The Telangana High Court on Friday issued notices to the State and the Central governments in a PIL petition seeking constitution of the Commission for the Scheduled Tribes.
The plea was filed by Lambadi Hakkula Porata Samithi Nangara Bheri represented by its general secretary Bhukya Deva Naik seeking constitution of a the Commission for STs. The petitioner contended that the Commission should have been constituted by virtue of State Commission for ST Amendment Bill-2013 and under Article 338 A9 of the Constitution of India.
A Bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji issued notices to the Union of India and State government observing that separate Commission for the ST was not formed despite there being a sizeable population of Scheduled Tribes in the State.
