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HC reserves order

HC reserves order

The PIL bench of the A P High Court on Tuesday reserved orders on a writ petition seeking a direction for housing the IIT at Basara. It heard senior counsel S Ramachandra Rao at length before reserving its orders.

Venugopalachari, former MP and Telugu Desam leader from Adilabad, filed the writ petition complaining that the governments action in seeking to shift the location from Basara to Medak, was politically motivated.

The petitioner said that investments were already made at Basara and any change would mean needless expenditure.

More : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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