Telangana to ask governor to take back AP blocks in Secretariat

The state cabinet has resolved to request governor ESL Narasimhan to take over all the buildings that are currently in the possession of Andhra Pradesh government, including Secretariat blocks, State Assembly and Council, and give it to Telangana.

An unanimous resolution to this effect was adopted in the state cabinet meet held here on Friday under the chairmanship of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. The cabinet resolved to urge the governor to take possession of the buildings allocated to AP during bifurcation of the state.

As per Section 8 of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, the governor has to decide allocation of buildings. “The cabinet has resolved to request the



governor about the buildings vacated by them after shifting to Velagapudi,” deputy chief minister K Srihari briefed media after the  meeting.

It is learnt that the ruling AP government too is willing to hand over the buildings vacated by its employees. But as it still requires some office space for its skeletal staff in Hyderabad, about one lakh sft office space may be allocated to AP government after it hands over its buildings to Telangana, sources said.

At present, A, B, C and D blocks in the Secretariat house the TS government, and  H, J, K and L blocks the AP government. These were allotted by the governor as per AP Reorganisation Act, 2014.