Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N
Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday said he would take a decision on the
resignation of several MLAs in accordance with the
Constitutional provisions and rules of the legislature.
"There are three important things to be examined before a
resignation is accepted. Primarily the resignation should be
in a prescribed format under Rule 186 (1). I have to verify
the genuineness of the resignation and ascertain whether or
not the resignation has been submitted voluntarily.
"Its totally the Speaker’s discretion whether or not to
accept the resignation," the Speaker told a meet-the-press
programme here.
Reddy made these observations minutes before he received
a fresh set of resignation letters from 15 MLAs on the
Telangana issue.
Earlier this month, the Speaker had rejected the
resignation of 129 MLAs as they were "not in the prescribed
format."
On criticism that he was taking an "unduly" long time to
decide, he quipped: "Of the 222 MLAs, who submitted their
resignations, 92 had withdrawn only because of the delay.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 20:23