Hyderabad:The Telangana government has approached the Supreme Court and filed a writ petition seeking directive to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to give her nod to 10 government bills that were pending with the latter. The petition may come up for hearing on Friday. The Chief Secretary filed the writ petition on behalf of the Telangana government where the Governor was named as the respondent.
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The Telangana government reportedly approached the Supreme Court as some bills were pending with the Governor for more than six months and were not being cleared by Tamilisai Soundararajan, who had reportedly refused to clarify on the delay in clearing the bills. The State government stated in the petition it was constrained to move the apex court in the backdrop constitutional impasse created on account of refusal of the Governor to give her assent to Bills that were passed by the State Legislature.
The petition demanded that the constitutionally elected government should explain to the Governor that it is not justified to keep the bills pending, which were passed in both Houses. The following are the 10 pending bills--Telangana Universities Joint Appointment Board Bill, a bill to convert the Forestry College and Research Institute at Mulugu into a Forestry University, Azamabad Industrial Area Act Amendment Bill, Municipal Regulations Act Amendment Bill, Amendment of Public Employment Act, Private Universities Act Amendment Bill, Motor Vehicles Tax Act Amendment Bill, Municipal Act Amendment Bill, Panchayatiraj Act Amendment Bill and Agricultural University Act Amendment Bill-- that were mentioned in the petition filed in the apex court.