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UP govt to challenge Allahabad HC decision
Lucknow May 21: The Uttar Pradesh government today said it would move the supreme court challenging the Allahabad High Court order quashing the abolition of nine districts and four commiserates created by the previous Mayawati-led government.
Lucknow May 21: The Uttar Pradesh government today said it would move the supreme court challenging the Allahabad High Court order quashing the abolition of nine districts and four commiserates created by the previous Mayawati-led government.
"We have applied for the judgement given by the Allahabd High Court in this regard and after getting it legally examined, we will be filing a special leave petition in the Supreme Court," chief secretary of the state V.K Mittal told newspersons here.
Mittal said only after studying the order, by Monday or Tuesday, will he be in a better position to give details and added that the government would definitely challenge it in the Supreme Court.
"The notification scrapping the districts was issued after obtaining proper legal opinion as it was in the interest of the progress and development of the state," he said.
The Allahabad High Court order quashing the notification is being seen as a major setback for the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led state government which had scrapped these districts and commissariats in January last.
Meanwhile, the opposition parties, including the BSP and BJP, and the Congress, which is supporting the Yadav government from outside, have welcomed the order.
"The high court order has vindicated the party`s stand that the Yadav government`s action of scrapping nine districts and four commissariats was politically motivated," a BSP spokesman said.
The government disbanded the districts and commissariats created by the Mayawati government after the icons of the dalit samaj with the ulterior motive of "humiliating" the BSP leadership, the spokesman said adding the party had resolved to fight till the end to get these districts revoked.
Welcoming the judgement, the BJP said the order proved that the state government`s action was wrong. The scrapping of the districts had also led to widespread agitation in the state but the government had continued to ignore the aspirations of people who wanted these districts to continue for the development of the state.
The Congress advised the state government to honour the decision of the high court.
The decision of scrapping the districts was taken "without consulting" the supporting parties in January last and Congress had been opposing the move ever since, a party release said.
Bureau Report
Mittal said only after studying the order, by Monday or Tuesday, will he be in a better position to give details and added that the government would definitely challenge it in the Supreme Court.
"The notification scrapping the districts was issued after obtaining proper legal opinion as it was in the interest of the progress and development of the state," he said.
The Allahabad High Court order quashing the notification is being seen as a major setback for the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led state government which had scrapped these districts and commissariats in January last.
Meanwhile, the opposition parties, including the BSP and BJP, and the Congress, which is supporting the Yadav government from outside, have welcomed the order.
"The high court order has vindicated the party`s stand that the Yadav government`s action of scrapping nine districts and four commissariats was politically motivated," a BSP spokesman said.
The government disbanded the districts and commissariats created by the Mayawati government after the icons of the dalit samaj with the ulterior motive of "humiliating" the BSP leadership, the spokesman said adding the party had resolved to fight till the end to get these districts revoked.
Welcoming the judgement, the BJP said the order proved that the state government`s action was wrong. The scrapping of the districts had also led to widespread agitation in the state but the government had continued to ignore the aspirations of people who wanted these districts to continue for the development of the state.
The Congress advised the state government to honour the decision of the high court.
The decision of scrapping the districts was taken "without consulting" the supporting parties in January last and Congress had been opposing the move ever since, a party release said.
Bureau Report