] Of 90 institutions under Annex IX between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, a vexatious problem that evaded a resolution for almost 11 years since the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Issue orders for distribution or 53 companies: MHA
The Ministry of Interior of the Union has indicated this to the senior officials of the two states duration of a meeting held in February 2025 convent to solve the pending bifurcation problems that affirm that the opinions of the two states would properly obtain the appointment. The Ministry of the Union favored that the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh issued assets distribution orders of 53 companies/corporations on who is a broad agreement between the two states and said that the affairs of Besoldveds/Corporations.
₹ 24,019 million rupees is the estimated value of 90 companies
The orders occurred after the two states strongly presented their cases of respect before the government’s government meeting. The dispute between the two states continues on the distribution of 90 companies/corporations that appear in Annex IX of the Reorganization Law of Andhra Pradesh 2014 (APRA) whose assets are estimated that they value ₹ 24,019 million rupees. Telangana claimed assets valued at ₹ 21,028 million rupees and Andhra Pradesh linked the value to ₹ 14.002 million rupees. The expert committee headed by Sheila Bhide constituted to resolve the dispute that rumped that ₹ 7,127 million rupees are distributed to Andhra Pradesh and ₹ 16,891 million rupees to Telangana.
Distribution of 53 accepted institutions, 21 not accepted
Of the total 90 institutions on the list under Annex IX, the two states accepted the distribution of 53 as suggested by the Sheila Bhide committee. Telangana did not accept the recommendations regarding 21 institutions that claim that the expert committee had not adopted a principle consisting of its recommendations on the contribution of the assets of the headquarters of the two states.
However, the representatives of Andhra Pradesh argued that the value of the 53 companies, in which an agreement was reached between the two states, was minimal to 187 million rupees. The value of 15 other institutions was ₹ 4,389 million rupees and the releaning 21 was 19,443 million rupees. Since the expert committee had adopted different principles for the distribution of assets, the Interior Ministry of the Union could appoint a referee to solve the problems.
The representatives of Telangana argued that the Ministry of Interior gave a clear position on the division of the institutions between the two states in the population relationship and the operational units and other facilities must be distributed in the location. They recalled the sentence of the Superior Courts of Telangana that argued that the Ministry of Interior had no jurisdiction in the accession of assets and liabilities of the institutions of Annex IX, except to the limited extent providt in section 71 of the APRA.
The Secretary of the Interior of the Union, Govind Mohan, who heard the arguments of both parties said that the pending problems could only be resolved by adopting the principle of accommodation by both states.
Published – April 16, 2025 6:06 pm ist
