AP encroaching upon territory, breaching SC order: Odisha | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday requested Andhra Pradesh to file its response on the allegation levelled by its neighbouring state Odisha that it had encroached upon the latter’s territory in violation of the apex courtroom’s order.
A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar requested the Odisha authorities to offer a duplicate of its contempt petition to the standing counsel of Andhra Pradesh and posted the case for February 19.
In its petition, the Odisha authorities contended that Andhra Pradesh was performing in violation of the SC order by conducting an election in its territory by roping three villages beneath Koraput district of Odisha into Salur mandal of Vizianagaram district (AP).
It mentioned the three villages have been beneath the executive management of Odisha and urged the SC to provoke contempt proceedings in opposition to the authorities of Andhra Pradesh, together with Vizianagaram district Justice of the Peace Muda Hari Jawaharlal.
“The said notification issued by contemnor 1 (the district magistrate of Vizianagaram district), in unison with contemnors 2 (chief secretary of the state) and 3 (State Election Commission) is to invade into the territory of petitioner state at the cost of wilful violation of this court’s order,” the Odisha authorities’s petition mentioned.
“In the notification, the contemnors deliberately roped in three villages from ‘Kotia group of villages’ falling under the territory of Koraput district of Odisha into Salur mandal of Vizianagaram district. Clandestinely, the contemnors changed the name of the three villages of Kotia gram panchayat,” it added.