Andhra govt moves SC against HC's order overruling appointment of State Election Head

The Andhra Pradesh government moved to the apex court challenging the High Court’s order striking down an Ordinance promulgated on April 10 which curtailed the tenure of the State Election Commissioner from five to three years.

Amaravati: The Andhra government led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday moved to the Supreme Court challenging the High Court’s order striking down an Ordinance promulgated on April 10 curtailing the tenure of the State Election Commissioner (SEC) from five to three years.

The high court last week had also quashed a government order appointing retired judge V Kanagaraj as the new SEC. It restored retired bureaucrat Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar as the SEC.

The state government through a special leave petition on Monday urged the apex court to set aside the lower court order and allow Kanagaraju as SEC.

The petition may be taken up for hearing on Tuesday or Wednesday.

It is to be noted that the state government late on Sunday night issued orders appointing another official as secretary to SEC.