HYDERABAD:
While all the six ministers who were directed by the Supreme Court in
the Y S Jaganmohan Reddy assets case maintained that there was no
wrongdoing on their part in issuing the controversial 26 GOs that
allegedly enriched the Jagan firms, the 8 IAS officers notified by the
apex court said that they issued the GOs only after they were cleared by
the cabinet. They filed separate affidavits in the apex court on Monday
to this effect.
The ministers in their affidavits said that the decisions of persons like Nimmagadda Prasad to buy Sandur Power shares or entities like India Cements buying shares in Jagan's Bharati Cements are commercial decisions and that they have got nothing to do with such deals. The apex court had sought the replies of the 6 ministers and 8 IAS officers following a petition by a Nellore advocate Sudhakar Reddy.
Srilakshmi seeks time to file affidavit
The ministers who were served the notices are Kanna Lakshminarayana , Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, Sabita Indra Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, J Geetha Reddy and Dharmana Prasada Rao.
The IAS officers who were given notices include CVSK Sarma, SV Prasad, Y Srilakshmi, B Sam Bob, K Ratna Prabha, Adityanath Das, M Samuel and Manmohan Singh. While CVSK Sarma and Ratna Prabha had filed their affidavits earlier, five officials filed their affidavits on Monday.
"Stating that such exemptions would adversely affect the revenue of the state, I had even recorded my objections to the same," she said in her affidavit. However,the matter was referred to the state cabinet which ultimately granted the exemptions and this resulted in the issuance of GO Ms No 1435 on December 4, 2008, Ratna Prabha said.
The ministers reportedly maintained in their affidavits that theirs was a collective responsibility of the cabinet and that all the decisions were taken in pursuit of their goal to take the state forward industrially.
The IAS officers maintained that the contention of the petitioner that the IAS officers are being spared by the CBI was negated due to the arrest of Srilakshmi and BP Acharya and the naming of Samuel, Manmohan Singh and others as accused in the Vanpic case, and sought the dismissal of the petition.
The ministers in their affidavits said that the decisions of persons like Nimmagadda Prasad to buy Sandur Power shares or entities like India Cements buying shares in Jagan's Bharati Cements are commercial decisions and that they have got nothing to do with such deals. The apex court had sought the replies of the 6 ministers and 8 IAS officers following a petition by a Nellore advocate Sudhakar Reddy.
Srilakshmi seeks time to file affidavit
The ministers who were served the notices are Kanna Lakshminarayana , Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, Sabita Indra Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, J Geetha Reddy and Dharmana Prasada Rao.
The IAS officers who were given notices include CVSK Sarma, SV Prasad, Y Srilakshmi, B Sam Bob, K Ratna Prabha, Adityanath Das, M Samuel and Manmohan Singh. While CVSK Sarma and Ratna Prabha had filed their affidavits earlier, five officials filed their affidavits on Monday.
"Stating that such exemptions would adversely affect the revenue of the state, I had even recorded my objections to the same," she said in her affidavit. However,the matter was referred to the state cabinet which ultimately granted the exemptions and this resulted in the issuance of GO Ms No 1435 on December 4, 2008, Ratna Prabha said.
The ministers reportedly maintained in their affidavits that theirs was a collective responsibility of the cabinet and that all the decisions were taken in pursuit of their goal to take the state forward industrially.
The IAS officers maintained that the contention of the petitioner that the IAS officers are being spared by the CBI was negated due to the arrest of Srilakshmi and BP Acharya and the naming of Samuel, Manmohan Singh and others as accused in the Vanpic case, and sought the dismissal of the petition.
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