Succour sought for poor

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Even as many petitions challenging the demonetisation of high-value currency notes are being filed across various High Courts in the country, A peculiar public interest litigation petition on this issue was filed in the High Court at Hyderabad on Tuesday.

​Hyderabad: Even as many petitions challenging the demonetisation of high-value currency notes are being filed across various High Courts in the country, A peculiar public interest litigation petition on this issue was filed in the High Court at Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Syed Riyazuddin of Hyderabad knocked on the doors of the High Court seeking a direction to the Telangana State government to provide free food and succour to the poor and slum dwellers of Hyderabad as they had been severely impacted by demonetisation.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice A Shankar Narayana, while hearing this PIL, appreciated the concerns raised over the plight of the poorest of the poor, but pointed out that the Supreme Court would decide whether all the case should be referred to a High Court.

The Counsel for the petitioner Yasar Mamoon submitted that this petition was not against demonetisation, but aimed at protecting the poor from the adverse effects of scrapping high-value currency notes.

He recalled how earlier during long periods of curfew in Hyderabad, the State government had provided food and essential commodities to the poorest of the poor who could not find their daily labour and contended that the conditions now were similar in the wake of demonetisation of high value currency.

When the bench sought to know the views of State government, the Government Pleader submitted that it was willing to come forward and provide the relief sought by the petitioners if the Centre can reimburse the expenditure in the future.

Appearing on behalf of Central government B Narayana Reddy informed the bench that the situation was improving and the currency availability was easing and the queues at the banks and ATMs were decreasing by the day.

He said the Supreme Court would hear on Wednesday on clubbing all the petitions relating to demonetisation and refer them to a particular High Court. The court gave three weeks time to the Centre to respond.

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