Telangana High Court on Monday issued notices to the State government after hearing a PIL petition seeking direction for creation of Ward Committees in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
A bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji passed the interim direction. The bench directed the government to respond on the points raised in the plea by August 21.
Forum for Good Governance (FGG) represented by its secretary M. Padmanabha Reddy, which filed the plea, contended that it was mandatory as per Article 243-S of the Constitution of India and under Section 8A of the GHMC Act-1955. The petitioner wanted the HC to declare non-creation of the Ward Committees as illegal and arbitrary.
