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AP to approach Centre for changes to Art 371 D
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Faced with serious problem of nativity becoming a hindrance in shifting the government departments to the new capital region, the Andhra Pradesh government is now considering approaching the Centre asking it to amend the Article 371 D. According to Finance and Legislative Affairs Minister Y Ramakrishnudu, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu would take up this issue with the Prime Minister on August 20 when he would call on him at New Delhi.
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Hyderabad: Faced with serious problem of nativity becoming a hindrance in shifting the government departments to the new capital region, the Andhra Pradesh government is now considering approaching the Centre asking it to amend the Article 371 D. According to Finance and Legislative Affairs Minister Y Ramakrishnudu, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu would take up this issue with the Prime Minister on August 20 when he would call on him at New Delhi.
He said the state government would prevail upon the Centre that there was an urgent need to bring changes in the zonal system as the earlier provisions under the Article 371 D were no more relevant in the post-bifurcation scenario. He said they would ask the Centre to introduce a new clause to protect the interests of those who had come to Hyderabad from AP and settled here since it was the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
The minister said an amendment to the Article 371 D is necessary as the existing four zones in Andhra Pradesh were no longer relevant. AP now has only 13 districts. Moreover, the zonal system in the past was brought in to avoid the bifurcation of the state. He said unless the nativity was resolved employees would resist relocating to the new capital.
It may be mentioned here that the government which had at one stage thought of declaring all those who are working in Hyderabad as locals of Andhra Pradesh since they were working in the state capital of Andhra Pradesh and there should be no change in the status as the capital had shifted to a new place. The parents’ nativity would be taken into consideration, it felt.
But legal experts told the government that such shortcut methods would not stand legal scrutiny and amendment to the Article 371 D was a must. However, Ramakrishnudu says that though the state may represent its case to the Centre it would take quite some time before a way out could be found.
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