A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao on January 12 (Friday) reserved orders on the writ appeals filed by the Andhra Pradesh government against the verdict of a single judge not to shift any government office from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam till the matter is dealt by a Full Bench.
The court directed the government to furnish details of the officers and Heads of Departments who would be travelling to and from Visakhapatnam and the exact arrangement of the offices.
While appreciating the objective of the government to take governance to people’s doorsteps, the court said the matter was to be adjudicated in detail as to whether the move was intended to dilute the order of the Full Bench dated March 3, 2022, wherein it was ruled through a continuous Mandamus that the State has no legislative competence to shift the capital.
