According to sources the Supreme Court had asked the Centre to file its response on a plea seeking direction for proper implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act that led to the bifurcation of the state. Meanwhile a bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked the Centre what it had done in four years since the bifurcation of AP. Moreover the court said and asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Maninder Singh to file a reply in four weeks.
Accordingly the plea was filed by Congress member Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy. Meanwhile he alleged that several provisions of the Act including the set up of a separate High Court for Telangana were not yet implemented. As per the petition the "Number of the provisions enacted in the Act are not being implemented by the Union of India and various departments/ministries under Union of India".
Accordingly "The major provisions which are not/partially implemented
are Tenth Schedule Continuance of Facilities in 107 State Institutions, River
Management under Eleventh Schedule, Allotment of Special economic measures and
utilization of Infrastructure under Twelfth Schedule".
