The central government is in favor of the appointment of an arbitrator that will solve the hopeless dead end (division) of 90 institutions according to Annex IX between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, an unpleasant question that avoided solutions almost 11 years since the previous Andhra Pradesh.
Issuing orders for division of 53 companies: MHA
Union Home, the Ministry of Home said higher officials of both states during a meeting held in February 2025, which was convened to resolve the waiting bifurcation questions claiming that the opinions of both states would be properly obtained before appointment. The Ministry of Trade unions favored that TELANGANA and Andhra Pradesh governments issue orders to divide assets of 53 companies/corporations on which there is a wide agreement between the two countries and stated that problems concerning the remaining companies/corporations could be resolved afterwards.
Crore 24 019 GBP is an estimated value of 90 companies
The commands came after both states have strongly submitted their relevant cases before the Union government during the meeting. The dispute between these two countries continues over the division of 90 companies/corporations listed in the Plan of IX on the reorganization of Andhra Pradesh 2014 (APRA), whose assets are estimated to be 24 019 crore. Telangana claimed that assets worth 21.028 GBP and Andhra Pradesh followed the value to Crore 14 002. The expert committee headed by Sheila Bhide set up a dispute recommended that the Crore 7 127 GBP be divided into Andhra Pradesh and 16,891 GBP to Telangana.
Received 53 institutions, 21 not accepting
Of the total number of 90 institutions listed within the IX plan, both countries accepted the division of 53, as suggested by Sheila Bhide Committee. Telangana did not accept recommendations on 21 institutions in which it claimed that the expert committee did not accept a consistent principle in its recommendations on the division of assets between these two states.
However, representatives of Andhra Pradesh claimed that the value of 53 companies – where an agreement between the two countries was reached – was a minimum of 187 crore. The value of 15 other institutions was 4,389 crore and the remaining 21 was 19 443 Crore. Given that the expert committee accepted various principles for the division of assets, the Ministry of the Interior of the Union could consider the appointment of arbitrator to resolve these questions.
Telangana representatives claimed that the Ministry of Household had a clear attitude to the division of institutions between two states in the proportion of populations and operating units and other devices should be divided on the basis of position. They remembered the judgment of the Supreme Court in Telelangana that the Ministry of the Interior had no jurisdiction in the distribution of assets and obligations of IX institutions, with the exception of the limited extent in section 71 APRA.
The Minister of the Interior of the Union Govind Mohan, who heard the arguments of both parties, said that the waiting questions can only be solved by accepting the principles of accommodation by both states.
Published – April 16 2025 06:06
