HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH PRESENT THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI KALYAN JYOTI SENGUPTA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No.111 OF 2014
DATED: 17.11.2014 Between:
O.Yella Reddy … Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI KALYAN JYOTI SENGUPTA AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No.111 OF 2014
ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Sanjay Kumar)
The grievance in this Public Interest Litigation is with regard to the inaction on the part of the State of Andhra Pradesh in granting sanction for prosecution of corrupt officials by the Anti Corruption Bureau. Consequential direction is sought to the State and Bureau to disclose information about the corrupt officials against whom the Bureau has sought sanction, so that the general public would come forward to give evidence.
The learned counsel for the petitioner states that the issue raised in the Public Interest Litigation is squarely covered by the decision in MANZOOR ALI KHAN v. UNION
[1] OF INDIA AND OTHERS .
In the light of the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in the aforestated judgment, the issue in this Public Interest Litigation does not survive for independent consideration.
The Public Interest Litigation is closed in terms of the said ratio.
Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. No costs.
17th NOVEMBER, 2014.
K.J. SENGUPTA, CJ kvni
[1] 2014 CRI.L.J.4257
SANJAY KUMAR, J