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AP apologises for ignoring Karnataka HC’s notices

The petitioners had sought a direction from the court to the Karnataka government over supply of drinking water to Pavagada taluk through a pipeline that supplies water to villages in AP.

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The Andhra Pradesh government, on Thursday, apologised to the Karnataka high court for not responding to its notices over a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by some organisations.

The petitioners, including Karnataka Rashtriya Kisan Sangha and Indian Medical Association’s Pavagada branch in Tumkur district, had sought a direction from the high court to the Karnataka government over the supply of drinking water to Pavagada taluk through a pipeline that supplies water to villages in Andhra Pradesh under the Neelakantapuram Srirami Reddy water project.

The high court, on February 14, warned Andhra Pradesh that it may have no alternative but to direct the Karnataka government to stop supply of water from the Tungabhadra reservoir.

During the last hearing of the case, Andhra Pradesh did not have any representative. 

“We cannot appreciate why there is no representation on behalf of the state of Andhra Pradesh,” the bench had said.

The senior counsel representing chief secretary to Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday orally apologised before the division bench headed by chief justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice BV Nagarathna for not responding to the notices issued by the court.

The counsel said if water supply was stopped to Andhra Pradesh, nearly 500 villages would be affected. He appealed to the bench not to stop supply of drinking water to the state.

When the counsel requested the bench to recall its February 14 order ‘to stop water supply,’ the bench made it clear that it had not passed an order directing Karnataka to stop supply of water.

“We had passed no such order. We only said, ‘we may have no alternative but to direct the State of Karnataka to stop supply of water.’ See the grammar in our order. It is clearly futuristic,” the chief justice said.

“But you [AP government] cannot disdain a court order (notices issued by court),” he added.

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