Telangana HC grants stay on appointment of child rights commission chairman
Synopsis
The Telangana government’s appointment of Chairman for Child Rights Commission has become a controversy The Hyderabad High Court has ordered a stay on the appointment Petitioner alleged that the TRS government has appointed a TRS Secretary against the rules
The Hyderabad High Court granted a stay on all proceedings of the appointment of the Telangana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairman.
A petition was filed by Achyuta Rao against the TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) government that the Chairman appointment was against the law. TRS Government appointed former TRS Secretary and political leader Gudimalla Ravi Kumar as the commission chairman.
The petitioner contented that according to Commission Rule 3, only a person who rendered service for the protection of child rights for a decade can be considered for the post.
Rule 4 says that there has to be a selection committee which recommends the name of the chairman.
The counsel for the petitioner C Damodar Reddy said that the government did not follow any rules. The High Court agreed with the petitioner and granted an interim stay until further orders.