Dalit Bandhu: Telangana HC issues notice to government over plea seeking to suspend GO 8
Under the GO, the guidelines shall be framed in consultation with the public representatives and officials to select the beneficiaries without favoritism or nepotism
By Newsmeter Network Published on 31 Aug 2023 2:19 AM GMT
Telangana High Court issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Scheduled Castes Development Department, and Commissioner for Scheduled Caste Welfare Department after a petitioner flagged discriminatory clauses in the Dalit Bandhu scheme.
The division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T. Vinod Kumar was hearing a petition of Keethineedi Akhil Sri Guru Teja, a private employee in Hyderabad.
The petitioner was aggrieved after the state allegedly inserted a discriminatory clause in the GO, which says that the beneficiaries under the Dalit Bandhu scheme will be identified and finalized in consultation with the public representatives.
Under the GO, the guidelines shall be framed in consultation with the public representatives and officials to select the beneficiaries without favoritism or nepotism. The government shall select 1100 Schedule Caste families from each assembly constituency to provide financial assistance of Rs.ten lakh each.
The petitioner was aggrieved that SC families of Huzurabad assembly constituency were excluded.
