Overview
- Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin held there was no prima facie basis to issue interim orders.
- Petitioners Potru Praveen Kumar and Azmeera Naresh contest the merger of two municipalities and seven gram panchayats into the corporation as unlawful.
- Their counsel argued municipal laws cannot operate in Scheduled Areas until Parliament extends them under Article 243-ZC(3) and the Fifth Schedule.
- The state filed a counter affidavit categorically denying that Scheduled Area units were merged or that required procedures were bypassed.
- The case proceeds on the merits to determine the areas’ status under the 07.12.1950 Presidential notification and the legality of the merger steps.