The Telangana High Court adjourned the writ petition filed by Balmoori Venkat Narsing Rao, TS NSUI president, and two others seeking CBI inquiry into TSPSC paper leak case on Monday.Justice Bollam Vijaysen Reddy said he will pass orders on whether investigation should be handed over to CBI or continued by SIT or if judicial guidelines if necessary are required to be passed for investigation of the case.
The State filed an additional status report on Monday.Justice Reddy will go through reports and contentions of the petitioners and pass orders.
Vivek Tanka, senior counsel, Supreme Court and Congress Legal Cell president, argued that 80 per cent of students appearing for the TSPSC exams are from economically lower and middle classes; they face desperate situation due to the leak.
Vivek Tanka stated that the case involved ramifications at international level and inter-State level.“The investigation should be independent and transparent.” Advocate-General Banda Shivananda Prasad submitted that the investigation was going on proper lines and a report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi, was yet to come.“It is not the first paper leak case; it happened in many States; but I am not justifying it”, he said,
In reply to Prasad’s submissions Justice Reddy observed “if our daughter or son is writing the exams, we will know the pain faced by students.The AG said the State has cancelled the examinations in larger interest of students and will take all necessary measures to conduct re-examinations in a more transparent manner.“The righteous and meritorious students who got more marks will also participate and give good performance again,” the AG said.
Tanka argued that the chief of the SIT (AR Srinivas, Additional CP Crimes Hyderabad) is facing contempt in the court and the petitioners are questioning the credibility of the investigation.
In reply to the senior counsel, the AG submitted that he is a senior IPS officer with good service track record and is senior among State IPS Officers.The court adjourned the hearing to April 28 for orders.
