LAWS(APH)-2013-12-1

T.SHARATH Vs. GOVT. OF A.P.

Decided On December 03, 2013
T.Sharath Appellant
V/S
GOVT. OF A.P. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) "Khadi is the sun of the village solar system. The planets are the various industries which can support khadi in return for the heat and the sustenance they derive from it. Without it other industries cannot grow. But during my last tour I discovered that, without the revival of other industries, khadi could not make further progress. For villagers to be able to occupy their spare time profitably, the village must be touched at all points." - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

(2.) FACTS , to the extent relevant, are that respondents 3 to 6 were nominated by the 1st respondent as the Chairman and non -oficial members of the Board vide G.O.Ms.No.59 Industries & Commerce (MSME) Department, dated 02.07.2013. The petitioners claim that, on 09.08.2013, they came across an article in the daily newspapers regarding the first meeting of the Board held on 08.08.2013; and they had caused enquiries which revealed that respondents 3 to 6 had been nominated as the Chairman and Members (Non -official) respectively of the Board without possessing the qualifications prescribed under Section 3(2)(i) of the Act. The 2nd petitioner claims to have obtained all documents connected with G.O.Ms. No.59 dated 02.07.2013, including the bio -data of respondents 3 to 6 and the note file relating to their appointment, under the Right to Information Act

(3.) THE challenge in this writ petition is confined to the appointment of respondents 3 to 6 as the Chairman and non -official members of the Board. The bio -data/profiles of respondents 3 to 6, copies of which are enclosed to the Writ Petition and form part of the government records placed before this Court, make interesting reading and for convenience sake, the relevant portions thereof, are extracted hereunder: