The High Court · 2025

1. Legislature Secretariat of the State Telangana, Rep by the Secretary, Legislature, 2. The Hor;'ble Spdaker/Tribunal under Xth Schedu e, Under the Constitution of lndia, Telangana State Legislative Assembly, Hyderabad, State of Telangana. - 3. Sri Errabelli Dayakar Rao, S/o.Late Jagannadha Rao Aged 58 years, Occ Member of Telingana Legislative Assembly, Elected from 100-Palakurthy, Warangal District., -Floor Le-ader, Telangana Telugu Desam Legislature Party, Qr.No.188, New MLA Quarters, Adarsh Nagar, Hyd,:rabad 4. Sri Talasani Srinivas Yadav, S/o.T.Venkatesam Yerdav, Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly, Elected from 62- Sanathnar;ar Constituency, H.No.10-2- . 1 1 1 , Nehru Nagar, West Marredpally, SecunderabaC. Jawahar Chikkadapally, Hyderabad.

5. Sri G. Sayanna, S/o. Sayanna Member of .Legislative Assembly, Elected. from - Nagar Constituency, H.No. 1-1-a'i91217, Jawahar Nagar, 6. Sri T. Prakash G6ud, S/o. T. Gandaiah, l/ember of L.egislative Assembly, Elected from Rajendranagar Constituency, H. No. 8-5-121 , Durga Nagar, Mailardevpally' Rajendra Nagar, Rangareddy District. S/o.Teegala Ram Reddy, Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly, Eleci6d from S-0-Maheswaram Constituency, H.No.i6-2- 751lAl31lC,Tirumala Hills, Asmanghad, Malakpet, llyderabad-36. 8. Sri Manchireddy Kishan Reddy,- S/o. Late M. Bhupal Reddy, tr/ember. of Leqislative Asse-mbly, Elected froh 48- lbrahimpatnam Constituency Rangareddy District. H.No. 16-2-751141119, Tirumala Hills, Asmanghad, Malakpet, Hyderabad Telangana State. 9. Sri M;dhavaram Krishna Rao, Sio. M. Narayana Rao Member of Legislative Assembly, Elected from 46- Kukatpalle Constituency, .Hyderabad. -f fo .5-3; 43712, Seshadri Nagar Colony, Venkatrao cokrny, Kukatpalle, Hyderabad, Telangana State.

7. Sri' Teegala -Krishna -Reddy,

10. Sri K.P. Vivekanand, S/o. K.M.Pandu Member of l-egislative Assembly, Elected from Qutbullapur Constituency, H.No. 4-1-83, Quthbullapur Village, Near HMT' R.R.District. 1 1. Sri Challa Dharma Reddy, S/o.Challa Malla Reddy, ltlember of Telangana Legislative Assembly, Elected from 104-Parkal Constituency, H.No.5-9-2213, Sri Ve-nkateswara PridsApartments, Flat No.401 , 4th Floor, Adarshnagar, Hyd.

12. Sri S..Rajendra Reddy, S/o. Rajeswara Reddy, lt/LA, Elected from 13, Narayanp'et. H.No. 2-47, Siri Vdnkatapur Village, Koyala Konda Mandal, Mahal)ubnagar District.

13. Sri M.aganti Gopinath, S/o. Krishna Murthy, Member of Legislative Assembly, Elected- from 61- Jubilee Hills Hyderabad District, l-1.No. 3-6-188/A, Hyderabad, Telangana State 14. Sri Arekapudi Gandhi, S/o. Late Chittaranjan Das Member of Legislative Assenrbly, Elected from 52- Srilingampally, Ranllareddy District. l9 and 20, Sapat-ragiri Colony, Vivekanandanagar Colony, f]eside SBH, Serilingampally, Rangeireddy District. Telangana State ...RESPONDENTS Petitior under Article 226 of the Constitution rtf lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to lssue an order, direction or a Writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaration declaring the issuance of Bulletin no.5 dt.10.03.2016 by the 1"t respondent merging Telangana Telugu Desam Legislature Party with Telangana Rashtrasamithi party in Legislative assembly of Telangana State is un constitutional as the schenre of Schedule-X of the Constitution of lndia or the Rules made there under do not contemplate the Speaker i.e. the 2nd respondent, embarking upon an independent,:nquiry as to whether there has been a nterger under para 4 but, the Speaker who acts under the Schedule-X only on a claim for d isq ualification under Paragraph Nc,.2 of the X Schedule of the Constitution of lndia gets that jurisdiction to decide such i:;sues as the qualified finality conferred by para 6(1) of the Xth was not available to the Order of the 2nd respondent and consr:quently declare that the 2"d respondent is not competent to decide a merger of a political party independently without recoulse to paragraph No.2 and Paragraph No.6(1) of the X Schedule of the Constitution c,f lndia and consequently direct the respondent No.2 to decide the d isq ualif icatiorr petitions pending as expeditiously as possible preferably with in 90 days as decided in 2013 [1 1] SCC 794 and AIR [2013] SC 120, consequentially suspend the lulletin no.5 dt.10.03.201 6 issued by 1"r respondent as illegal and without Constitutional sanction Counsel for ttre Petitioner: SRl. RAVI SHANKAR JANDI{YALA Counsel for tlre Respondent No. 1: THE ADVOCATE GI:NERAL Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2to14:- The Court made the following: ORDER THE HONOURAtsLE, SRI JUS']TICE N'TUKARAMJI o D E lt: ThisWritl)etiti<lnisFriedundcrArticlc226of(.rlnsuruttrln o[ [ndia scel<ing the follcir'"ring relie[/s:- ".-.ls:;uc ati itrclcr, di'ei'tir'rrr or ii Writ rnclrc ilarticuladr clnc ti tn: natutc,,f.x',i.ofMarrclarnttsdccliit:a[iorrieciaringthcisstranceot Rutletirlrr<;.;.{t.10.03.20i(>bythclstr.esptlndcnrmcrl+nq.l.clangana 'I'e!ug.: I)e";tur Lcgislatu[e P-aff;'rvith telangana R:*shtrasrnrirhi partl iil I.egisiatru. nr."tbiy i>f 'I'clarrgena Sr-ztte',:; urr constiruttonal as tl''c si:lit,titc ,f :i'::'rcclu[e-i t;t lne ('onsdnrtion oi Irrclia <;r tltl ituics rnaclc tlu:::c urrdc.rl,-r nr>t crirrrcr'i^rplatc the Speak-er i.t:- thc-?rrr-i re sponctcnt' eml-,ali';rr3 ti:-lu an i':rclepenclenr cnqtiiry its li-' wheth$: tircre has b-ui th" sitnktr:- u'h', ircis urrder thc br:r:n a '.t''*i;'''';d;;;t'i Schcrlule-)' '"i!y <)n :'t r:ltir''r ftt dttttttoiification l)arapyaplr I.r>.2 r>i. '.,r. i.,' S.n.,,,,,.,r'r,i thc Ccrnsdnrririn o[ lniii':r i]cts iurisdictiorr ro ,Jecide su.ch issucs as the clualifieci fula.liq c.xrferrcc llt pnca6{l)iii'lireXtlt';;zts"'otavailabiett;thcOrclc:oitthc2ncl respo:rdenr ,;i:;;"quenr}, rier:larc thar the 2sr resptitident is noi comPelie.ntlodecidealrrergeroiapcllitit:elpartyindep,endentl.,, pu'uJ5'"pi No'2 and Paraqtaph No'{i(1) of the X s'irhout ,,t.t'"* Scrre&rle t;t. tire Corrsdn:jclrr of India an.l c.,nseqtlcntl-\. clirect thc re,sooreclc,rt )J,>-2 to clecicle the disclualificlllol petitior's pcrrding as i]tjt- 9ii davs as dcr:iiicil in 20i3 expcdirit>u,;r'll' p""iift .ql*l*t1 [11] SC(. :li,-iJ arR p013i SC 120' corsequendail'v suspcnd thc tiurlletin n,:.-;.Jt.i.0.03.2A:|'. i.u,r.e ir,,, ist rc';ilc)ndent as illerl'rl arici rvithout {-crlstituLionai sanction and to pass""'" -urrcltl:' 'hxt 'o 2 I{eardN,ir.itaviShankarJan<lhyala,learncdC()unsel{ortlrc pefltlonef

3. LearneiJ counsel for the petitioner subl'nits that the czruse of lonqer survives for action in the Dresent \trfit petiticln flO \ t adjudica:ion ancl, thercfi>rc, sccks dismissal o[ th<-: -writ petition as 2 - infrllctu()Lrs

4. I{cc<>rtlins rhc sLrbtnissi<>ns of lcarncd c<;unscl for thc pctitit>ncf, thc rvrit frctition is ciismisscd as inftuctuous. 'fhere shall bc no ()rdcr ils t() cosrs i\{iscclitnc()Lrs i'r:tiuons, pcnding if anr:, sl"rall stand closed. SD/.M. OSMAN ALI BAIG ISTANT REGTSTRAR //TRUE COPYII SECTION OFFTCER To,

1. one c(l to SRr. RAV| SHANKAR JANDHYALA, Acvocate 2. 'Two cos to THE ADVOCATE GENERAL, High ciruit tor - Telangana, at Hyderabad IOUTI 3. Two C[) Copies ,IL M B BS IoPUCI the State of HIGH CISURT DATED :2811012025 ORDER WP.No.24430 of 2016 DISMIS$ING THE WRIT PETITION AIS INFRUCTOUS WITHOI.JIT COSTS 6 a6 a