Courts issuing directions to the government has much to do with seeking compliance with Constitutional governance and to uphold the Rule of Law. The current regime in Andhra Pradesh has been receiving setbacks in High Court, which has now continued with the Supreme Court also.
Hoping for a favourable outcome, the State government went to the Supreme Court seeking a direction to stay on the High Court’s directions to maintain status quo with the repeal of CRDA Act and its much-touted shift of administration from Amaravati to Vizag, only to be left disappointed with the ruling of the apex court.
On Wednesday, the Apex Court has rejected to interfere in the two issues pending for hearing before the State High Court and asked to present its arguments before the latter. Dashing its hopes, the court has also rejected its plea to give a direction to the State High Court to hold a daily-hearing and give its verdict in a time-bound manner.
The Apex Court expressed hope that the State High Court would complete its hearings early, but refused to direct to fix a time frame. The State High Court on Thursday extended its earlier order to maintain status quo on shifting the executive capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam until September 21. Asking the State Government to file an affidavit, the court, however, said that it will daily hold a hearing of the two issues from September 21.