Council ready to give records to Andhra Pradesh HC

VIJAYAWADA:

The AP Legislative Council

is ready to file an affidavit in the high court to give all records of the proceedings related to the passing of the Bills on

three capital cities

.

As the AP high court had asked for the records,

the legislative council

officials are getting the records ready to be placed before the court.

However, a decision is to be taken by the state government in due consultation with minister for legislative affairs

Buggana Rajendranath

.

Sources in the assembly said that they have already submitted all the records concerning the bills to the court earlier. However, they are getting the records ready for submission once again. “The proceedings are now public documents. They are available in the legislature portal as well,” a senior official said.

However, the state government is consulting the legal experts on the issue including the constitutional validity of the court asking for the records of the proceedings. Article 212 categorically says that “courts not to inquire into proceedings of the legislature.” Article 212 (1) says “the validity of any proceedings in the Legislature of a state shall not be called in question on the ground of any alleged irregularity of the procedure.”

The court is currently looking into the validity of the proceedings and the validity could be decided only after going through the proceedings, for which the

legislative council

is ready.

When asked for his comment, legislature secretary P Balakrishnamacharyulu told TOI on Wednesday that they are ready to submit the proceedings of the council to the court.

“Everything in the legislature is public document. They are available in the legislature’s website and they were widely circulated in the media. There is nothing to hide. The council had strictly followed the rule book,” Balakrishnamacharyulu said.