Tag: Governor E S L Narasimhan

Sixty Days After Taking Oath, KCR to Expand Cabinet on February 19

The state’s budget is expected to be announced on February 22.

Hyderabad: Ending over two months of speculation, Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to expand his two-member cabinet on February 19, said an official note form his office Friday.

After his party’s spectacular victory in the December 7 assembly elections, Chandrasekhar Rao took over as chief minister for a second term on December 13.

Mohd Mehmood Ali was the only minister to take oath of office along with him.

“Honourable chief minister Sri K. Chandrashekhar Rao decided to expand the state cabinet on 19th February 2019. The chief minister after meeting the Governor Sri E.S.L Narasimhan on Friday afternoon at Raj Bhavan conveyed his decision to expand the Cabinet,” it said.

February 19 being “Magha Shuddha Pournami” an auspicious day as per the Telugu calendar, the chief minister decided to expand the cabinet and have the swearing in ceremony at 11:30 am on that day.

Necessary instructions have been issued to officials concerned to make arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers, the note said.

Opposition parties in the State attacked KCR over the delay in forming a “full cabinet”.

Telangana can have a maximum of 17 ministers as per the constitutional cap of 15% of the assembly strength of 119 members.

The state’s budget is expected to be announced on February 22.

Four Years After the Birth of Telangana, Andhra Gets Its Own High Court

Till now, the high court in Hyderabad had been functioning as the common high court for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh: More than four years after its bifurcation to create Telangana, Andhra Pradesh got its own high court here Tuesday.

Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan swore in Acting Chief Justice C. Praveen Kumar and 13 other judges at a function in nearby Vijayawada.

President Ram Nath Kovind had last week issued orders for a separate high court of Andhra Pradesh.

Till now, the high court in Hyderabad had been functioning as the common high court for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

The 13 judges sworn in are Justices S.V. Bhatt, A.V. Sesha Sai, M Seetharama Murti, U. Durga Prasad Rao, T. Sunil Chowdary, M. Satyanarayana Murthy, G. Shyam Prasad, J. Uma Devi, N. Balayogi, T. Rajani, D.V.S.S. Somayajulu, K. Vijaya Lakshmi and M. Ganga Rao.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu called it a “historic day”.

“I am very happy legal administration is beginning in the state today. With the inauguration of the high court, the state bifurcation process has come to an end, barring distribution of assets,” he said.

As the temporary building to accommodate the high court in the state capital here was not ready yet, the state government converted chief minister’s camp office in Vijayawada into ad-hoc court premises.

Supreme Court Judge Justice N.V. Ramana inaugurated the ad-hoc premises in the presence of the chief minister and others.

While the temporary building is expected to be ready by the end of January, the actual high court complex will be built in another three years.