Ministry of Home Affairs joint secretary Ashish Kumar has averred that there is no scope for amending the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014.
The senior official’s assertion came during the recent bilateral meeting between the MHA and representatives of two Telugu States – Telangana and Andhra Pradesh – held virtually. He was responding to the fervent appeal made by the representative of Andhra Pradesh seeking settlement of anomaly in taxation matters under Sections 50, 51 and 56 of the Reorganisation Act.
The AP Government contended that there was differential treatment of the recovery of tax and refund in comparison to other States Reorganisation Acts. The recovery of tax was on location basis and the refund was on population basis. This was unfair to the State and it should be treated on an equitable basis.
