A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice D.V.S.S. Somayajulu has directed the State government to file a counter in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by TDP leader G.V. Reddy against its alleged action of not constituting the 5th State Finance Commission (SFC) even after the expiry of five-year term of the 4th SFC, in eight weeks.
In the petition, Mr. Reddy contended that because of the government’s inaction, funds due to the local self-governments were not being disbursed in a proper manner, which affected their performance.
The net result was that these local governments were unable to realise the goals set under the 73 rd and 74 th Constitutional amendments and Article 40 of the Constitution of India.
