New Delhi: The Central Government had requested the Chief Justice of the High Court and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh to take all the necessary steps towards the creation of separate High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh, Minister of State for Law and Justice and Electronics and Information Technology PP Chaudhary has said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

Replying to a question posed by YSRCP MP V. Vijayasai Reddy on the creation of a separate High Court for AP, the Minister said all necessary infrastructure such as Court buildings, quarters for the Judges and officials/staff of the Court has to be created by the State Government in consultation with the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad adding that the matter is sub-judice at the High Court.

Article 214 of the Constitution of India provides that there shall be a High Court for each State. The States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Acts, have a provision for establishment of High Courts for the newly created States. Accordingly, the High Courts of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand were established.

In so far as Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 is concerned, it provides for setting up of a separate High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh. The Act also provides that once a separate High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh is established, the existing High Court will go to the State of Telangana. Till such time the existing High Court, the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad will serve as common High Court for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Setting Up Of ITIR In Visakhapatnam Under Consideration

In another reply, Chaudhary said a proposal for setting up of Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in Visakhapatnam was received in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on 26th August, 2014 and the matter is under consideration.