EC to explain delay in giving symbol to YSRC

                                                                                      
A Vacation Bench comprising Justice G. Chandraiah and Justice N. Ravi Shankar of the AP High Court on Thursday asked the EC to explain the delay in disposing of a representation by the YSR Congress to allot a common symbol (ceiling fan) to its candidate in the forthcoming bypolls. The Bench was dealing with a plea by Bajireddy Goverdhan, general secretary of the party. He told the court that his party made a representation to the EC on March 30, seeking allotment of ceiling fan symbol for its Tirupati candidate.
Clarifying on the request for a “ceiling fan” symbol for its Tirupati candidate, he pointed out that in the remaining 17 Assembly segments (other than Tirupati) and one Parliamentary constituency, they had no difficulty in choosing an election symbol as it had sitting MLAs and an MP contesting the elections there. “In case of Tirupati seat, the party can’t have preferential allotment as its candidate is not a sitting MLA,” Mr Goverdhan said. The case was posted to Wednesday.
Hearing on tech colleges put off
The Vacation Bench on Thursday decided to hear the petition of Telangana Private Educational Institutions Parents Association after the summer vacation. They had sought a direction to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) not to grant permission to the erring professional colleges for the academic year 2012-13. The Bench felt that a detailed hearing is essential in the case and posted it for hearing after summer vacation.
GHMC told to explain charges
Justice G. Chandraiah, vacation judge of the AP High Court on Thursday asked the GHMC to file a detailed counter affidavit on levying ‘rain water harvesting’ charges of 2 crore, in addition to impact fees of 6 crore and city level infrastructure impact fee of 61 lakh to construct a multiplex at Chikkadapally. The judge was dealing with a plea by Shantha Sriram Construction Pvt Ltd.
HC allows Tara withdraw plea
Justice N. Ravi Shankar, a vacation judge on Thursday permitted Tara Chowdhary, Telugu actor and accused in a prostitution case to withdraw her bail application. She had challenged the rejection of her bail by a lower court.
HC turns down Gali’s petition
The vacation court refused to stay an order passed by the principal sessions judge of the CBI Court in rejecting the petition of Gali Janardhan Reddy to post his bail plea before Naga Maruthi Sharma, second additional session judge of the CBI court. The plea of Janardhan Reddy was posted to May 9.
from DC