The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a petition filed by Professor K. Purushottam Reddy seeking a direction to the Centre to enhance the Assembly seats of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
A Bench of Justices K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy issued notice on Mr. Reddy's writ petition to implement a specific provision in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014 to increase the number of Assembly seats in Telangana from 119 to 153 and in Andhra Pradesh from 175 to 225.
The court has sought a response on the plea from the Union, governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Election Commission of India.