Hyderabad: The destiny of the capital metropolis for Andhra Pradesh continues to hold in steadiness, because the Supreme Court final week deferred to December the listening to on whether or not the state would have a single capital at Amaravati or three capitals as proposed by the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy authorities. With this, Andhra Pradesh is unlikely to have a capital earlier than the upcoming meeting elections later this 12 months.

A Supreme Court bench comprising justices Sanjeev Khanna and Bela M Trivedi, which was listening to a particular depart petition of the Jagan authorities difficult the Andhra Pradesh excessive court docket judgement of March 3, 2022, declaring Amaravati as the one capital of the state, mentioned there was no urgency in listening to the case.

The choice of the apex court docket to defer the listening to comes a setback for the chief minister’s bold plan to create three capitals for Andhra Pradesh – government capital at Visakhapatnam, judicial capital at Kurnool and legislative capital in Amaravati – earlier than the completion of his tenure in May 2024.

“The Supreme Court has not fixed any specific date for hearing in December. Even if it takes up the hearing then, it will continue for at least three to four months because there are a lot of legal complications in the issue. So, it is unlikely that the judgement will be delivered before April or May, by which time, the state would plunge into election mode,” a senior YSR Congress get together (YSRCP) chief, looking for anonymity, mentioned.

The YSRCP chief added that if the get together comes again to energy, the state authorities would vigorously pursue the case. “But if the opposition comes to power, it will withdraw the SLP in the Supreme Court and the issue will come back to square one,” he mentioned.

However, Jagan is eager on shifting at the very least the chief minister’s workplace (CMO), if not all the state administration, to Visakhapatnam, no matter the decision of the Supreme Court. At the Global Investors’ Summit held on the port metropolis on March 3, the chief minister declared that he can be shifting his base to Visakhapatnam in a couple of months.

On Saturday, YSRCP regional coordinator for Visakhapatnam and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams belief board chairman Y V Subba Reddy introduced that Jagan will shift his CMO to Visakhapatnam both throughout August or September.

“It has been long overdue, but got delayed due to legal issues. We are hoping that all the issues will be resolved shortly,” Reddy mentioned.

The get together chief quoted above mentioned the camp workplace for the chief minister was preparing close to Rushi Konda hills on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam with all trendy services and furnishings. “He is expected to move into the new office in September, during the auspicious month of Sravanam,” he mentioned.