New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by Congress leader Jeevan Reddy challenging the demolition of the Telangana Secretariat.
The Telangana High Court had earlier dismissed a batch of PILs, challenging the TRS government's decision to construct the new complex after demolishing the existing structures.
The apex court bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan today observed that the High Court had noted that it was a decision in which it could not interfere, and even the Supreme Court cannot entertain the plea under Article 136 of the Constitution.
Justice Bhushan said that the High Court had noted that there were "several deficiencies" in the buildings.
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The K Chandrashekhar Rao-led Government began razing to the ground the old secretariat on July 7, days after the High Court dismissed a bunch of PILs challenging the states decision to construct a new secretariat complex by demolishing the existing one.
The state government earlier indicated that the new secretariat which would come up in about seven lakh sq ft would cost around Rs 400 crore and it had decided to equip the new one with state-of-the-art connectivity and other features.
However, the High Court later on July 10, ordered a stay on the demolition till July 13, which was subsequently extended till July 17.
(With inputs from agencies)
