The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday asked the State government and district administration not to use any research laboratory building/premises at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, if active work was going on, and allowed the use of other buildings for transit offices of the new district if no active research was going on.
Hearing a contempt of court writ petition filed by Bojja Dasaratharami Reddy on behalf of Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samithi on Thursday, Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra restricted the use of active laboratories. The samithi has termed the judgment to be in its favour and appealed to the District Collector not to go ahead with the establishment of transit offices on the RARS research laboratory premises.
“The Associate Director of Research at RARS Nandyal N.C. Venkateswarlu too in his written letter to District Collector on March 4 had categorically said that there was a paucity of buildings for the research work going on the campus on Bengal gram, red gram, mustard, and other crops, and research work could not be stopped in some of the laboratories as that would make them forfeit ICAR funds,” Mr. Dasaratharami Reddy explained.
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University Registrar T. Giridhar Krishna too had mentioned the paucity of building space and had allowed only two — one among which was under construction and the YSR Centenary Hall, the RSSS activist pointed out. “The Government must see the demerits and loss of research work and funds flow at the Nandyal RARS and stop taking over the buildings,” Mr. Desaratharami Reddy added.
The original PIL case of the RSSS against taking over the RARS buildings and land (50 acres) for setting up a medical college was heard on Wednesday and in that too the Chief Justice had given a similar judgment and on Thursday told the petitioners that the same judgment holds good for this also, the RSSS leader claimed
