Vice Chairman of the Telangana State Planning Board B. Vinod Kumar has said that it is the responsibility of the Union Home Department to resolve disputes, if any including the matter of power supply dues, between States.
The dispute on power supply dues between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh would not come under the purview of Union Ministry of Power and the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, would also make it clear amply. Stating that it was AP that owes power supply dues to Telangana, he requested the Home Ministry to intervene in the issue of power dues dispute and find a solution at the earliest.
He observed that intervention of MoP in the dispute over power supply dues between AP and Telangana was advisable on any grounds and taking a decision/view on any issue should be only after hearing the two sides and not taking into account version of one side. The directions to pay dues to AP would be a mistake committed by MoP.
